Chairman and Managing Director
Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd.)
Chairman & Managing Director
Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd.) assumed charge as Chairman & Managing Director of GRSE with effect from 10 Jun 22. He is a Mechanical Engineer with Master’s Degree in Defence & Strategic Studies. The officer has undergone Defence Services Staff Course at DSSC (Wellington), Higher Defence Orientation Course at Army War College (Mhow) and the prestigious Naval Higher Command Course at the Naval War College (Goa).
He has had an illustrious career spanning over 36 years including 28 years in the Indian Navy, during which he has held various prestigious appointments in key positions of strategy, operations, technical administration and decision making. He has served in nine ships of the Indian Navy, including seven frontline warships. His other notable appointments include field assignments in Naval Repair Yards, Naval Dockyards, Staff appointments at Eastern Naval Command, Command Engineer Officer of Southern Naval Command and Warship Production Superintendent at Kochi, steering the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier project. A notable contribution of the officer was his tenure as commissioning Engineering Officer of India’s first indigenously built Stealth Frigate, INS Shivalik.
Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd.) joined GRSE as Chief General Manager (Production Planning & Control) in the year 2016 and was in charge of production planning of all new construction ships at that point of time. He assumed charge as Director (Personnel) of the Company from 21 Oct 2019 and headed the Human Resource and Technical Division functions of GRSE.
The Chairman & Managing Director has defined an ambitious Vision for the company and strives to make GRSE as the best Indian Shipyard recognised globally, while also targeting Navratna classification by 2030. Under his helm, the company has been on an upward growth trajectory with strong financial and physical performance. One of the credible achievements was recategorisation of the Shipyard as a Schedule ‘A’ CPSE during 2024. He envisions to further strengthen the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, create a unique identity for the company amongst its peers by becoming self-reliant in design capability and by deploying state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. Towards this goal, his thrust has been on improving productivity, new technology adaptation with specific focus on development of ‘Green’ & ‘Autonomous’ platforms, enhancing efficiency, devising new policies, increasing the vendor base, human resource development and most importantly instill a sense of discipline amongst employees of the shipyard.