New Delhi: Jayadeva EP, Director (Operations) at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), has assumed the additional charge of the post of Director (HR) of the company for a period of three months on Thursday, stated the company in a BSE filing dated December 1. The company also stated that Jayadeva will take over the position as Alok Verma, Director (HR), has attained the age of superannuation on November 30.
Jayadeva holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru and has down his post-graduation from IIT Madras in 'Aircraft Production Engineering'. He has worked in overhaul division, aircraft division, LCA Tejas Division and at the corporate office of HAL. He was instrumental in managing new fighter aircraft manufacturing, overhaul and upgrade from project inception to execution stage.
He joined HAL in 1987 as a management trainee and has about 33 years of experience in the areas of manufacturing, assembly, overhaul, upgrades, customer support, indigenisation and other management functions. In corporate planning, he played a significant role in framing perspective plans of the company. He contributed towards the establishment of repair and overhaul and upgrade facility for Kiran, Hawk and Mirage aircraft at Overhaul Division. He has also served as Director on two joint venture companies of HAL.