Rajeev Chaba is GM India MD

General Motors Asia-Pacific on Friday announced the appointment of chief operating officer, Rajeev Chaba, as the president and managing director of General Motors India with effect from June 1.

He takes over from Aditya Vij, who has been promoted and posted in GM's Europe unit.

Vij, who will be based in Stockholm, will have overall responsibility of managing GM

business in the Scandinavian markets including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, an official release said.

Vij, who directed the successful launch of Chevrolet in the country, began his career at GM 14 years ago, and was appointed president and managing director of GMI in August 2000.

Chaba has been serving as chief operating officer since September 2003.