Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd) has assumed the charge of Chairman & Managing Director of GRSE with effect from 10 Jun 22. He is a Mechanical Engineer with Bachelor's Degree from Naval College of Engineering, Lonavala and has done his Master's Degree in Defence & Strategic Studies as part of 59th DSSC Course at Wellington. The Commodore has undergone Army Defence Orientation Course at AWC Mhow and the prestigious Naval Higher Command Course at the College of Naval Warfare in the year 2011.

He has had an illustrious Naval career spanning over 32 years during which he has held various prestigious appointments in key positions in Strategy and Operations, Technical Administration and Tactical decision making. His professional graph includes nine afloat appointments including seven frontline warships of the Navy. He has also held staff appointments at Eastern Naval Command and as Command Engineer Officer for Southern Naval Command. A notable contribution of the Chairman & Managing Director was as the Commissioning Engineer Officer of India’s first indigenously built Stealth Frigate, INS Shivalik. He also has a unique record of serving in afloat appointments for a continuous span of eleven years and six months.

Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd) was selected in GRSE as Chief General Manager (PP&C) in 2016 and has been in charge of production planning of almost all new construction ships at that point of time. He assumed charge as Director (Personnel) of the Company w.e.f 21 Oct 2019 and headed the Human Resources and Technical functions of GRSE.

In pursuance of the company’s Vision, the Chairman & Managing Director strives to make GRSE globally recognised as the best Indian Shipyard. He envisions to further strengthen the Government’s “Make in India” initiative, create a unique identity for the Company amongst its peers by becoming self-reliant in design capability and by deploying state of the art manufacturing processes. Towards the same, the initial thrust has been on improving productivity, enhancing internal efficiencies, devising new policies, vendor base development, human resource development and most importantly a sense of discipline amongst employees of the shipyard.

Cdr. Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd.), after serving in the Indian Navy for 23 years, joined Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) in 2013. He has assumed charge as Director (Shipbuilding) of the Company w.e.f. on 08 June 2022. Cdr. Bose is a highly qualified and experienced naval architect who has been in charge of several projects undertaken by GRSE since 2013. Before assuming charge as Director (Shipbuilding), he was working as General Manager (MW & P17A).

He completed his B. Tech in Naval Architecture & Shipbuilding from Cochin University of Science and Technology, and Diploma from IIT, Delhi. He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai. Further, he holds membership of the Institution of Engineering (India) and Institution of Naval Architecture.

Cdr. Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd.) has deep technical insight and hands on working experience in all aspects of Ship Building, managing men, and motivating them to take on new challenges has been his forte. In GRSE, he has been the forefront of adoption of the Integrated Construction (IC) methodology, usage of the Virtual Reality Laboratory (VRL) for design and the Product Data Model (PDM) & Product Life Cycle Management (PLM). His current focus areas include R&D Projects and greater thrust towards Indigenization. The infrastructure upgradation planning, execution and exploitation of the RBD Unit of GRSE has been done under his oversight. It is now being exploited gainfully for the construction of ongoing projects.

Capt (IN) Sunilkumar Panangadan (Retd), joined GRSE in Sep 2016 after completing nearly 22 years of ‘Commissioned Service’ in the the Indian Navy. He has assumed charge as Director (Corporate Planning and Personnel) of the Company on 14 Jul 2025. Prior to this, as Chief General Manager he was the Unit i/c and Occupier of the Fitting Out Unit of GRSE, a production unit undertaking outfitting of all the three P17A ships and 01 Survey Vessel with a workforce of over 2000 personnel.

He started his career in GRSE as Addl General Manager (Materials). He was responsible for complete Supply Chain Management of the Rs.20000+ Crore 17A Project being executed at GRSE, Base& Depot Spares and Imports for all projects. He took over as General Manager (Cost Estimation & Corporate Planning) on 15 Mar 2019. He has formulated GRSE’s Corporate Plans, Corporate Communication Plan and Business Strategy with focus on exports and was successful in bagging GRSE’s maiden export order on competitive basis. He has been promoted to Chief General Manager in Jul 22. During his tenure as head of Business Development at GRSE, the company has achieved collaboration with global Shipbuilders such as DAMEN, Netherlands and Naval Group, France. The Company has also diversified into new products such as Tugs, Dredgers and Multi-Purpose Vessels and entered new global markets. He also pioneered the setup of the ‘Commercial Shipbuilding’ department at GRSE. The order book has seen a growth of over 10000 Crore and export orders worth more than 400 Cr. Simultaneously, as head of Corporate Planning, he developed GRSE’s vision 2030 document with a Vision to become “Navratna” Company and has successfully spearheaded the Schedule ‘A’ re-categorisation of GRSE. 

He has held various important operational and repair/maintenance appointments in the navy whilst heading the engineering department onboard naval warships and serving in Naval Dockyard. He is an alumnus of the ‘Naval College of Engineering’ and holds a BTech (Mechanical) degree from JNU, New Delhi. He also holds Masters’ degrees in ‘Systems and Controls Engineering’ from iitb, Mumbai and ‘Defence & Strategic Studies’ (64th DSSC) from Madras University. He is a qualified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a Certified International Supply Chain Professional (CISCP) and holds Diplomas’ in SCM and HRM. His interests include ‘Personal Finance’ (has attained level 3 in CFP®) and reading on ‘Strategy’, ‘Motivation’ and allied subjects.