Chris Birdsong, CEO, Asia Pacific & Europe, said: “Given the strategic importance of Atkins’ Indian operations, we were determined to bring in a highly capable individual to build on the success we have enjoyed over the past 15 years since we opened our Bangalore office. I’m confident that in Rajesh, we’ve found the right candidate. He has tremendous gravitas, practical industry knowledge and he understands that our focus is always on exceeding our clients’ expectations.”
Kalra said: “Atkins’ Bangalore office is a well-established design centre but it’s my job to build on that success and make sure the quality of operations keeps improving. There are several things sitting in my in-tray, including the need to maintain our attractiveness to new recruits as the Indian market has high calibre engineering skills that we can take advantage of. This will help us to ensure our Bangalore operation remains flexible and efficient, providing expert engineers quickly in order to meet our customers’ expectations worldwide.”
Rajesh joins Atkins from Rolta India, where as the president of business operations he was responsible for growth and leading change management initiatives. He holds a Masters degree in civil engineering.
Atkins has over 1,000 multi-disciplinary engineers based in India, supporting a large number of sectors such as water, transportation, utilities and aerospace across the UK, Middle East and Asia Pacific.
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