Bharat Heavy Electricals appoints Manepalli Sridhar as Director (HR)

Management change
Electrical Equipment

Blacklitt Research22 October 20262 min read

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Bharat Heavy Electricals (NSE: BHEL) has appointed Shri Manepalli Sridhar as Director (Human Resources) with effect from 22 Oct 2026, it said in a filing on 22 Oct 2026. He will hold office until his superannuation on 31 Aug 2028, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. The filing gives no compensation figures.

Key highlights

Effective date: 22 Oct 2026
Tenure ends: 31 Aug 2028 (superannuation) or earlier on further orders
Experience cited: over 36 years, joined BHEL as Engineer Trainee in 1990
Disclosure of relationships between directors: NIL

The appointment in numbers

Item	Detail
Person	Shri Manepalli Sridhar
Role	Director (Human Resources)
Effective date	22 Oct 2026
Term	Until superannuation on 31 Aug 2028, or until further orders, whichever is earlier
Reason for change	Appointment
Prior post	Executive Director (Human Resources), BHEL Corporate Office, New Delhi
Relationships between directors	NIL

Who the appointee is

Shri Sridhar was Executive Director (Human Resources) at BHEL's Corporate Office in New Delhi, where the filing says he headed the Corporate Human Resource function. He joined BHEL as an Engineer Trainee in 1990.

The filing says he is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from CBIT, Osmania University, Hyderabad, holds an M. Tech in CAD/CAM from JNTU, Hyderabad, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDM) from XLRI, Jamshedpur. It says he brings over 36 years of experience across manufacturing, commercial operations, project execution, industrial relations, human resource management and corporate policy; the filing does not say how those years split between BHEL and other employers.

Appointment conditions and declaration

The appointment followed a communication from the Ministry of Heavy Industries and approval by BHEL's Board at its meeting held on 22 Oct 2026. Shri Sridhar has furnished a declaration that he is not debarred from holding the office of Director under any SEBI order or order of any other such authority.

The exchange headline calls him Executive Director, while the filing itself calls him Director (Human Resources).

What the appointment means for Bharat Heavy Electricals' shareholders

The appointment fills the Director (Human Resources) post on the Board from 22 Oct 2026 and sets a dated end of tenure on 31 Aug 2028, or earlier on further orders. The filing does not say why the post was vacant, what Shri Sridhar's remuneration is, or whether shareholder approval is needed. The next dated step in the filing is his superannuation on 31 Aug 2028.

Reference: Original filing (PDF)

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