भारत सरकार का उद्यमA GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE

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.

Shri Prakash Agarwala is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra & MBA from IIM, Kolkata. He is an IOFS officer of 1990 batch.

After completion of his training at NADP, Ambajhari, Nagpur, he joined at erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in 1992, where a new division of Marketing & Export was being set up. He has a vast experience of Marketing, Export and International Cooperation during his long stint at erstwhile OFB. He was decorated with the prestigious “Ayudh Bhushan” Award also during this period.

He has also worked in the areas of Material Management, Production Planning, Quality Control etc. at the factory level at Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur and thereafter at OEF Headquarters, Kanpur.

He served at erstwhile OFB, Kolkata again as Deputy Director General of Marketing & Export for three years till 2021 before joining the newly created DPSU, Munitions India Limited (MIL) at Pune, as General Manager, Business Development & Finance.

He has a wide international exposure having visited around 20 countries for Defence Export promotion and International cooperation.

Shri Prakash Agarwala, took over as Director/Finance at MIL on 16th June, 2022. He is also the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of MIL.

Shri Surendra Prasad Yadav has been appointed as
a Government Nominee Director on the Board of Company.

Shri Surendra Prasad Yadav is qualified in B.Tech
and M.Tech and 1996
batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officer of West Bengal cafre. He
has previously worked in Department of Forest, Government of West
Bendal, in different capacities i.e. Divisional Forest Officer and
Chief Conservator of Forest. He also worked as Executive Director in
West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation for more than 7
years.

Presently, he is working as Joint Secretary (Land
Systems) in Department of Defence Production , Ministry of Defence,
Govt. of India