State-run BHEL has appointed W.V.K. Krishna Shankar as a director on the board of the company.
“W.V.K. Krishna Shankar has been appointed Director (Industrial Systems & Products), BHEL,” the company said in a statement today.
Prior to this Krishna Shankar, 57, was heading the company’s Corporate Planning & Development (P&D) wing as Executive Director.
A Mechanical Engineer from Visveswarayya College of Engineering, Bangalore University, with a Diploma in Management, Krishna Shankar has also undergone training in Corporate Planning at IMI (now IMD), Geneva, Switzerland.
He has 36 years of professional experience through working in major segments of BHEL. He has handled a variety of assignments in strategic as well as operational areas in various capacities and functions.
Krishna Shankar was elevated to the position of Executive Director in July 2010, the statement said.