Kirloskar Brothers Limited announced it has appointed Rama Kirloskar as Joint Managing Director of the company with effect from August 03, 2021 for a period of 5 years.
According to the Company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors at its meeting held on August 03, 2021 has appointed Ms. Rama Kirloskar (DIN 07474724), as a Joint Managing Director of the Company with effect from August 03, 2021 for a period of 5 years i.e. upto August 02, 2026, subject to the approval by the shareholders of the Company.”
Rama Kirloskar will lead the domestic small pumps division and valves business of the Company. Alok Kirloskar who has been based in London since 2012 is a Director on the Board of KBL and CEO of Kirloskar Brothers International BV [which includes SPP Pumps Ltd], continues to head all the overseas businesses and leads many technology initiatives at the Company, the statement said.
Rama Kirloskar currently serves as the Managing Director of Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Limited (KEPL), a joint venture between Kirloskar Brothers Limited, parent company of the 133-year-old Kirloskar Group and Ebara Corporation, Japan. She has been instrumental in the turnaround of KEPL into a debt free company.
Previously, she was General Manager and Head of the Product Portfolio Management at Kirloskar Brothers Limited, where she was responsible for driving the Go-to-market strategy, product value management and restructuring for the mass production business; material grade rationalization and streamlining for the foundry business and product rationalization for the made-to-order business.
She holds a double major in Mathematics and Biology from Bryn Mawr College, USA After graduation, she went on to work at Polaris Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm that principally invests in technology, healthcare and consumer products, headquartered at Boston, MA, USA. Subsequently, she worked at the Koch Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA Her research led her and the team to begin working with Visterra Inc., an MIT biotechnology start-up company that currently uses its proprietary platform to design therapeutics for infectious diseases.
Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) is a world class pump manufacturing company with expertise in engineering and manufacture of fluid management systems. Established in 1888 and incorporated in 1920, KBL is the flagship company of the $ 2.1 billion Kirloskar Group. KBL provides complete fluid management solutions for large infrastructure projects in the areas of water supply, power plants, irrigation, oil & gas and marine & defence. KBL manufactures industrial, agriculture & domestic pumps, valves and hydro turbines.
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