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Who’s Who in Indian Defence public sector undertakings
Rear Admiral (Retd) R.K. Shrawat
After serving in the Indian Navy for 34 years, Rear Admiral (Retd) A.K. Verma, took over as Chairman and Managing Director of the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, Kolkata, on November 1, 2011. He did his Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, in 1977. After joining Indian Navy, he did his Marine Engineering Specialisation course from Naval College of Engineering at Lonavla, Pune, and Aeronautical
Engineering course from Air Force Technical College, Bengaluru. He has held many appointments both onboard as well as ashore including Naval Headquarters, Command Headquarters at Mumbai and Kochi, Western Fleet and many operational ships and air stations. He has the unique distinction of being the only officer in the Navy to have commanded both the Aircraft and the Ship Repair Yards at Kochi. He is recipient of VSM.
Rear Admiral (Retd) Shekhar Mital
Chairman and Managing Director, Goa Shipyard Limited Rear Admiral (Retd) Shekhar Mital assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) on February 1, 2014. He is B.Tech, M.Tech from IIT, Kharagpur, and M.Phil in Defence Studies from Naval Defence College, New Delhi. The various senior positions he has held in his long and distinguished career with the Indian Navy, have provided, Rear Admiral Mital with a deep and well rounded under-
standing of the very many facets of shipbuilding. He has worked for over 12 years at IHQ, MoD, and is well versed with MoD, shipbuilding, design and repairs procedures. Under his dynamic and professional leadership, GSL is poised for major leap ahead in design and construction of complex platforms, including weapon intensive ships. Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital is recipient of the NM, for distinguished service.
CONCEPTS & PERSPECTIVES
Chairman and Managing Director, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited
TECHNOLOGY
Rear Admiral (Retd) A.K. Verma
BUSINESS
for Arihant, the indigenous, strategic submarine. He served as Chief Staff Officer (Technical) at the Western Naval Command, Mumbai, and later as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Before taking premature retirement from the Indian Navy, he also served as Director General, Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment, New Delhi. A recipient of AVSM, he was awarded the Lieutenant V.K. Jain Gold Medal for Applied Research work in 1991.
INDIAN DEFENCE
Rear Admiral (Retd) R.K. Shrawat took over as the CMD of the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) on February 29, 2012. An Electronics and Communications Engineer from IIT Roorkee, he also holds a post-graduate degree in Radar and Communication Engineering from IIT, Delhi. He has undergone the Naval Higher Command course at the College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai, and is also an alumnus of the National Defence College, New Delhi. He has served as Project Director at ATV Headquarters, responsible
WEAPONS EQUIPMENT VEHICLES
Chairman and Managing Director, Mazagon Dock Limited
Rear Admiral (Retd) N.K. Mishra took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Hindustan Shipyard Limited on August 1, 2011. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla. He completed his Engineering Degree from INS Shivaji, Lonavla, and thereafter he specialised in Electrical and Weapons Engineering from INS Valsura, Jamnagar. He is an M.Tech. in Computer Science from IIT, Mumbai. He has overseen
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refits of INS Viraat on two occasions, first in 1993 and then as a full-fledged Director, Viraat Project Team during 1997-2002. He was awarded the Nao Sena Medal for successful completion of the modernisation refit of Viraat ahead of schedule. During 2002-05, he was the Defence Attaché at Embassy of India, Rome. On promotion to Flag rank he was the Additional Director General Quality Assurance (Naval) in the DGQA, New Delhi.
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Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Shipyard Limited
ASIAN WHO’S WHO
Rear Admiral (Retd) N.K. Mishra