kolkata subir chakraborty has taken over as md and ceo of the storage battery major exide industries he has replaced gautam chatterjee who has now been appointed as wholetime advisor to the board of the company from may 1 2021 for a period of three yearschakraborty was appointed as deputy managing director dmd of the company since may 2019 he joined the services of the company in 1996 and was serving as a director on the board for the last eight years he has held several seniorlevel positions in the company including heading and supervising critical functions like automotive industrial and submarine prior to this chakraborty was the ceo of msa india a mechanical engineer from iit madras and pgdm from iim calcutta he has experience in marketing sales projects and general management the net profit of the company was up from rs 168 crore in the fourth quarter of 202021 to rs 244 crore in the same period last year the revenue during the quarter was also up from rs 2071 crore to rs 2962 crore