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Mr P. Soundara Rajan has been appointed as the
Director, Corporate Planning and Marketing of Hindustan Aeronautics
Ltd (HAL). Prior to this, he was the General Manager (Projects) at
Corporate Office, driving the business development activities.
As the Director, Mr Soundara Rajan will spearhead a gamut of
activities in Planning, Marketing, Customer Services, Quality,
Projects, Management Services and Information Technology.
“My focus will be on meeting the commitments made to customers at
all levels and forums, investment driven growth in technologies and
capabilities of the organization; and targeted globalization of
products and globalization of business processes and people,” Mr
Soundara Rajan said, soon after assuming the office.
Career Snapshots: Hailing from Sholavandan village (Madurai
district) in Tamil Nadu, Mr Soundara Rajan graduated from
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, in electrical
engineering and later did his MBA from P.S.G. College of Technology,
Coimbatore. He joined HAL as a Management Trainee in 1975 and has
over 33 years of experience in manufacture, repair, overhaul of
aircraft, helicopters, piston engines and aero accessories. His
experience covers project management, quality assurance, integrated
materials management and production management. He had served as
Resident Manager at HAL’s Liaison Office at the Indian High
Commission in UK during 1998-2001.
Mr Soundara Rajan has undertaken several path breaking
initiatives at HAL such as aligning the quality systems to
international AS 9100 & NADCAP standards, implementation of ERP
systems, indigenization of key systems and establishing long term
business agreements with supply chain.
During his tenure, he established the major overhaul line for Mirage
2000 and its systems, a first of its kind outside France at that
time. He was responsible for establishing a world class, the state
of the art, Centre of Excellence for manufacture of aerospace
composites.
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