Ashok Nayak takes over as chairman at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

01 April 2009

Bangalore: Ashok Nayak takes over as the new chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd from 1 April, a company spokesman said today. Nayak succeeds Ashok K Baweja, who retired on 31 March.

Prior to this appointment Nayak was managing director of HAL's Bangalore Complex.

He will be HAL's 15th chairman.

Hailing from Honnavara in Karnataka, Nayak - a Mechanical Engineer from Bangalore University - joined HAL as a management trainee in 1973. In a professional career spanning over three decades, he has held key positions in the fields of manufacturing, quality assurance, production, planning, customer services and export.

At the engine division in Bangalore (1986-1998), he headed production engineering and led the assembly, overhaul and repair of engines like Artouste, Garrett, Dart, Orpheus, Gnome, Adour and the Avon series.

As the general manager of the aerospace division in 2004, he gave a major thrust to the manufacturing of GSLV Mk III structural assemblies and tankages.