Lt Gen Pradeep C Nair takes over as Director General Assam Rifles

Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair took over as the 21st Director General of the Assam Rifles ( popularly known as Sentinels of the North-East) on 1 June 2021. He has rich experience of Assam Rifles and the North East, having earlier been an Inspector General and a Company Commander in Assam Rifles, besides having commanded Assam Rifles battalions as a Brigade Commander. The General Officer was commissioned into the Sikh Regiment in 1985. In his last assignment at the Army Headquarters, he was the Director General Recruiting, responsible for recruiting officers and jawans in the Indian Army.

Safran Helicopter Engines has appointed Jetendra S Gavankar as Managing Director of Safran Helicopter Engines India Pvt. Ltd. Jetendra will lead the company’s business in India and will be responsible for its strategic partnerships across the market and with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in particular.

Safran Helicopter Engines India is based in Bangalore and is fully dedicated to supporting the company’s Indian customers, notably the Indian Armed Forces and Coast Guard. Its strategy is to build around a long-standing cooperation with HAL and the Ardiden 1H1 engine, co-developed by the two companies and now in production under the ‘ Shakti’ designation. It powers HAL’s Dhruv and Light Combat Helicopter and more than 250 units are in service.