Salil Gupte appointed as Boeing’s India head

MUMBAI: US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has named Salil Gupte as its India head, effective March 18. Gupte succeeds Prat Kumar, who was appointed vice-president and program manager of Boeing’s F-15 fighter aircraft program in November last year. He will be based in New Delhi and report to Marc Allen, president of Boeing International, the company said in a release on Tuesday. Gupte will join as president, Boeing India, from the aircraft maker’s wholly-owned subsidiary Boeing Capital Corp., where he served as vice president, it said. “In leading the Boeing India team, Salil will build on Prat Kumar’s great work of growing Boeing’s business and partnerships in India and supporting the development of a thriving aerospace and defence industry for India,” Allen was quoted as saying in the release.