Shri Sajal Prakash, Chief Executive Officer, Accessories Complex, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is present Chairman of Naini Aerospace Limited. Shri Sajal Prakash has been nominated as Director on the Board of Naini Aerospace Limited effective from January 11, 2018. Shri Prakash is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from HBTI, Kanpur , holds post graduate degree of M.Tech in Aircraft Production Engineering from IIT Madras and has completed Leadership Development Program at IIM, Ahmedabad. Shri Prakash was heading Transport Aircraft Division, Kanpur as General Manager before elevation to the post of CEO, Accessories Complex,Lucknow. 
            
     Shri Prakash joined Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) as a Management Trainee (Technical) in July 1986 and has been associated with HAL for over 34 years. He had served in various key positions across the different verticals within HAL. Under his leadership, Accessories Complex, Lucknow has overcome multiple challenges and emerged much stronger besides consistently meeting annual targets of all financial & physical parameters.

      Shri Prakash with his rich and varied experience has been instrumental in identifying solutions related to intricate technical problems and strategic issues. He provided valuable inputs and also extensively contributed to GOI's "Make in India" strategy by manufacturing Civil Do-228 and has set roadmap for enhancing self-reliance & self-sufficiency through indigenisation efforts for obsolescence management and for developing alternate technology leading to product improvement & reduction in cost.

      Shri Prakash has taken several e-initiatives, implementation of which have brought in systemic changes, transparency & process improvement. Shri Prakash is an active member of professional bodies like Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) and has also been the Chairman of Kanpur Branch (UP & Bihar Chapter) (AeSI) from July 2017 to August 2019.

Chief Executive Officer, Accessories Complex, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

     Shri Anbuvelan S, Chief Execitive Officer, Helicopter Complex, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has been nominated as Director on the Board of Naini Aerospace Limited effective from June 06, 2019. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi and did Masters in Aircraft Production Engineering from IIT – Madras. He also holds a Post-Graduation Diploma in Business Management from XIME, Bangalore.

     He has accomplished optimal levels of performance with great sincerity and has enhanced skill and capacity through his leadership. He inculcated the learning from his higher studies and experience gained from Aerospace Industries abroad into the areas of Work Culture, Planning, Supply Chain Management & Production Flow. Maintaining a work culture that stimulates the growth of individual, initiating and executing unique ideas for Crisis Management, Building Confidence among the subordinates are a few of his effective leadership attributes. He continuously plans for improvement and focuses on shifting from mundane activities to strategic approach on achieving the Organisational Goals.

     Some of his achievements during his tenure in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited are, Productionising ALH’s Integrated Transmission Assembly, Ramping up Production of ALH Gear boxes, Reduction of snags during equipping of ALH, Training & Development of employees with a focus on Individual Development,Outsourcing management using web portal for R29 & R29B project, Quality improvements in ROH of Cheetah & Chetak Helicopters at Barrackpore.Streamlining of ALH Production, implementation of latest technologies involving digital transformation in the field of Manufacturing & Assembly of Helicopter Products.

Chief Executive Officer ,
Helicopter Complex,
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Shri Puneet Kumar, Additional General Manager (Marketing, Projects & CS) , Transport Aircraft Division, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Kanpur has been nominated as Director on the Board of Naini Aerospace Limited effective from July 1, 2022.  Shri Puneet Kumar is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow. He holds post graduate degree of M. E. in Analysis and Design of process equipments from NIT, Allahabad.  He also holds a Post-Graduation Diploma in Business Management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He has completed Leadership Development Program at IIM, Ahmedabad. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP), certified by PMI, USA.
            
     He joined Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) as a Design Trainee  in July 1996 and has been associated with HAL for over 26 years. He  worked in various positions at Transport Aircraft Division, Kanpur. He possesses wide experience in areas of aircraft assembly, MRO and test flight operations. He has been instrumental in revival of 5 prolonged AOG HS-748 aircraft of IAF. He headed IT and Quality Control departments also and led several projects for improvements. A state-of-the-art Data Centre was successfully installed under his leadership. Under his headship, TAD became first division of HAL to acquire AS9100 D certification. He was also instrumental in getting approval of BARC for its NDT facilities for the first time.

    Under his leadership, civil version of HAL Do-228-201 aircraft was certified by DGCA for operations in India. He played a key role in evolving a methodology for leasing of Civil Do 228 aircraft. The aircraft are deployed in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED. TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT DIVISION, KANPUR

Shri R R Thakur, CEO Nani Aerospace Limited ,is a renowned professional and has contributed for decades in different verticals at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

He holds Master degree in Computer Science & Engineering with specialisation in System Theory. He joined HAL in the year 1996 and started his initial career at Engine Overhaul Division, Koraput as Project Engineer he was closely associated in setting up RD-33 aero engines test bed. Under his guidance, fault finding and rectification of MiG-29 aircraft was done at Air Force Station for the first time. He worked across various departments in HAL and has rich experience of more than 27 years in Production, IT, Planning, Supply Chain Management, Capital Procurements etc.

During his tenure at Embassy of India, Moscow he progressed several Indo-Russian technical collaborations for manufacturing and Overhaul of SU-30MKI aircrafts, MTA & FGFA projects etc. He was instrumental in organising high-level meetings like Indo Russian Sub Group on Aviation (IRSA), HLMC, SALS etc.

He has vast experience in working with Defence Offset Management Wing (DOMW), Ministry of Defence, Government of India. During his tenure at MoD several offset contracts were concluded and implemented successfully, further he was instrumental in setting up organizational framework for faster disposal of offset discharge claims through DOMW online portal. He represented DOMW/MoD on various international forums and explained prospective business opportunity in India under Defence Offset Policy Guidelines to foreign vendors. He was instrumental in setting up DOMW Facilitation Cell at SCOPE Complex, New Delhi which is outside of the Defence Ministry where foreign vendors and Indian Offset Partners can walk in without any prior appointment. He had played a significant role while drafting of Defence Offset Guidelines under DAP 2020.

As a Head of Plant Maintenance at HAL, Accessories Division, Lucknow he had taken several initiatives and developed an online system for performance/ health monitoring of the CNC machines including the critical test rigs as per Industry 4.0 requirements. His contribution in obtaining NADCAP Certification for several processes used in the Process Shop at ADL was appreciated by the HAL Management.

Naini, Prayagraj, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Post- TSL, Naini, Prayagraj