GE Aerospace appoints Shilpa Gupta as CTO of India operations

GE Aerospace has appointed Shilpa Gupta as its new chief technology officer for GE Aerospace in India and the site leader for the John F Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) in Bengaluru, said a statement issued Tuesday.

In this role, Gupta will lead the company’s engineering, research and digital technology teams at Bengaluru to accelerate innovation, scale advanced technologies and strengthen regional impact. She joins the firm from GE Vernova, where she led the gas power engineering team in India across Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Noida, and served as JFWTC site leader for GE Vernova.

Gupta succeeds Alok Nanda, who has taken on a global role as general manager of services engineering at GE Aerospace, focusing on enhancing customer outcomes, driving operational efficiency and positioning the company for next-generation growth.


India is central to GE Aerospace’s global innovation engine, with Bengaluru teams advancing next-generation propulsion and services technologies to meet customer needs.

In September, GE Aerospace Foundation, in partnership with United Way, launched Next Engineers at Bengaluru, a four-year college and career readiness programme.

The company has been a partner to India's aviation industry for over 40 years. There are 1,400 GE Aerospace and partner engines in service, powering major Indian airlines. Its defence engines and systems power the Indian Airforce’s light combat aircraft Tejas Mk 1 and helicopters, and the Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier battleships and frigates.

Its Pune manufacturing facility and 13 local India partners are part of the company’s global supply chain. Researchers and engineers at the company’s 25-year-old India technology centre in Bengaluru are building the latest aviation technologies.

In the last two years, GE Aerospace has announced investments of $44 million in expanding manufacturing operations in Pune.