Kolkata, West Bengal, India, June 2026 — Graphite India Limited (GIL) has appointed Dhaval Morparia as Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), reinforcing the company’s leadership team as it continues to strengthen its people strategy and organizational capabilities. In his new role, Dhaval will lead the company’s human resources agenda, focusing on talent management, organizational development, performance transformation, leadership development, and building a high-performance culture aligned with Graphite India’s long-term business objectives. He brings more than 19 years of HR leadership experience across manufacturing, automotive, technology, media, consulting, and industrial organizations.
Prior to joining Graphite India Limited, Dhaval Morparia served as Head HR, Livguard Drivetrain at Livguard, where he led the HR, industrial relations, and compliance functions across manufacturing plants and R&D centres. During his tenure, he partnered closely with the CEO to integrate multiple businesses under a unified organizational culture, supported significant revenue growth, established three new manufacturing plants for lithium and drivetrain businesses, implemented competency frameworks, introduced strategic talent programs, strengthened sales incentive structures, and successfully led the organization to achieve Great Place to Work® certification while maintaining harmonious industrial relations.
Earlier, Dhaval served as General Manager – Human Resources at Tata Play Ltd., where he headed multiple Centres of Excellence covering compensation and benefits, performance management, HR technology, talent management, learning and development, HR operations, policies, and budgeting. He played a key role in driving performance culture transformation, implementing HR automation initiatives including HR bots and employee experience platforms, supporting the company’s DRHP filing and corporate rebranding, and partnering on the introduction of long-term incentive programs for senior leadership. Prior to Tata Play, he served as Section Head – Talent Management, Rewards, Policies & Performance Management at Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt. Ltd., leading compensation strategy, talent management, and performance systems for a workforce of more than 4,000 employees.
Dhaval’s earlier career includes leadership roles with Cerebrus Consultants, Infosys, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, and Ashok Leyland, where he built extensive expertise in HR consulting, organizational restructuring, HR diagnostics, change management, HR business partnering, greenfield manufacturing projects, HR technology implementation, workforce planning, performance management, and leadership development. Across nearly two decades, he has consistently delivered transformational HR initiatives that align people strategy with business growth while fostering high-performing organizational cultures.
With deep expertise in HR strategy, talent management, organizational development, industrial relations, performance transformation, leadership development, business partnering, change management, and HR technology, Dhaval’s appointment reinforces Graphite India Limited’s commitment to building a future-ready workforce and strengthening organizational capability to support sustainable business growth.
About Graphite India Limited
Graphite India Limited (GIL) is India’s pioneer in the manufacture of graphite electrodes and a leading producer of carbon and graphite specialty products. Established in 1967, the company operates six manufacturing plants across India and owns Graphite COVA GmbH in Nuremberg, Germany, serving customers across global industrial markets.
Over the decades, Graphite India has expanded its portfolio beyond graphite electrodes to include impervious graphite equipment, graphite specialty products, high-speed steel, glass reinforced plastic pipes, calcined petroleum coke, and hydel power generation. Driven by innovation, advanced manufacturing technologies, sustainability, and continuous process improvement, the company remains committed to delivering high-quality products while supporting industrial growth worldwide.
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