Jayadev Galla
Chairman & Managing Director
Jayadev Galla is the Managing Director of Amara Raja Batteries Limited since August 2003. Under his guidance and leadership, the Company has achieved many milestones, viz., including the crossing of Rs.6800 crores turnover; expanding footprint in overseas markets especially in the Indian Ocean Rim, etc. He has been very active and providing valuable suggestions to the Company's strategy and growth plans. Jayadev Galla later assumed charge as the CMD of the Amara Raja group of Companies from August 14, 2021.
Harshavardhana Gourineni
Executive Director, Lead Acid Batteries
Harsha started his career in 2013 at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin based Johnson Controls, one of the largest battery manufacturers in the world, initially as an Operations Supervisor and later on went on to managing the demand planning function. Subsequently, he joined Amara Raja as a Management Executive with functional responsibilities in Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing and other functional responsibilities within the group before being inducted into the board of different group entities. Until recently, he was the Managing Director & CEO of Mangal Industries Ltd. (MIL) a leading manufacturer of auto and battery components in the Amara Raja Group. In this role, he demonstrated a proven record of managing different business verticals. Under his leadership, MIL successfully executed numerous mission critical projects in a timebound manner. He joins Amara Raja Batteries Ltd as its Executive Director with the responsibility of driving the Lead acid battery value maximisation strategies apart from other key initiatives.
Vikramadithya Gourineni
Executive Director, New Energy Business
Vikram started his journey in Amara Raja in 2013 as a Management Executive handling various functional responsibilities relating to supply chain management, procurement, marketing and sales etc. while steadily moving up the ranks. He has been a driving force behind the design and implementation of key strategies in the group. He was subsequently appointed as a Director in many Group entities. He held the top spot in Amara Raja Power Systems Ltd as its Managing Director & CEO and Amara Raja Electronics Ltd as its Managing Director. He was instrumental in shaping the operational policies, growth strategy and future vision for the firm. He now takes on a larger role as the Executive Director in Amara Raja Batteries Ltd responsible for New Energy strategy apart from other key initiatives.
Vijayanand S
President - New Energy Business
Vijayanand S has done his Post Graduation in Chemical Engineering. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of November 1992 as Assistant Manager. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During his tenure, he handled Marketing, Research and Engineering and various other roles. He is the Merit award winner for his contribution to the "yellow hat / kantori startup team" by JCI in May 2005. He headed the Industrial Batteries SBU of ARBL before and was also the CEO of Amara Raja Power Systems Business.
C Narasimhulu Naidu
Chief Operations Officer
Narasimhulu Naidu C has done his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of Oct 1994 as Sr. Engineer. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During his tenure, he handled Production Planning & Control, Purchase, QA, Production – Auto SBU, Projects & Environment, Operations of Mangal Industries and various other roles. He was the CEO of Amara Raja Infra Private Limited & he is Chief Operations Officer of ARBL now.
Srinivasa Rao Ganga
Chief Marketing Officer - Industrial Batteries & Inorganic Growth
Srinivasa Rao Ganga has joined us in October 2011 in the capacity of Chief Marketing Officer in Industrial Batteries SBU, ARBL. Ganga has earlier worked with Amara Raja and rejoined us in the year 2011. Ganga has done his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering and his Masters in Business Administration.
Rajesh Jindal
Chief Marketing Officer - Automotive Batteries
Rajesh Jindal has joined us in the capacity of Regional Sales Manager - North, ARBL based at New Delhi. Rajesh Jindal has done his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He's now heading the Marketing & Sales Function of Auto SBU, ARBL.
Jagadish M
Chief Technology Officer
Jagadish M has joined as Deputy General Manager in Application Engineering function in Amara Raja Batteries Limited in May 2005. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Jagadish has earlier worked with Amara Raja and rejoined us in the year 2005. He has done his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Mysore University.
MM Venkata Krishna
Vice President - Sales & Marketing - Industrial Batteries
Venkata Krishna has done his graduation in Mechanical Engineering. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management. Bangalore. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of August 1991 as Engineer Trainee and worked in various locations across India in various capacities while handling Marketing & Sales. He headed the ISBU Marketing & Sales Function, Operations of ISBU and the Home Incubation Task Force. He was the Business Head in Amara Raja. Now he is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing - Industrial Batterie.
Delli Babu Y
Chief Financial Officer
Delli Babu has joined us in November 2013 in Finance & Accounts Department of Amara Raja Batteries Limited. He is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Vikas Sabharwal
Group Head- Secretarial & Legal
Vikas Sabharwal has joined us in April 2021 as Company Secretary and heading the Secretarial and Legal department. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, a commerce graduate from Delhi University and Masters in Business Laws from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.
Sridhar V V S
Business HR Head
Sridhar has joined us in February 2011 in the capacity of Business HR Head of Automotive SBU, ARBL. Sridhar is a Post Graduate in Social Work, with a specialization in IR & PM, from Nagarjuna University.
Saayon Chakrabarti
Head - Inorganic Growth
Saayon joined ARBL in Nov 2009. He was heading OEM Sales of Auto Batteries till 2016 post which he has played various leadership roles in Corporate Strategy, ARBL Strategy and is currently responsible for Inorganic Growth Strategies for the Lead Acid Business. Saayon is a Metallurgical Engineer from Jadavpur University and has Management education from IIM Calcutta and INSEAD.
P Murali Mohan Reddy
Business SCM head
P Murali Mohan Reddy has done his Engineering in Mechanical(Production)from Osmania University,Hyderabad. He also holds MBA degree in Marketing from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has joined ARBL in the year 2000 and handled channel sales under Amaron and Powerzone After Market programs for almost 18 years before he took over as Head of Lead strategy and procurement as part of Group Supply Chain. He is now Business Supply chain Head - ARBL taking care of Lead Strategy, procurement of other A class materials and Capital Equipment.