Shri V. RS. Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director

Shri V. RS. Natarajan joined BEML Board with effect from December 1, 2002 as Chairman and Managing Director. He holds a Post Graduate Degree in Social Sciences and has been trained in Corporate Management in AOTS, Japan. Prior to joining BEML Board as the Chairman and Managing Director, he has varied corporate experience in both the public and the private sectors. His past employments include Lakshmi Group, Blue Star Limited, Binny Limited, Bharat Gold Mines Limited and Electronics Corporation of India Limited. Mr. Natarajan has been awarded the Individual Fellowship of Indian Institute of Production Engineers for outstanding contribution to production and productivity in June 2006; conferred Outstanding Chief Executive award for the year 2005 by the National Council of Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering in September 2006 and an IT Excellence Award as business head of the IT Business Division of ECIL, Hyderabad from the Hon'ble President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in the year 2002. Mr. Natarajan is a member of the Executive Committee of SCOPE, New Delhi and is the Chairman of Southern Region, SCOPE; the Chairman, Mining and Construction Equipment Division, Confederation of Indian Industry; Chairman of the Defence Committee FICCI; Chairman of the Society of Defence Technologists; Chairman, Management Council for Combat Engineering, Ministry of Defence. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BEML Midwest Limited and Vignyan Industries Limited.

Shri V. Mohan, Director (Defence Business)

Shri V. Mohan took charge as Director (Defence Business) on April 16, 2007. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Madurai University and has been a part of our Company since 1974. He dealt with various projects relating to manufacturing, defence planning and production. After gaining experience in the corporate office as head of Corporate Purchase Cell and before becoming taking charge as Director, he held the post of Chief General Manager at KGF Complex. Further, he is on the board of Vignyan Industries Limited.

Shri M. Poongavanam, Director (Mining & Construction Business)

Shri M. Poongavanam is a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Madras University. He holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Marketing) from IIM, Bangalore. He started his career as Junior Engineer in Madras Port Trust during 1973 and thereafter joined BEML as Assistant Service Engineer in 1975 and rose to the level of Chief General Manager (Marketing). He has been serving BEML for the past 32 years. He took charge as Director (Mining & Construction Business) on 01.06.2007. He is also on the Board of BEML Midwest Limited and Vignyan Industries Limited.

Shri P. Dwarakanath, Director (Metro & Railway Business)

Shri P. Dwarakanath has been appointed as Director (Metro & Railway) and a member of the Board of Directors of BEML Limited on 01.03.2008. Shri P. Dwarakanath is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal. Prior to the present assignment, he was heading BEML Bangalore Complex as Chief General Manager. The take over of Shri P. Dwarakanath assumes importance particularly with regard to the Metro and Rail Business of the Company in view of the upcoming Mass Rapid Transport System Projects on large scale in various metro cities, especially with regard to Metro Rails and High-Speed Trains.

Shri M. Pitchiah, Director (Finance)

Shri M. Pitchiah has been appointed as Director (Finance) and a Member of Board of Directors of BEML LIMITED, a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence on 14th July 2008. Shri Pitchiah is a Chartered Accountant and carries with him vast experience of around 30 years in various Finance functions of HMT, HAL and BEML. Prior to the present appointment, he had been working as Chief General Manager (Finance), BEML LIMITED at the Corporate Office. Shri Pitchiah, taking over as Director (Finance) assumes importance in view of BEML’s Corporate Vision of becoming a Billion Dollar Company by FY 2013-14 with major expansion plans in all its three major business domains - Mining and Construction, Defence and Rail& Metro - to achieve the target.

Dr. M. Nellaiappan, Director (Human Resource)

Dr. M. Nellaiappan has been appointed as Director (Human Resource) and a Member of Board of Directors of BEML LIMITED, a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence on 23rd March 2009. Dr. M. Nellaiappan holds post graduate qualifications in Social Work, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations and Finance & PhD in Business Administration. Prior to joining BEML, he had served KPCL (A Government of Karnataka Undertaking), for 36 years in various positions and was Director (HR) in that Company in the last 4 years.