W V K Krishna Shankar appointed BHEL Director (IS&P)

State-run BHEL today said W V K Krishna Shankar has been appointed a Director on the Board of the company.

"W V K Krishna Shankar has been appointed as the director (Industrial Systems & Products), BHEL," the company said in a statement.

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Prior to this, Krishna Shankar, 57, was heading the company's Corporate Planning & Development (P&D) wing as executive director.

A Mechanical Engineer from University Visveswarayya College of Engineering, Bangalore University with a Diploma in Management, Shankar has also undergone training in Corporate Planning at IMI (now IMD), Geneva, Switzerland.

Shankar has 36 years of professional experience through working in major segments of BHEL. He has handled a variety of assignments in strategic as well as operational areas in various capacities and functions.

He was elevated to the position of executive director in July 2010, the statement said.