Salil Gupte to head Boeing India from March

Salil Gupte will take charge as the new president of aerospace major Boeing India on March 18.

According to the company, Gupte will be based in New Delhi, serve as Boeing's senior executive in India, and report to Marc Allen, president of Boeing International.

"Gupte, who was vice-president of Boeing Capital Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, succeeds Prat Kumar, who was appointed vice-president and programme manager of Boeing's F-15 fighter aircraft programme in November 2018," the company said in a statement.

"He will lead a team of over 3,000 employees and joint venture personnel located in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai. His leadership will extend to cover Boeing's large supply chain presence in India, its engineering and technology centre in Bengaluru, and Boeing's joint venture with Tata in Hyderabad."

--IANS

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