Amit Banerjee takes charge as CMD of BEML Limited

28 Aug 2021 CW Team

Amit Banerjee took over as Chairman and Managing Director of BEML Limited, a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence.

Banerjee is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi. He joined as Asst Engineer and has a vast experience of over 37 years in R&D and manufacturing functions.

He has worked for indigenous development of Metro Cars for Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai, Stainless-Steel EMU and Intermediate Metro Cars, Catenary Maintenance Vehicle and PMS Bridge for Indian Army among others. Prior to assuming the present position, Banerjee was Director (Rail & Metro) BEML.

After formally taking charge, Banerjee said, “It’s a great honour to lead BEML at this juncture. With BEML Team we will achieve our goal towards self-reliance and take BEML to greater heights.”

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