Jayadev Galla

Co Founder & Chairman

Mr. Jayadev Galla is the Chairman & Managing Director of Amara Raja Batteries Ltd . As a Co-founder of Amara Raja, he joined the Group in the year 1994 and has worked in various capacities till he became the MD of ARBL.

Prior to joining the Company, he served as International Sales Executive, GNB Battery Technologies, Inc., USA (now part of Exide Technologies, USA). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA.

Harshavardhana Gourineni

Executive Director – Automotive & Industrial, ARBL,
Convenor-ARCC(Amara Raja Corporate Council)

Harshavardhana Gourineni (Harsha) has done his Graduation in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Purdue University, USA. Harsha joined the Amara Raja Group as Sr. Management Executive in October 2015 and worked in Supply Chain Management, Sales and Marketing functions. He was the MD & CEO of Mangal Industries Limited. Presently, he is the Executive Director- Lead Acid Business, ARBL.

Vikramadithya Gourineni

Executive Director-New Energy Business,ARBL
Convenor-GROCOM,(Growth Committee)

Vikramadithya Gourineni has attended the University of Wisconsin – Madison and received a Bachelor’s of Science in Biochemistry from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Vikram joined the Amara Raja Group as a Management Executive in the month of August 2013 and worked in various capacities including Sales & Marketing of Galla Foods and ARBL. He was the Managing Director of Amara Raja Power Systems Ltd and Amara Raja Electronics Ltd. Presently he is Executive Director- New Energy Business, ARBL.

Venkataramana Prasad A

President - Group Strategy and Corporate Planning

Venkataramana Prasad A has done his Graduation in Chemical Engineering. He has undergone a Fast Track Management Program and a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has also undergone a top talent Management Programme named XLP at Johnson Controls Inc.- USA . During his tenure, he handled various roles including that of Head , Marketing, Sales & Service of the Industrial Batteries business, Head of Automotive SBU of ARBL, Mentor - Marketing at Group level and CEO of Amara Raja Electronics. He’s now the Head of Group Strategy & Corporate Planning.

Vijayanand S

President-New Energy Business,ARBL

Vijayanand S has done his Post Graduation in Chemical Engineering. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of November 1992 as Assistant Manager. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During his tenure, he handled Marketing, Research and Engineering and various other roles. He is the Merit award winner for his contribution to the “yellow hat / kantori start up team” by JCI in May 2005. He headed the Industrial Batteries SBU of ARBL before and was also the CEO of Amara Raja Power Systems Business.

Jaikrishna B

President(Group HR)

Jaikrishna B has joined us in the capacity of Vice President – HR in the year 2005. Jaikrishna is a graduate in Economics, and a post graduate in Social Work with specialisation in Personnel Management from the Madras School of Social Work- University of Madras. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He’s handled the CSR and other Social responsibility roles in the Group and has headed the IT function. He’s also the Advisor to the Galla family. He is currently the President (Group HR, Corporate Communications & New Business Development) and Ombudsperson of the Amara Raja Group.

Narasimhulu Naidu C

Chief Operations Officer,ARBL

Narasimhulu Naidu C has done his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of Oct 1994 as Sr. Engineer. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During his tenure, he handled Production Planning & Control, Purchase, QA, Production – Auto SBU, Projects & Environment, Operations of Mangal Industries and various other roles.

Venkat Madhav L

Executive Vice President – Group SCM

Venkat Madhav has done his Post Graduation in Mechanical Engineering. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of May 1993 as Management Trainee. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During his tenure, he handled Production Planning & Control, Purchase, Production of Auto SBU, Operations – Galla Foods and various other roles. Now he is heading the Group Supply Chain Management Function.

Kannan S

Group CFO

Kannan has done his graduation in Commerce from Madras University and CA from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has rich experience of over three decades in the functions of Finance, Treasury, Commercial , SCM, Operations, Taxation & Legal. His journey in Amara Raja started from November 2020.

Kishore I Hirani

Kishore is an Engineering Graduate in Computer Technology and holds MBA in Marketing. He has also undergone Leadership Course for Top Management from Indian School of Business(ISB), Hyderabad and IT Leadership courses from GE Crotonville.

His Journey in Amara Raja Started in the Month of Jul 2016. He is the Chief Information Officer of Amara Raja Group.

Rajesh Jindal

Chief Marketing Officer-Automotive Batteries,ARBL

Rajesh Jindal has joined us in the capacity of Regional Sales Manager – North, ARBL based at New Delhi. Rajesh Jindal has done his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He’s now heading the Marketing & Sales Function of Auto SBU, ARBL.

Jagadish M

Chief Technology Officer,ARBL

Jagadish M has joined as Deputy General Manager in Application Engineering function in Amara Raja Batteries Ltd in May 2005. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Jagadish has earlier worked with Amara Raja and rejoined us in the year 2005. He has done his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Mysore University.

Venkata Krishna M M

Vice President-Sales & Marketing, Industrial Batteries, ARBL

Venkata Krishna has done his graduation in Mechanical Engineering. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of August 1991 as Engineer Trainee and worked in various locations across India in various capacities while handling Marketing & Sales. He headed the ISBU Marketing & Sales Function, Operations of ISBU and the Home Incubation Task Force. Now, he is the Vice President - Business Head in Amara Raja Power Systems Limited.

Sajan P David

Business Head-Amara Raja Electronics Limited

Sajan P David has done his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala and Master of Business Administration from Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has rich experience over two decades in Global Business Development, Operations Management, Engineering Management and Strategic Leadership in diverse environments. His journey in Amara Raja started from Feb 2019.

Divakar S

Business Head - Galla Foods

Divakar Sukumaran has dual Masters in International Business and Financial Management. He joined Amara Raja Group in September 2006 as Marketing Manager for Fruit puree business. He’s now the Business Head for Galla Foods – a Division of RNGalla Family Private Limited.

Nageshwar. S.V

Head Operations – Infra

Nageshwar has done his Graduation in Civil Engineering from Osmania University. He has a rich experience in end to end solutions for Residential, Industrial, IT and commercial buildings. He joined us in September 2009 as Deputy General Manager – Projects for Infra business. He is now the Head of Operations for Infra Business and also holds charge of Operations for the Services Division of Amara Raja Infra Private Limited.

Dwarakanadha Reddy. B

Business Head - Projects Division, ARPSL

Dwarakanadha Reddy is a graduate in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Karnataka University. His journey in Amara Raja started in February 1999 as a Graduate Engineer Trainee. During his tenure he has held responsibilities in Production Planning, Manufacturing, Purchase, SCM and Operations. Now he is heading the EPC Projects Business of Amara Raja Power Systems Limited.

Sudhakar. N.A

SBU Head - Battery Components, MIL

Sudhakar has done graduation in Mechanical Engineering from University of Mysore. He carries rich experience of working in Manufacturing and Operations function with significant exposure in automotive component industry. His journey in Amara Raja started in July 2015 as Chief Operations Officer of the Engineering SBU of Mangal Industries Limited (MIL). He’s now heading the Battery Components business of MIL.

Vikas Sabharwal

Group Head - Secretarial & Legal

Vikas Sabharwal has joined us in April 2021 as Company Secretary and heading the Secretarial and Legal department. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, a commerce graduate from Delhi University and Masters in Business Laws from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.

Prashant Tiwari

Chief Sustainability Officer

Prashant is a chemical engineer with post-graduation in Sustainability from National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai. He has experience in implementing sustainability roadmaps in multiple sectors like Auto, FMCG, natural resource & mining industry. Prashant Tiwari has joined us in capacity of Chief Sustainability Officer since April 2022.