Board of Directors

Shri Ravi Kant

Chairman & Managing Director

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 Debashish Banerjee

Director/HR

Shri Debashish Banerjee, is a Mechanical Engineer with Post Graduate qualification in Maintenance Management (M.Tech) and Social Science (M.Phil). He has done course on Management of Technologist from IIM, Bangalore and Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration from Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. He has experience in Defence Production Industry for more than 33 years. He joined the Indian Ordnance Factories Services through UPSC (Engineering Services) Examination, as Assistant Works Manager in the year 1989 at Ordnance Factory Dum Dum situated at West Bengal. During his journey of over 3 decades, he has worked in Ammunition & Explosive Group, Weapon Group, Armoured Vehicle Group of Factories. During this journey he worked at different levels at various production units almost in every area i.e Production, Planning, Quality Control, Engineering, Maintenance, Administration, Provision & Information Technology.

Shri Banerjee worked as General Manager of Engine Factory Avadi from September, 2020 to September 2021. This Factory is engaged in production of engine for Tank T-72, Tank T-90 and BMP II Vehicle. During this period the factory achieved 100% indigenization of its input components.

Shri Banerjee, took over as the first Director/HR of newly created Defence Public Sector Enterprise, Munitions India Limited, Pune on 1st October, 2021. The Company comprising of 12 Ordnance Factories is engaged in production of various types of ammunition for all Defence Forces.

Shri S K Rout

Director/Operations

Shri S K Rout is B. Sc Engineering (Mechanical) with post graduate in MBA from IGNOU. 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 1989 at Rifle Factory Ishapore, situated at West Bengal. He worked various production units at different levels in the area of production, planning, maintenance of plants, safety & quality for almost 2 decades.

He has also served at National Academy of Defence Production, Ambajhari (a single Institute for training of IOFS & Allied Estt. officers) as Additional Principal Director for 3 & ½ yrs and organized various Management Development Programme (MDP) for service officers & senior lever officers. He has visited Defence manufacturing factories in Russia & France for Transfer of Technology.

He worked as General Manager of Ordnance Factory Varangaon from December 2020 to Sept. 2021. This factory is engaged in manufacturing of small arms ammunition viz 5.56mm & 7.62mm ball power ammunition for our Defence forces.

Shri S K Rout, took over as first Director/Operations of newly created Defence Public Sector Enterprise, Munitions India Limited (MIL) Pune on 1st Oct 2021. Under the guidance of S K Rout, all the 12 Units under MIL, engaged in production of various types of ammunitions to all Defence forces are done extremely well and completed target within the financial year 2021-2022 with higher productivity within 6 months of short period after conversion of corporation.

Prakash Agarwala

Director/Finance & CFO

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 Yadhav

Government Nominee Director

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 cadre. 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

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