HMT Limited announced that Shri. K. Ravishankar, Executive Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has assumed the additional charge of the post of Managing Director of HMT Limited in place of Shri. Rajeev Singh, Executive Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited on March 8, 2024 in the afternoon up to August 24, 2024 that is, the date of his superannuation or till the joining of regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earliest, subject to the ex-post facto approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).

Shri. K. Ravishankar, aged 59, is Executive Director in M/s. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) /Corporate R &D /Hyderabad. Shri.

K. Ravishankar completed his B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering Collage Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in the year 1985, M.E in Manufacturing Technology from REC, Trichy in 1989, MBA from IGNOU, New Delhi in 1995 and M.A. (English) from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu in the year 2016. Shri. K. Ravishankar joined BHEL as an Engineer Trainee at Tiruchirappalli unit in October 1985.

He has served in Product Engineering Department in various capacities in Pressure Parts & Boiler Layout groups and in the Material Management group as head of procurement /Raw materials. He subsequently served as General Manager /Engineering/Boilers from 2015 to 2018. In May 2018, he was transferred to BHEL- Corporate Office in the Mission Directorate for Advanced Ultra Super Critical Technology development constituted under Ministry of Heavy Industries, where he was responsible for development of projects for the Boiler Island technology establishment.

He was also Head of Hydrogen Business Group under the new growth areas of Corporate Strategic Management wherein he addressed the business potential, the technology requirements and the road map for business development in BHEL. As Head of Corporate R&D, he has been instrumental in focusing and addressing the technical development needs of the organization through in house Development and focusing on the new and upcoming business areas of Coal to Chemicals and Hydrogen value chain. In Nov.

2023, he was elevated as Executive Director, Corporate R&D.