Nalini Ranjan Mohanty is a retired IOFS officer and former Chairman & Managing Director of the

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Established on 23 December 1940, HAL is one of the oldest and largest aerospace and defence manufacturers in the worl ...

(HAL). He is a former president of the

Aeronautical Society of India Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) is the principal Society in India serving the professions in areas of aeronautics, aerospace and aviation. Its stated primary purpose is to "advance the sciences, engineering, technology and management of ae ...

(ASI) and has been the chairman and managing director of

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India. A Fellow of the ASI and the

Institution of Engineers (India) The Institution of Engineers (India) is the national organization of engineers in India. It has more than one million members in 15 engineering disciplines in 125 centers or chapters in India and overseas; it is the world's largest multi-disci ...

, Mohanty received the ''Ruchi Prativa Samman'' in 2003. The Government of India awarded him the fourth-highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...

, in 2004, for his contributions to Indian industrial sector.

Biography

Mohanty was born on 8 November 1944 in the Indian state of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

, joined the Regional Engineering College, Rourkela (present day

National Institute of Technology The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science ...

) from where he graduated in mechanical engineering (BTech Hons) in 1965. The same year, he joined NIT as a member of faculty and, later, resigned from there to join the

Indian Ordnance Factories Service The Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted (Group A) defence-civilian officers under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for the administration of the Indian ...

(IOFS) after securing the second rank in the All India Engineering Services Examination,. As an IOFS officer, he worked in several ordnance factories in India including Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur and the

Heavy Vehicles Factory The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) located at Avadi in Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a armoured vehicle and battle tank manufacturing factory of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited. HVF was set up in 1961 by the Ordnance Factory Bo ...

, Avadi, and, in 1971, joined

where he rose through ranks to become its chairman in 2001, the second civilian to hold the post. Three years later, he superannuated from HAL and, in 2007, joined

India, the Indian subsidiary of the American conglomerate and the parent company of

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and

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. Mohanty has served in many Public sector undertakings in India such as

Kudremukh Iron Ore Company KIOCL Limited, formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Steel, Government of India with its head office and administrative activities in Bangalore. It has a pelletisa ...

Mahanadi Coalfields Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) is one of the major coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited was carved out of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in 1992 with its he ...

, Dynamatic Technologies,

National Aluminium Company National Aluminium Company Limited (abbreviated as NALCO; incorporated in 1981) is a government company having integrated and diversified operations in mining, metal and power under the ownership of the Ministry of Mines and Government of India ...

Bharat Earth Movers BEML Limited, formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited, is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It manufactures a variety of heavy equipment, such as that used for earth moving, railways, transport an ...

and Sankhya Infotech in the capacity of non-executive director. He has chaired two joint ventures, the Indo-Russian Aviation Limited and the

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-Hindustan Aeronautics Software Limited. He was a member of the ''Kelkar Committee'', headed by

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, which examined the private sector participation in defence production, and served the ''Society of Defence Technologists'' (SODET) as its chairman. He is a former vice president of the

(ASI) and is a Fellow of the Society. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). He received ''Ruchi Prativa Samman'' in 2003 and the Government of India included him in the 2004 Republic Day Honours list for the civilian award of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohanty, Nalini Ranjan 1944 births Living people Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering People from Odisha Academic staff of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Indian Ordnance Factories Service officers

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