Bangalore: Alicat Scientific appointed Mr Gajendra G Kelkar as its India sales manager. Mr Kelkar will primarily support existing distributors of Alicat's line of pressure and mass flow meters, controllers, and accessories. He will provide first-line service support to local customers and channel partners, as well as work with original equipment manufacturing (OEM) customers in the region to incorporate Alicat's flow control instruments into their products.

Most recently, Mr Kelkar was a regional sales manager for LCGC Chromatography Solutions, selling consumable products and instruments from a range of manufacturers. His career includes a number of sales and service executive positions in high technology applications such as chromatography, lasers and photonics, and fluid handing instruments. He has vast experience serving customers in the pharmaceutical, analytical, education, research and development, defence and space industries.

Mr Kelkar earned his Master of Science degree with specialization in physics and solid state electronics from the University of Mumbai. He has also completed an advanced PG Diploma in industrial automation and system design from India's prestigious Center for the Development of Advanced Computing.