Chairman and Managing Director Director (Opertaions & HR) Director (Finance) Government Nominee Director Shri M C Balasubramaniam
Chairman and Managing Director
Shri MC Balasubramaniam took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Gliders India Limited (GIL) on 23.01.2025 a prominent DPSU in Defence manufacturing.
Shri MC Balasubramaniam, a 1999 Batch IOFS Officer, started his professional journey on 03.01.2000 as Probationary Officer in the esteemed National Academy of Defence Production after completing B.Tech from the prestigious Central Leather Research Institute of India.
Prior to joining as CMD/GIL, he was holding the charge of the General Manager of Ordnance Parachute Factory Kanpur, a unit under the aegis of Ministry of Defence.
Earlier, during his posting in Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur, Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi and Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur at various capacities, he played a pivotal role in the area of Operations, R&D, supply chain management, Marketing & Export, New Product Development, Quality Control, Strategic Planning, Finance & Accounts, Production, Administration, etc .
In an illustrious career spanning over more than 25 years, he has a very diverse career profile ranging from manufacturing of various types of critical Parachutes, Inflatables, Troop Comforts Equipments, Extreme Cold climate Gears, Technical Textiles etc. for Indian Armed Forces, MHA and exports.
Shri Sunil Date
Director (Operations & HR)
Shri Sunil Date, Director (Operations & HR) 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. 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).
Smt. Urmila Rawat
Deputy Secretary (DIP)
Officer of Central Secretariat Service Cadre with more than 30 years of experience of working in various Ministries and Departments of Government of India.
Have experience of working in Establishment Matters of Government of India and Bilateral Cooperation. Prior to joining the Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production, have worked in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Department of Personnel and Training.
Have looked after the work of bilateral cooperation with Japan. Has been instrumental in clearing a number of projects of infrastructure and agricultural development with bilateral loans under Official Development Assistant from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Has been in MoD, DDP since Nov. 2017 and looking after the work of Defence Exports and Industrial Licensing. Have worked to provide an end-to-end solution to speed up the process of grant of export authorisation. Many reforms were brought in to enhance defence exports and these have shown results. During her tenure, the defence exports has seen manifold increase from Rs.4682 Crs. in 2017-18 to Rs.21083 Crs. in 2023-24. 0
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