Bharat Electronics Limited appointed Shri Kaipa Venkata Suresh Kumar as Director ­ Marketing on 16th June 2023. Shri Suresh Kumar is a post-graduate in Electronics & Communications engineering and joined Bharat Electronics Limited in May 1989 as a Probationary Engineer. He has worked at multiple Units of BEL and in multiple technologies, held corporate positions and was the General Manager of Product Development and Innovation Center at Bangalore before his elevation to Director (Marketing).

He is also the current Chief Indigenization Officer of BEL. Throughout a career of 34 years, he has been an accomplished engineer with rich experience in diverse technology areas dealing with all major customer segments and has been deeply involved in driving business development through R&D. He is a recipient of Raksha Mantri's Excellence Award. Under his tutelage, many patents /copy rights were created by his teams.