Key Managerial Personnel Cmde. M. Jitendran, born in July 1951 has joined Pipavav Shipyard Limited, as the Chief Executive Officer on 1st July, 2010. Prior to this appointment, he was Chairman and Managing Director of Cochin Shipyard Limited for 5 years since May 2005 and Director (Operations) of Cochin Shipyard since May 2002. He had also served in the Indian Navy in various capacities for 30 years. Cmde. Jitendran is a Mechanical Engineer who has post graduate specialization in Naval Architecture from IIT, Kharagpur and thereafter in St. Petersburg, Russia. He is a fellow member of Royal Institute of Naval Architecture, London. During his tenure of 8 years in Cochin Shipyard, more than 35 ships of various types were built and exported. Several prestigious repair, upgrade and conversion orders were also undertaken bringing the yard to Miniratna Category I status.

Mr. Debashis Bir, aged 55, is the Chief Operating Officer - Production of the Company. He joined the Company in August 2007 and is primarily responsible for all manufacturing plants, sites and workshops/facilities, meeting the intermediate and final targets for the product-line and objectives of the Company and achieving timely delivery of product with quality and customer satisfaction within the budgeted costs. He has approximately 32 years of experience in the shipbuilding industry, including shipyard infrastructure, production methodology, ship construction and repair, technical and project management, fund management and financial planning.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and has completed his Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Naval Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bir served as the Executive Director of Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited, Bhavnagar from 2005 until 2007. His prior work experience includes serving with the Chowgule Group of Industries, Goa from 1978 until 1986 as a Naval Architect and a Business Executive for ship building, fishing industry, shipping and waterfront based infrastructure development.

He has also been independently involved in the business of re-powering Demo Ship's diesel generator sets for land use from 1986 until 1991 in the Chowgule Group. In addition, Mr. Bir promoted a ship building and ship repair company, Alang Marine Limited, Bhavnagar, in partnership with local business groups from 1991 until 2005. In addition to ship building and ship repair, this company was involved in the refit of defence ships and design/installation of dock gates.

Mr. Jigar Shah,, aged 34, is a qualified chartered accountant and has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this role, Mr. Jigar Shah was the President of Finance of SKIL Infrastructure Ltd. and had overall responsibility for a number of core matters, including fundraising, strategies, planning equity issues, regulatory matters and shareholder relations. He was also involved in various projects of the Group including Pipavav Port, Pipavav Railway, SEZ's and initially in Pipavav Shipyard. He has been with the Group since 1998.

Mr. Sarasij Majumder, , aged 60, is the Chief Operating Officer (Offshore) of the Company. He joined the Company in Dec.'2010 and is responsible for complete offshore activities. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil and Master of Technology degree in Structure. He has approximately 39 years of rich experience in Infrastructure, Metallurgical Plants (Steel, Copper and Aluminum), Oil and Gas Projects involving upstream, Pipelines and Offshore Projects, Port and Harbor, Marine Terminal etc.

Prior to joining PSL he served in various organizations of repute including Engineers India Ltd. (EIL), Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), Architects Collaborated, Indian Housing Corporation (IHC) etc. He has published 13 Technical papers in national, international journals, seminars and symposium. He was, and is external faculty to many Technical Institutes like IIT-Delhi, EIL's Training Institute, ONGC's Training Institute etc.

Mr J. B. Lee, has joined the PSL efforts at Pipavav yard in the timely delivery of Panamax vessels. He is the Chief Executive Officer of KOSTEC and has a vast experience in shipbuilding and has the required expertise for timely delivery of ships.

Mr. Lee shall be accompanied by his team leaders from KOREA to develop the methods of incorporating the critical processes of shipbuilding technology to improve the existing process manuals to incorporate effective and efficient use of technology transfer.

Rear Admiral R M Bhatia is an Executive Director of the Company steering Defense projects. He is Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. During his 31 years with the Indian Navy, he has vast experience in the field of Marine Engineering including Ship-building, Ship-repairs, Major refits and modernization of Submarines, Training and Project Management. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Shipyard Ltd Visakhapatnam, India and Mazagon Dock Ltd., Mumbai, India for over 7 years. He was in the Board of all the Five Major Shipyards under the Ministry of Shipping and The Ministry of Defense. Received the prestigious Distinguished Alumni award from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2006 for outstanding contribution to National Development

Mr. Osamu Togo, aged 65, is a Naval Architect from the University of Kyusyu. He has joined the Company in July 2008 as the Head of Shipyard Site Production (SYS). Mr. Togo has approximately 40 years of experience in commercial shipbuilding in Hull construction, Assembly and production control functions. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Togo worked with Shikavajima Kogyou Co. Ltd. (Japan).

Mr. Ajit Dabholkar, aged 45, is the Company Secretary and the Compliance Officer of the Company. He is responsible for the corporate secretarial functions of the Company and oversees the corporate counsel department of the Company including managing international arbitrations. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an LL.B. degree from the University of Mumbai. He has approximately 22 years of experience in providing business solutions concerning legal and secretarial functions of a company. Prior to joining the Company, he served as the Chief Manager – Secretarial and Legal in Bennett, Coleman and Co. Limited from May 1999 until March 2007. During the period from August 2001 until May 2003, he was also the Company Secretary of Entertainment Network India Limited, a subsidiary of Bennett, Coleman and Co. Limited. His prior work experience includes Wipro Finance Limited from January 1997 until April 1999; Wipro Limited from June 1992 until December 1996 and Galaxy Surfactants Private Limited from August 1987 until May 1992. He was appointed by the Board on March 29, 2007 with effect from March 21, 2007.