Rajnish Sharma has taken over as the Director of the Bangalore Complex at Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

What Happened: The appointment was announced on Saturday in a press release. Before his promotion, Sharma was the General Manager of BEL’s Military Radars SBU.

Sharma, a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Delhi College of Engineering, joined BEL in 1990. His career at BEL spans over 33 years, during which he has worked in various units of the company, gaining significant exposure to core technologies such as Radar Systems, Secure Communication, Electronic Warfare & Avionics, and Naval Missile Systems.

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Sharma has been instrumental in the execution of some of BEL’s largest systems, including LRSAM. He has also contributed to projects such as the Electronic Voting Machine, Airborne Early Warning & Control System with CABS, Flycatcher, Weapon Locating Radar, Reporter Radar, Revathi and Rohini Radars.

In the April-June quarter, the defence major’s consolidated net profit stood at ₹791 crore, marking a 47% jump from ₹538 crore in the same quarter last year. The company’s revenue from operations also increased by 20% to ₹4,243 crore, compared with ₹3,532 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. As of July 1, the company’s order book position stood at ₹76,705 crore.

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