Chairman and Managing Director Director HR and Operations Director Finance Government Nominee Director Shri V K Tiwari
Chairman and Managing Director
Assumed charge as Chairman & Managing Director, Gliders India Limited from 01 Oct 2021. He served as General Manager of two Ordnance Factories viz. High Explosives Factory Khadki and Ordnance Factory Bhandara. He is Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Bhopal and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications. He took over additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director, Troop Comforts Limited from 01 Dec 2023.
With brief experience of BHEL Hardwar, he joined Indian Ordnance Factories Services in March 1988. Since then he gathered experience at different locations and different levels in almost all the departments of any Industrial Establishment e.g. Production, Quality, Maintenance, Information Technology, Production Planning, Purchase division, Engineering division etc. Working at Corporate level gave him exposure in planning of capital acquisition for all factories. His vast, rich and varied experience of working at shopfloor level, factory head level and corporate level, has enabled him in taking short term and long term strategic decisions for the overall growth of the organisation.
Shri Sunil Date
Dir HR & Operations
Shri Sunil Date , Director HR & Operations appointed on the Board of Gliders India Limited w.e.f. 14.08.2021., as a First Director. He has done his BE in Electronics and Telecommunications engineering in 1988 and was associated with Industrial Systems Group of BHEL for one and half years before joining OF organisation. An IOFS officer of 1989 batch, he has held important positions in various Ordnance factories like HAPF, OFIt, OFPM and OFAJ before being selected as Director Operations and HR at GIL. He has a rich experience of more than 30 years in fields of Maintenance, Procurement, Quality, R&D and Production in various Ordnance factories. He headed Quality and maintenance divisions in Ordnance factory Ambajhari and has notable contributions in Plant and process modernization, Predictive maintenance and implementation of Industry 4.0 concepts there.
He is a qualified Energy Auditor from 2005 exam of BEE and was amongst top 10 in India. He has also been a member of Energy management and Energy saving sectional committee of BIS.
Shri Surendra Dhapodkar
Director Finance & CFO
Shri Surendra Dhapodkar Director Finance & CFO on the Board of Gliders India appointed on the Board of Gliders India Limited w.e.f. 14.08.2021 as a First Director. He is a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical, and Indian Engineering Service Batch 1990 & was associated with offshore Bombay high field offshore of ONGC (ICP- platform) for 20 month before joining the IOFS. Before joining the first Board of Directors, he has worked as an Additional General Manager in Heavy Vehicle Factory Chennai, First Secretary Technical (Indian Embassy Moscow, Russia), and various positions in OF Kanpur, OF Ambajhari. He has more than 33 years of experience dealing with production, maintenance, Procurement, and project. He has work in a very important prestigious assignment as a First Secretary in the Indian Embassy Moscow to deal with various Russian industries and projects dealt by the Department of D
He has been awarded Ayudh Bhushan in 2009 for his innovation work in field of maintenance. He has also contributed towards Tank Production technology ( T-90, T-72, Arjun) at HVF & ammunition hardware production (Ordnance Factory Ambajhari & Ordnance Factory Kanpur).
Shri Jayant Kumar
Government Nominee Director
Shri Jayant Kumar, Joint Secretary (Aerospace) holds Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He belongs to Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) of 1994 batch. He has more than 25 years of rich & varied experience on Indian Railways. Prior to joining as joint Secretary (Aerospace), Department of Defence production, he was Group General Manager in Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of Indian Limited (DFCCIL).
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