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Eric Lenseigne takes over as Country Director & Managing Director of Thales India |
Eric LENSEIGNE
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Eric Lenseigne has taken over as country director & managing director of Thales India Pvt. Ltd. He will be based out of Delhi. Before moving to India, Eric was the Thales Group Country Director, Nordic and Baltic States and managing director of Thales Sverige based out of Stockholm, Sweden. His responsibilities included leading the Business Development activities for the Thales Group.
Eric has over 23 years’ experience in International Business and Market Development in Northern Europe, Russia, Middle East and Asia. He started his career with the Alcatel Group and rose to become Vice President, Public and Regulatory Affairs at Alcatel-Lucent prior to joining the Thales Group in 2008. Eric holds Master’s Degrees in Electronic & Signal Processing and in Business Administration as well. Eric, 49 is married with four children and his other interests include playing the guitar. He speaks French and English and has a basic understanding of Russian and Spanish.
Thales India Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Thales Group with 300 people in India operating from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi, Gwalior, Bangalore, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Lucknow. Thales India offers a wide range of services for all Thales systems operational in India and is committed to support the nearly six-decade long relationship with Indian Armed Forces and Civil Oorganisations. Thales has two joint venture agreements in India with Rolta and Samtel. Thales Software India Pvt. Ltd. was created in Chennai to develop software for its worldwide customer base. |
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Lt Gen. S.K. Singh
is the new VCOAS |
Lt Gen. SK Singh, who was earlier
heading the South Western
Army Command, has taken over
as the new Vice Chief of the Indian
Army on 1 November 2011. In
his career span of over 35 years,
Lt Gen SK Singh has commanded
a Brigade in Siachen Glacier,
an Infantry Division on Line of
Control, 14 Corps in Leh and was
the South Western Army Commander
in Jaipur before moving
to the Army headquarters. He
was commissioned in December
1972 in the 8 Gorkha Rifles, a
regiment to which the late Field
Marshal Sam Manekshaw belonged,
and has participated in a
number of operations, including
the IPKF deployment Operation
Rakshak in Punjab and Jammu and kashmir.
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Anil Kumar Takes Over As CMD Of BEL |
Chairman and Managing
Director of Navratna Defence
Public Sector Undertaking
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
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Anil Kumar has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on 1 October, 2011. He succeeds Ashwani Kumar Datt, who retired on superannuation on 30 September, 2011.
Anil Kumar was earlier Director (Other Units) of BEL before his elevation as CMD. As Director (Other Units), he headed 8 of the 9 Units of BEL located at Ghaziabad, Panchkula, Navi Mumbai, Kotdwara, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Machilipatnam.
Anil Kumar joined BEL at Ghaziabad Unit in February 1975 after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab University in 1974. He completed M.Tech from IIT Delhi in 1979 while in service. He has extensive experience in Development & Engineering, Production, Material Management and Installing and Commissioning of Radar and Communication systems.
He has served as Chief Regional Manager at BEL’s New York Regional Office for two years. He has visited Russia, Poland, Belgium and France in connection with Technology Transfers and Project Work.
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Changes in the Delhi Office for LM Aeronautics |
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company announced last month that Michael N. (Mike) Kelley had been named regional market director for South and Southeast Asia. In this capacity he will now have business development responsibility for all LM Aeronautics products in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Kelley will gradually assume his new responsibilities over the next few months before relocating to LM Aeronautics headquarters in December 2011.
Prior to this assignment, Kelley spent six years assigned to Lockheed Martin’s New Delhi office. While in India, he led LM Aeronautics’ 2008 sale of C-130J aircraft to the Indian Air Force, the first major Indo-US defence deal in nearly 50 years. He also played a major role in LM’s campaign for the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft competition.
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Wing Commander Rajesh K. Dhingra (retd)
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Wing Commander Rajesh K. Dhingra (retd) will assume leadership for LM Aeronautics business development efforts in India. These activities will include additional sales of C-130J aircraft and derivatives, unmanned air systems, and maritime surveillance aircraft. Wg. Cdr. Dhingra has been with Lockheed Martin since April 2007. |
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Lt Gen. Munish Sibal To Be The New Quatrer Master General |
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Lt Gen. Munish Sibal, General Officer Commanding Vajra Corps will take over the charge of Quarter Master General at Delhi very soon. The General Officer commanded Vajra Corps since Aug 2010 with great pride and élan. During his tenure, the Vajra Corps excelled in all operational, training, logistics and administrative activities. He took special interest in the welfare of troops.
On successful completion of his tenure, he thanked all officers and Brave Sainiks of the formation for their outstanding contribution and exhorted them to continue to give their best to the Nation and the army. He also wished good health and happiness to families of the Vajra Corps and the veterans of Punjab. A number of functions were held to bid farewell to Lt Gen Munish Sibal and his wife Shashi Sibal.
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Vice Admiral Satish Soni is the new deputy chief |
Vice Admiral Satish Soni replaced Vice Admiral Robin Dhowan as new the deputy chief of naval staff at the Integrated Headquarters, ministry of defence (Navy), New Delhi, on August 30.
