BHEL appoints Bani Verma as Director (Industrial Systems & Products)

by Psu Connect
Date: 10-10-23

Prior to this, Ms. Varma was spearheading BHEL’s Transportation Business segment as well as the company’s Electronics Division (EDN) manufacturing unit at Bengaluru.

BHEL appoints Bani Verma as Director (Industrial Systems & Products)

On her appointment as Director on the Board of Bharat Heavy BHEL, Ms. Bani Varma, 55, has assumed charge as Director (Industrial Systems & Products) of the Public Sector Engineering and Manufacturing Enterprise.

Prior to this, Ms. Varma was spearheading BHEL’s Transportation Business segment as well as the company’s Electronics Division (EDN) manufacturing unit at Bengaluru.

Ms. Varma is an Electrical engineering graduate from the Delhi College of Engineering and started her career with BHEL as an Engineer Trainee in the company’s Industry Sector vertical in 1990. During her 33 years of holistic, diversified and hands-on experience in the energy, industry and transportation segments, she has developed a comprehensive set of competencies in areas of strategic management, business development, project execution, change management and human resource management.

As Head of BHEL’s Transportation Business & Systems Group, she was responsible for BHEL’s diversification initiatives in the rail transportation business and strategised to secure the prestigious Vande Bharat trains manufacturing cum maintenance order for the company. Apart from this, as head of EDN, she was responsible for engineering and production of BHEL’s power & defence business related control equipment and propulsion electrics for Indian Railways. She successfully turned around the unit leading it to profitability after sustained losses.