New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has conferred an award to K Ravi Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL.

The IIT-M has conferred this award to him for his managerial excellence.

"BHEL CMD K Ravi Kumar has been conferred the prestigious 'Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2009' by IIT-M for his signifying consistent growth, expertise in managerial growth and organizational excellence in the industry," a company statement said today.

Distinguished Alumnus Awards are conferred to those people who give outstanding contribution in the field of Academic Excellence, Technology Innovation Excellence, Managerial Excellence, Entrepreneurial Excellence and Excellence in other occupations.

BHEL has also increased its manufacturing capacity to 10,000 MW power generations per annum and is further increasing it to 15,000 MW.