In Bangalore-based Rittal India Pvt Ltd, a 100 % subsidiary of Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, one of the worlds leading system suppliers for enclosures, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure and software and services, has announced the appointment of Ajay Bhargava as Managing Director. As Managing Director of Rittal India, Ajay is responsible for the overall India operations, Business Strategy and Customer Growth.
Ajay is a well recognised professional with more than 25 years industry experience with exemplary skills in Business and Integrated Operations Management, Corporate Strategy Planning as well as Business Development and Customer Relationship Management.
Ajay comes to Rittal India from Honeywell Automation India Ltd, where as Country Manager, he was responsible for the profitable growth of Honeywell Process Solutions Business in India.
Rittal has created a strong brand in the industrial enclosures space and is known as the company setting standards in technology and global quality in India. Rittal has an impressive list of customers ranging from global customers in automation space like Siemens, ABB, Honeywell, Invensys etc. to Indian multi-national companies like Suzlon, said Ajay Bhargava. Rittal has grown along with its customers in India in the last 14 years and has migrated to solutions selling from a product company with focus on cooling solutions, power distribution in addition to Industrial Enclosures. Going forward, Rittal has diversified into IT space, especially data centre infrastructure management, focusing on energy efficiency products in area of cooling & power solutions.
Ajay started his career as a computer engineer in Pune based Uptron in 1982 where he quickly rose to become the Deputy Manager in 1989. He then joined Honeywell in 1991 and has held senior positions in different Honeywell companies until 2009 when Ajay became the Country Manager in Honeywell Automation India Ltd. Ajay was honored with Chairman Club Award in 1994 by Tata Honeywell and also received Tata Honeywells Highest Recognition Award in 1995 as Business Manager for consistent performance and Managing Operations in a highly profitable manner. Ajay is a B.E. (Electronics & Communications) with distinction from IISc, Bangalore. He is married with two daughters.
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