Rolls-Royce appoints Kishore Jayaraman as President India, S Asia

NEW DELHI, Apr 24: Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced the appointment of Mr Kishore Jayaraman as president of Rolls-Royce India and South Asia.Mr Jayaraman joins Rolls-Royce after a 23 year career at General Electric, latterly as CEO, GE Energy- India region, the London-based company said in a statement.Mr Jayaraman takes over from Anil Shrikhande.Rolls-Royce has been active in India for 80 years and this appointment reinforces the group�s strategic commitment to the country, it said.�Kishore is an experienced industry professional with valuable knowledge and expertise. India is an important market for Rolls-Royce, with great potential built on a long and distinguished history across all of our business sectors,� Rolls-Royce Director (International) said Michael Shipster.In India, Rolls-Royce has 1,350 engines in service, across four market sectors civil and defence aerospace, marine and energy. (UNI)