Siddharth Mishra Assumes Charge as CMD, BDL

Hyderabad, Mar 1 (Maxim News): Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd) has assumed charge today, as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Miniratna Category – 1 PSU under the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. He succeeds V. Udaya Bhaskar who has retired on 28 Feb 2019, on attaining superannuation.

Commodore Mishra was commissioned in the Electrical Branch of Indian Navy in the year 1985. Post-retirement from Navy in Sep 2016, Commodore Mishra served ECIL, a Schedule “A” Central Public Sector Enterprise. Prior to joining BDL, he was General Manager (Defence) at ECIL, Hyderabad.

Commodore Mishra is a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering, an M Sc in Defence Studies and Master of Management Science. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Naval Academy and Naval College of Engineering, Lonavala. In his 33 years of distinguished career, Commodore Mishra has held varied Operational and Staff appointments, in addition to heading four major groups at ECIL. At Naval Headquarters, he was instrumental in inducting and managing state-of- the- art technology, including policy-framing and was in the core team and represented Indian Navy for induction of the Air Craft Carrier into the Services. At Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, he planned, coordinated and oversaw execution of refits and modernization of ships and submarines. He also controlled and managed the flawless operation / maintenance / asset management / infrastructure development and resource planning of the Dockyard. As a member of the Top Management of ECIL, he has provided excellent leadership to steer various ‘Make-in-India’ programme in defence and other sectors that has paid rich dividend to the Nation. (Maxim News)