GE Aerospace has made senior leadership changes at its India operations, appointing Alok Nanda as General Manager, Services Engineering, and appointing Shilpa Gupta as Chief Technology Officer – India and John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) Bengaluru Site Leader. Both appointments are effective from 2026 and are based in Bengaluru.
Prior to their current role transitions, Shilpa Gupta served as Chief Technology Officer – India at GE Vernova, while Alok Nanda served as Chief Technology Officer – India at GE Aerospace and as Chief Executive Officer of the GE India Technology Centre. In these roles, both were responsible for leading engineering and technology teams in India, overseeing capability development, and supporting global programmes across their respective businesses.
Gupta will oversee technology and engineering operations in India as CTO – India, in addition to leading the JFWTC Bengaluru site. In this role, she will be responsible for engineering capability development, research and technology programmes, and coordination with global teams supporting GE Aerospace’s commercial engines and services businesses.
Nanda will lead a global Services Engineering organisation within GE Aerospace, with responsibility for supporting customers across the commercial aviation portfolio. His remit includes improving customer asset utilisation by increasing time on wing, scaling repair capability, reducing turnaround times, and deploying engineering and digital technologies aimed at improving operational performance. He will work closely with the Commercial Engines and Services organisation to support reliability, quality, and customer outcomes.
Nanda previously held leadership roles at the JFWTC Bengaluru, where he led teams through organisational transformation and the operational disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period, the centre supported multiple global engineering and services programmes while adapting to new operating models.
Shilpa Gupta is transitioning out of GE Vernova after more than four years with the company, where her tenure included the formation of GE Vernova as an independent entity and the scaling of its India engineering operations. She led the India engineering teams, building stronger technical depth, broader influence, and a more integrated internal and external ecosystem.
The restructuring of General Electric into three independent public companies—GE HealthCare, GE Vernova, and GE Aerospace—has reshaped its operating model in India over the past three years. The transition has moved Indian operations away from a centralised shared-services structure toward standalone business units aligned with each company’s global strategy, with GE Aerospace emerging as a focused aerospace-only organisation integrated into its global supply chain.
As part of this shift, the John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) in Bengaluru has evolved from a multi-business research hub into GE Aerospace’s largest research and development centre outside the United States, with engineering teams dedicated to global programmes such as GEnx, GE9X, and LEAP engines. In parallel, the Pune manufacturing facility has been repositioned as a specialised aerospace site, following investments of around USD 30 million during 2024 and an additional USD 14 million in November 2025 to add advanced processes and automation for complex engine components.
GE Aerospace, which operates engineering and technology centres in India, supports global customers through services engineering, product development, digital solutions, and manufacturing technologies. The leadership changes form part of the company’s ongoing efforts to strengthen customer support capabilities and engineering delivery from India.
