Mr Anil Kumar is new CMD, BEL

Mr Anil Kumar (57) took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on October 1, 2011. He succeeds Mr Ashwani Kumar Datt, who retired on superannuation on September 30, 2011. Mr Anil Kumar was Director (Other Units) of BEL before his elevation as CMD. As Director (Other Units), he headed 8 of the 9 Units of BEL located at Ghaziabad, Panchkula, Navi Mumbai, Kotdwara, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Machilipatnam. Mr Anil Kumar joined BEL at Ghaziabad Unit in February 1975 after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab University in 1974. He completed M.Tech from IIT Delhi in 1979 while in service. He has extensive experience in Development & Engineering, Production, Material Management and Installing and Commissioning of Radar and Communication systems. Mr Anil Kumar has served as Chief Regional Manager at BEL’s New York Regional Office for two years. He has visited Russia, Poland, Belgium and France in connection with Technology Transfers and Project Work.