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Mr R. Srinivasan has been appointed as the
Managing Director, Helicopter Complex, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
(HAL). Prior to this he was the General Manager of HAL’s Helicopter
MRO Division.
This new position has been created to bring all helicopter design,
development and manufacturing activities under one umbrella. Mr
Srinivasan will head five critical Divisions of HAL, including the
Helicopter Division, Helicopter MRO, Rotary Wing Research & Design
Centre (RWRDC), Composite Manufacturing Division (CMD) and
Barrackpore Division.
HAL’s new helicopter programmes like the Light Combat
Helicopter (LCH), Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) and the Medium
Lift Helicopter are some key projects that will come under Mr
Srinivasan’s ambit.
“ALH is the key and I will be focusing on further
increasing the serviceability of this machine so that all the
customers get what they want without any delays. On the civil front
too we will have to make more inroads and that will also top my
agenda,” Mr Srinivasan said, soon after assuming office on June 22,
2009.
Career Snapshots: Hailing from Tiruvarur (Thanjavur District)
in Tamil Nadu, Mr Srinivasan joined HAL as a Management Trainee in
1972 after his B.Tech from IIT, Madras. Later he did his Masters in
Industrial Metallurgy and Management from the University of
Birmingham, UK. In his career spanning over 25 years in HAL, Mr
Srinivasan was also the General Manager of HAL’s Aerospace Division.
He is specialized in the field of manufacturing of all types of
forgings in a variety of alloys, computerised and conventional
process planning, facilities and resource planning, machinery &
equipment selection and procurement, vendor development and
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