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K. Ravi Kumar assumes additional charge of CMD, BHEL
New Delhi, March 05, 2008
| K. Ravi Kumar, Director (Power) on the
Board of India’s Largest Engineering Enterprise, Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) will also hold the
additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director of the
Navratna PSU.
Ravi Kumar takes over at a crucial juncture when BHEL
is building Capacity and Capability to contribute fully
for meeting the power forecast for the 11th Plan and
beyond. For this, the company has already enhanced its
manufacturing capacity to 10,000 MW per annum and is
further augmenting it to 15,000 MW per annum in the next
two years. |
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After completing his M. Tech from IIT Madras and Post
Graduation in Business Administration, Ravi Kumar joined BHEL
in 1975 in the Energy Systems and New Products (R&D) Division,
after a brief stint in the private sector, and rose to the
position of Director (Power) in May, 2005. He has made
significant contributions in various key functions like
Engineering of Control Equipment Products in the Electronics
Division, Bangalore, Construction and Project Management of
Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear and Industrial sets in Power Sector
Southern Region, Chennai and Head of Marketing of BHEL’s Power
Sector business segment.
Significantly, Ravi Kumar was instrumental in achieving many
firsts for BHEL namely the first 1,000 MW coal based turnkey
project of NTPC at Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh completed in a
record 39 months, the first 350 MW gas-based turnkey project
of NTPC at Kayamkulam in Kerala involving dredging and dynamic
compaction of 14 lakh cubic metres of sand, again in record
time, and synchronization of the 210 MW Raichur Unit 7 of KPCL
in a record 25 months, besides introduction of a host of
innovative erection techniques.
Under his leadership, new technologies like Supercritical
Thermal Sets in the field of coal, and gas-based power plants
using Advanced-class Gas Turbines were introduced for the
first time in the country and were meticulously executed.
During Ravi Kumar’s tenure, BHEL's Power Sector business
segment achieved several significant milestones, including an
all-time high order booking of Rs.27,730 Crore corresponding
to 9,724 MW of power equipment in fiscal 2006-07. During the
current year also, the company is expecting a record order
book and sales. He has also presented Papers in the field of
Electronics and Energy in National and International Forums.
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