The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has selected Shankar Narayan for appointment as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Central Electronics Limited (CEL). The selection was made during the PESB interview held on October 29, 2025.
Mr. Narayan is currently serving as General Manager at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). His name has been forwarded to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for final approval, subject to the requisite vigilance clearances.
A total of eleven candidates appeared before the PESB for the interview. They were:
- Rajnish Goyal, Managing Director and CEO, on deputation to NBPPL as nominee of BHEL management, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Shankar Narayan, General Manager, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Ramnik Sarbahi, General Manager (Power Sector-Eastern Region), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Ajay Saxena, General Manager & Project Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Ashish Jain, Additional General Manager, Contract/Project Management & Commercial Coordination, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Nagender Singh, Additional General Manager Head (FEX and CAPEX), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Sanjeev Singhal, Principal General Manager Transmission, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- Dada Nand Katyayan, Senior General Manager (Business Area Head Faridabad), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- Kamlesh Kukreti, Senior General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- Amit Mehrotra, Group General Manager (A), Centre For Railway Information Systems
- Rajeev Mishra, Chief Project Manager, Principal Chief Project Manager (Rolling Stock), Ministry of Railways
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