Manager (Training & Marketing)
B.E (Mechanical) (Osmania University, Hyderabad (1996)), MBA (IIT Delhi (2016))
Venkatesh is a retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer with 21 years of experience in the Mirage-2000 aircraft and aero-engine maintenance. He has handled numerous projects in IAF related to aircraft simulation, maintenance automation, aircraft tester integration, integration of R-73 missile on Mirage-2000 ac, Helmet Mounted Display Systems, Data Acquisition System of aero engine test rigs, etc. He has also had a stint in the Mechanical Transport Training Institute situated at Avadi, Chennai as a senior instructor where he has trained more than 3000 IAF technician on Automobile Fitter course. He is experienced in curriculum design and has designed courses for various trade structures in the IAF. He also served the IAF during the Kargil War in 1999. He was awarded commendations by the Chief of the Air Staff in 2016 and by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command in 2011. He took voluntary retirement from IAF on 30 Nov 2017.
Venkatesh joined SMC Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd in Dec 2017 and since then has been involved in training of customers on Basic and Advanced Pneumatics, Basic and Advanced Electro Pneumatics and Vacuum Technology. He has extensively trained customers like Maruti Suzuki, Technomed Pharma of Nepal, HT Process Control, Faculty of Netaji Subhash University, Knorr Bremse, Neil (NBC), Sanden Vikas, NALCO etc. He has organized and conducted SMC Mechatronics Cup for nine engineering colleges of Delhi NCR region. He has also experience in designing curriculum for short-term and long-term courses for various ITIs and Skill Institutes.
He can be contacted through mail at vbal@smcindia.in