MS Velpari takes over as Director Operations at HAL

MS Velpari, has taken the charge as Director – Operations HAL from Sunil Kumar who superannuated on July 31.

Earlier, he held the post of Chief of Project (LCA Tejas) at LCA-Tejas Division.

Velpari holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai and did his Masters from IIT Madras in Aircraft Production Engineering. He joined HAL in 1985 as Management Trainee (20th batch). He gained experience in the areas of manufacturing, assembly, design, product support, customer support, indigenisation and other management functions while serving at LCA-Tejas, Aircraft, Foundry & Forge Divisions in Bengaluru and Aircraft Division at Nashik.