The Admiral has commanded the minesweeper INS Kakinada, the guided missile corvette Kirpan, the stealth frigate Talwar and the guided missile destroyer Delhi, during his long career. Commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1976, Rear Admiral Soni has commanded the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy.
He was also the Commandant of the National Defence Academy at Khadakvasla.
He is a specialist in Navigation and Aircraft Direction and an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai. |
Vice Admiral Satish Soni (seen on the left) taking over as deputy chief of naval staff from Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan at South Block, New Delhi on 30 Aug 2011
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Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan Takes Over As VCNS |
Vice Chief of Naval Staff
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Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan took over from Vice Admiral D.K. Dewan as the new vice chief of Naval Staff at the Integrated Headquarters, ministry of defence (Navy), New Delhi, on August 31.
Vice Admiral D.K. Dewan retired as vice chief after serving the Navy for 38 years.
Vice Admiral Dhowan has commanded the missile corvette INS Khukri, guided missile destroyers INS Ranjit and INS Delhi and served as Flag Officer Commanding of Eastern Fleet. His previous appointments include deputy chief of naval staff and as assistant chief of the naval staff (Policy and Plans) at Naval HQ in New Delhi. He also has been the commandant of National Defence Academy Khadakvasla, Naval Advisor at the High Commission of India, London and chief staff officer (Operations) at Western Naval Command HQ in Mumbai.
A navigation and direction Specialist, Vice Admiral ‘Robin’ Dhowan is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College and Naval War College, Rhode Island, USA.
He joined his first ship, INS Delhi in 1974 where he was awarded the ‘telescope’ on being the best Cadet. He was later awarded the ‘Sword of Honour’ on completion of Midshipman training. He has undergone various courses in India and abroad including the Sea Harrier Direction course at Yeovilton, UK and the Naval Command Course at Naval War College, Rhode Island, USA.
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Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra is the New AOC-In-C Maintenance Command |
Jagdish Chandra took over as Air Officer Commanding in Chief of IAF's maintenanc Command,IAF at it Nagpur headquarter today
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Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra took charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Maintenance Command at its Nagpur Headquarters on September 1. Air Marshal Chandra was commissioned in the Electronic stream of IAF’s Engineering Branch on 8 Jul 1976. He has a rich experience on a wide range of aircraft radars, communication, weapons and information technology systems of IAF. He has undergone training in France on Mirage-2000’s Computerised Maintenance Management system.
“The units of Maintenance Command have a vital role to play so that IAF retains its cutting edge in combat preparedness. Technology is advancing at a very rapid pace and the state of art equipment is under induction. In order to maintain aircraft and equipment with required operational efficiency, it is incumbent for all of us to quickly absorb the technology and new methods,” said Air Marshall Chandra, in his address to the staff.
He further stated that having adopted the year 2011 as year of consolidation and maintenance, there is a need to identify areas of concern affecting operational assets, availability and evolve strategies to enhance logistical and maintenance support to operational unit.
He previously held the position of director general (Systems) at the Air Headquarters. He was also the senior maintenance staff officer, South Western Air Command at Gandhi Nagar, air officer commanding of a Radar & Communication Base Repair Depot at Palam, command signals officer (Air) at South Western Air Command, chief engineering officer at Air Force Station Hakimpet and Joint Director Engineering (Mirage 2000) at Air Headquarter. Air Marshal Chandra is a graduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering and a post graduate in computer technology. For his exceptional service, spanning over 35 years, He was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2011 and Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 1993.
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Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne PVSM, AVSM, VSM |
Vice chief of air staff, Air Marshal NAK Browne took over as the Chief of Air Staff on the afternoon of July 31. Commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF in June 1972, ACM Browne has an eclectic flying experience in such aircraft as Hunters, all variants of the MiG-21s, Jaguars and Sukhoi-30s.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, ACM Browne had served as an instructor at the Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment and the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington. He is also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College at Alabama, United States. Before becoming the vice chief, he was Air Officer Commanding in Chief (AOC-in-C) of the strategically important Western Air Command.
Flying experience aside, ACM Browne has done a diplomatic stint in Israel when he started the Indian defence wing in Tel Aviv in April 1997 and served as the defence attache till July 2000.
Meanwhile, with the retirement of ACM Naik, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma has assumed the additional charge of Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee.
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VAdm. Shekhar Sinha is Chief of Integrated Staff to Chairman |
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Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha took over as the Chief of Integrated Staff to Chairman (CISC) on 4 July 2011 nearly two months after it was his due. Commissioned into the Indian Navy in June 1974, he is the senior-most naval aviator, and the course-mate of his predecessor, Vice Admiral D.K. Joshi, who, tipped to be the next Chief of Naval Staff, had moved to head the Western Naval Command in May. Given his seniority and impeccable professional credentials, he should have occupied the CISC chair the day it was vacated. This did not happen because the naval headquarters sent a panel of three officers for CISC position side-stepping its senior-most able officer to the defence ministry. It was left to the latter to correct the wrong. |
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