P.K. Shrivastava has taken over as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) with effect from July 1.
Previously, he was Additional DGOF and member at OFB, and was in charge of Armoured Vehicles, headquartered in Avadi, Chennai.
Mr. Shrivastava has a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and joined the Indian Ordnance Factories’ Service in 1982. In a career spanning 36 years, he has contributed in various capacities in Ammunition Factory Khadki, Vehicle Factory Jabalpur, Ordnance Factory Varangaon, Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Armoured Vehicles headquarters and at OFB headquarters as the Member of the Personnel division.