Shri Ravi Kant
Chairman & Managing Director Munitions India Limited
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Shri Ravi Kant is a Mechanical Engineer with post graduate qualification in Production Engineering. He has experience in Defence Production industry for over 33 yrs. He joined Indian Ordnance Factories through UPSC Engineering services examination as Assistant Works Manager in the year 1987 and has risen. During this journey since then, he worked in the production and planning of Ammunition (both explosives & hardware) & Armament for almost 2 decades. He has served as Secretary/Ordnance Factory Board for 5 yrs and remained a single point contact for MOD, Services (Army, Navy, Air Force) Hq regarding all matters relating to OFB. He is well versed with the DPP and DPM as He has actively participated in the formulation of the same. He has been actively involved in Transfer of Technology of various weapon systems and ammunition to OFB. He has visited Defence manufacturing factories in Russia, Israel, Belgium, Italy, Brazil, France, US, UK etc for Transfer of Technology. He worked in Heavy Vehicle Factory Avadi manufacturing Battle Tanks.
He has worked as Joint Secretary in Ministry of Defence in New Delhi. During this period he was responsible for Ex Servicemen Welfare and capital acquisition of Naval systems, Electronic Warfare System for Tri Services. During this period, he was actively associated in formulation of Strategic Partnership model.
Worked as General Manager of Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Jabalpur from Aug 2019 to Sept 2021. This factory is the largest factory in India engaged in production of various types of ammunition for Army, Navy and Air Force.
Shri Ravi Kant, took over as first CMD of newly created Defence Public Sector Enterprise ,Munitions India Limited (MIL) Pune on 1st Oct 2021. With taking over the charge of CMD of MIL, Shri Ravi Kant from Ordnance Factories fraternity head one of India’s most valuable Defence Public Sector Enterprises. The company comprising of 12 Ordnance Factories, is engaged in production of various types of ammunition to all Defence Forces.