BHEL Names Aruna Gulati General Manager of Solar Business Division in Bengaluru

Indian state-owned heavy engineering company Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has appointed Aruna Gulati as General Manager and Head of its Solar Business Division at its Bengaluru facility, effective April 25, 2026, according to PSU Connect, Bureaugram and InvestyWise. Gulati, who has served with BHEL since October 1991 and holds postgraduate qualifications in Electrical Engineering, will report to the company's Director for IS&P, the same sources reported. Multiple PSU-sector and energy publications framed the appointment as part of BHEL's continued focus on solar and renewable energy operations.

The Details

In her new role, Gulati assumes responsibility for BHEL's Solar Business Division in Bengaluru as General Manager and Head, according to PSU Connect, Bureaugram and InvestyWise. The appointment forms part of a broader senior-management update that took effect on April 25, 2026, per InvestyWise and Bureaugram. No separate standalone announcement or strategic document for the Solar Business Division was available in the sourced record.

Gulati joined BHEL on October 21, 1991, giving her more than 34 years with the company before her elevation to this role, per PSU Connect, Bureaugram and InvestyWise. She holds both a B.Tech and an M.Tech in Electrical Engineering. Her qualifications and tenure date were reported with high confidence across the trade sources consulted, while the appointment itself and its reporting line carry medium confidence in the research record.

In the new role, Gulati reports to BHEL's Director for IS&P, according to PSU Connect, Bureaugram and InvestyWise. Some outlets in the coverage expand the directorate name as 'Industry Sector & Power'; all sources are consistent in placing the Solar Business Division under that directorate.

The appointment was corroborated across multiple trade publications focused on India's public sector undertakings, including PSU Connect, Bureaugram, InvestyWise and Power Peak Digest. An exchange filing linked by InvestyWise as supporting documentation was not directly retrieved during research due to a timeout; the appointment therefore rests on secondary-source corroboration rather than a directly verified official filing, per the research record.

Context

BHEL operates a Solar Business Division in Bengaluru as part of its broader renewables footprint, according to the company's official website. The company is one of India's largest public-sector engineering firms, with operations spanning power-generation equipment, projects and services across thermal and renewable segments.

Multiple PSU-sector and energy publications — including PSU Connect, Bureaugram, Power Peak Digest and InvestyWise — published coverage of the appointment. The trade press framed it as consistent with BHEL's continued attention to solar operations, though the sourced record does not include any formal company statement on strategic priorities for the Solar Business Division under Gulati's tenure.

What's Next

No specific next steps, project timelines or strategic targets for the Solar Business Division under Gulati's leadership were disclosed in the available sourced material. BHEL had not issued a separate public statement about the appointment beyond the information that appeared in industry trade publications as of the research timestamp of April 27, 2026.