The Government has appointed Surendra Prasad Yadav (IFoS) as Government Nominee Director on the Board of BEML Limited, a Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Defence. He has been appointed on the board of BEML Limited with effect from November 8, 2021, in place of Puneet Agarwal. This information has been shared by the Defence PSU in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Tuesday.

Surendra Prasad Yadav is a qualified B Tech and M Tech and a 1996 batch Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer of the West Bengal cadre. He is currently serving as Joint Secretary (Naval System) in Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence. He has previously worked in the Department of Forest, Government of West Bengal, in different capacities i.e. Divisional Forest Officer and Chief Conservator of Forest. He also worked as Executive Director in West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Limited for more than seven years.