R Srinivasan has been appointed as Managing Director, Helicopter Complex, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
The new position has been created to bring all helicopter design, development and manufacturing activities under one umbrella, a HAL press release said.
Srinivasan will head five critical divisions of HAL, including the Helicopter Division, Helicopter MRO, Rotary Wing Research and Design Centre, Composite Manufacturing Division and Barrackpore Division, it said.
Speaking about his focus area as the New MD, Helicopter complex, Srinivasan said in a statement "ALH is the key and I will be focussing on further increasing the serviceability of this machine, so that all the customers get what they want without any delays. On the civil front too, we will have to make more inroads and that will also top my agenda".
Prior to the new appointment, Srinivasan was the General Manager of HAL's Helicopter MRO division.