Eveready gets a new joint managing director in Suvomoy Saha

The move comes more than a year after the Burman family - promoters of Dabur India - became the largest shareholder in Eveready with a stake of 19.84%

The country’s largest dry cell battery maker, Eveready Industries India, announced on Tuesday that it had appointed Suvomoy Saha as joint managing director, for “re-orientation” of processes in the post pandemic world and “new growth avenues”.

The move comes more than a year after the Burman family – promoters of Dabur India – became the largest shareholder in Eveready at around 19.84 per cent. The Khaitan family – promoters of Eveready – are at 4.77 per cent and Amritanshu Khaitan, is the managing director of the company.

“To increase professional depth of the management, the board has brought in Suvomoy Saha, who