Scooters India Limited informed that pursuant to letter no. F. No.3(23)/2012-PE-VI (Pt. II) dated April 15, 2024, issued by the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India, Mr. Navin Kaul, GM, BHEL, Jagdishpur has taken charge as Chairman of Scooters India Limited on an Additional Charge basis with effect from April 25, 2024, on cessation of Mr. Amit Shrivastav, GM, BHEL, FSIP as a Chairman & Managing Director of SIL with effect from April 25, 2024, on completion of term.

Mr. Navin Kaul, GM, BHEL, Jagdishpur has been appointed as a Chairman & Managing Director of SIL on an additional charge basis for the period of One year with effect from April 25, 2024 or till further order, whichever is earlier Shri Navin Kaul is 1991 batch Electronics and Communication Engineering graduate from Birla Institute of Technology (Mesra), Ranchi. He has a versatile experience in the manufacturing shop floor ranging from Electronics, software & Mechanical maintenance of complex & large size machines at the Turbine, Turbo-generator & Naval gun manufacturing plant of BHEL (HEEP) at Haridwar. He has headed various departments in viz.

Maintenance & Services, Turbine Blade manufacturing, Strategy & Operation management, Capital investment, Works contracts, Factory Manager at the HEEP plant in Haridwar. He was instrumental in spearheading Oxygen supplies to medical institutions in North India during second wave of Covid-19 along with development & commercialization of Electrostatic disinfection unit during first wave of Covid-19 which was also awarded Skoch award - Order of Merit. He has been granted two Patents & 1 Copyright for various Product & process innovations & some applications are under grant.

He has implemented several IIoT projects with in-house developments including joint developments with IIT- Roorkee. Indigenization of the complete range of super-critical Turbine blades including Z- shroud blades, Nimonic blades has been ensured during his tenure. Several conventional machines have been converted to CNC machines along with installation of advanced Control systems in HEEP plant.

He has conceived & implemented several energy savings, 1 MW Solar PV plant & water saving initiatives. Ensured timely milestone based implementation of various Capex projects including New Blade shop establishment, Capacity augmentation to 13020MW & the DABG expansion schemes. He is currently heading overall operations of Fabrication, Stamping & Insulator plant (FSIP) at Jagdishpur.