Jayadev Galla
Chairman & Managing Director
Jayadev Galla is the Chairman and Managing Director of Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd (ARE&M), previously Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. Under his guidance and leadership, the company has achieved many milestones viz., including the crossing of Rs 10,000 crore turnover, expanding its footprint in overseas markets, especially in the Indian Ocean Rim, etc.
Harshavardhana Gourineni
Executive Director, Lead Acid Batteries
Mr. Harshavardhana Gourineni currently serves as the Executive Director for the Automotive and Industrial division of Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Limited (ARE&M). He is an accomplished business leader who has made significant contributions to the growth and expansion of ARE&M. He has worked in different positions at RN Galla Family Pvt Ltd, Amara Raja Infra Pvt Ltd, Mangal Industries Ltd and the group’s media arm – Amara Raja Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd. As MD and CEO of Mangal Industries, Mr. Gourineni scaled the business by adding marquee customers like Samsung and IKEA and established a design partnership with AXISCADES Technologies. In June 2021, Mr. Gourineni was appointed as the Executive Director of Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd (ARE&M), previously Amara Raja Batteries, where he is responsible for leading the Automotive and Industrial businesses.
Vikramadithya Gourineni
Executive Director, New Energy Business
Mr. Vikramadhithya Gourineni currently serves as the Executive Director for the New Energy Business at Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Limited (ARE&M). He started his journey in Amara Raja in 2013 as a Management Executive handling various functional responsibilities relating to supply chain management, procurement, marketing and sales etc. while steadily moving up the ranks. In 2021, Mr. Gourineni was appointed as the Executive Director in Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd, previously Amara Raja Batteries Ltd, where he is responsible for New Energy strategy apart from other key initiatives. Under his leadership, the company successfully established a subsidiary, Amara Raja Advanced Cell Technologies Private Limited (ARACT) in November 2022 to house the Li-ion initiatives, as part of which the company is setting up a 16Gwh Gigafactory for manufacturing cells and battery packs, and a state-of-the-art collaborative R&D facility called the E Positive Energy Labs with an investment of up to Rs 9,500 crore.
Vijayanand S
President - New Energy Business
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 startup team" by JCI in May 2005. He headed the Industrial Batteries SBU of ARE&M before and was also the CEO of Amara Raja Power Systems Business.
C Narasimhulu Naidu
Chief Operations Officer
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. He was the CEO of Amara Raja Infra Private Limited & he is Chief Operations Officer of ARE&M now.
Rajesh Jindal
Chief Marketing Officer - Automotive Batteries
Rajesh Jindal has joined us in the capacity of Regional Sales Manager - North, ARE&M 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, ARE&M.
Jagadish M
Chief Technology Officer
Jagadish M has joined as Deputy General Manager in Application Engineering function in Amara Raja Batteries Limited 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.
MM Venkata Krishna
Chief Marketing Officer – Industrial Batteries, ARE&M
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. He was the Business Head in Amara Raja. Now he is the Chief Marketing Officer- Industrial SBU.
Delli Babu Y
Chief Financial Officer
Delli Babu has joined us in November 2013 in Finance & Accounts Department of Amara Raja Batteries Limited. He is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
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.
Sridhar V V S
Business HR Head
Sridhar has joined us in February 2011 in the capacity of Business HR Head of Automotive SBU, ARE&M. Sridhar is a Post Graduate in Social Work, with a specialization in IR & PM, from Nagarjuna University.