nElectrovaya Inc. announced additions to its senior management team to meet the growing demand in the emerging markets of energy storage and mobile energy. Electrovaya announces Dr. Ravi Gopal as its new Vice President, Engineering. Dr. Gopal will lead all of Electrovaya's engineering activities for battery systems including high voltage grid scale systems and clean transportation systems. He has diverse skill sets and broad industry exposure encompassing systems engineering, electronics engineering, mechanical and process engineering, embedded controls and instrumentation development, software engineering and project management.

Ravi was previously the Vice President of Applications Development at Hydrogenics Corporation. Electrovaya announced Dr. Rajshekar Das Gupta, as its Vice President of Business Development. Raj has worked with Electrovaya initially as Director Research and later as Vice President of Energy Storage.

In this role, Raj will focus on managing and increasing Electrovaya's sales for both its stationary and automotive energy storage systems and developing Electrovaya's strategy for technology licensing and business partnerships. Raj had earlier been instrumental in developing the Scribbler product for Electrovaya in 2003 in collaboration with Microsoft. Electrovaya announced Rakesh Bhola as Vice President, Technology.

Rakesh has over 15 years experience in Lithium Ion batteries at Electrovaya and holds several critical patents in the areas of cell chemistry, electrode production, engineered electrode microstructures, thermal management and battery design.