HIGHLIGHTS OF CVF OFF HIGHWAY 2022
The 2nd edition of CVF Off Highway was held on 10th March 2022 at The Eros Hotel – New Delhi. The event received an overwhelming response with a packed house that translated into a gathering of over 350 delegates, 40+ industry leaders as speakers and over 25 partners.
Some of the key topics of discussion at the forum included Construction & Mining Equipment Industry Outlook, Tractor & Farm Equipment Sector Trends, Digitization, Connectivity and Automation, Alternative Fuels, Vehicle Rental and Financing.
Several prominent Off Highway industry leaders participated at the Forum, including Mr. G S Grewal – Director Sales, Marketing & CS, Kubota, Mr. Jujhar Singh Virk – President & Group Head – International Tractors Ltd, Mr. Sanjay Sridhar – Head Purchasing & SQE – CNH Industrial, Mr. Sanjay Bajaj- VP, Head of Product Management at Wirtgen India Pvt. Ltd. etc.
SPEAKER AT CVF OFF HIGHWAY 2022
Mr. Harshvardhan Sharma
Head - Auto Retail Practice, Nomura
Mr. Harshvardhan Sharma
Head - Auto Retail Practice, Nomura
Harshvardhan Sharma leads Automotive Retail Consulting Practice for India at Nomura Consulting.
He has worked in multiple industries including Automotive, Energy sector, Luxury Goods, CPG, e-commerce and financial services Within these sectors his focus has been on Entry and Growth Strategy, Turnaround and Performance Improvement, Future of Mobility, Customer experience, Channel Management, Customer Lifetime Value Management.
He has worked across Multiple geographies and led large scale global engagements with Fortune 500 and start-ups alike.
Harsh has extensive Channel and Product management experience from his time at Toyota And Honda motor corporations where he served in multiple capacities ranging from channel manager, sales strategy, premium and hybrid fuel vehicle brand responsible and product planning for global markets
Harsh holds a MBA from Indian Institute of Management ,Shillong and is a Mechanical Engineer from the Punjab Technical University.
Harsh is passionate about sustainable green transportation and mobility access for all.
Mr. Ananda Reddy
CEO at PV Clean Mobility Technologies
Mr. Ananda Reddy
CEO at PV Clean Mobility Technologies
Mr. Ananda Reddy is working in PV Clean Mobility Technologies as a CEO.
Mr. Jaideep Shekhar
Managing Director at Terex (Material Processing India)
Mr. Sanjay Bajaj
VP, Head of Product Management at Wirtgen India Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Harpreet Singh
Vice President - Aggregates Equipment Business at Metso Outotec India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Harpreet Singh
Vice President - Aggregates Equipment Business at Metso Outotec India Pvt. Ltd.
I have been working since 2015 ( Last 7 years ) as Business Head - Aggregates business (Screening & Crushing Equipment) of Metso Outotec India Pvt Limited for Indian market . Overall I have dynamic career of 28 years in P & L Management , Sales & Business Development , Product Management & Key Account Management and acquired hands on experience across all levels of business and operations, with in-depth sensitization to the challenges of growth and change management with companies like Metso India Private Ltd., Gainwell Commosales Private Limited formerly known as Tractors India Pvt. Ltd ., SANY Heavy Industry India Pvt Ltd, Greaves Cotton Ltd. & Sundaram Industries Ltd (TVS Group).
Mr. Anil Bhatia
Vice President Sales and Marketing TIL Limited
Mr. Anil Bhatia
Vice President Sales and Marketing TIL Limited
Mr. Anil Bhatia is VP-Sales & Marketing, TIL Limited. He has experience of almost 3 decades in the off highway equipment industry. Previous assignments encompass Country Head, India - Manroland AG (German manufacturer of printing equipment with global operations and turnover of 2 Billion Euros), Director Sales and Marketing of CNH Ltd ( Part of FIAT Group) a Leading manufacturer of Construction equipment and Business Unit Head, JCB India Ltd (Leading British multinational manufacturer of Construction Equipment with a turnover of over 3500 crores, having manufacturing plants near Delhi and Pune)
Mr. Ashish Modani
Co-Group Head and Vice President at ICRA Limited
Mr. Ashish Modani
Co-Group Head and Vice President at ICRA Limited
Ashish is currently leading the analytical team in the infrastructure vertical. Over the years,
Ashish has worked on credit assessment assignments across various sectors like
automobile, agri, engineering, infrastructure and power sector. He has also worked on the
development on rating methodologies and credit framework in the automobile, auto
component, FMCG and Infrastructure sector.
He holds a B.Tech. degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the National
Institute of Technology, Calicut and MBA from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management
Studies, Mumbai. Ashish has an aggregate work experience of over 15 years and he has
been associated with ICRA for a period of over 12 years.
Mr. Deepak Gupta
VP – Business Development at Bharat Forge Ltd.
Mr. Deepak Gupta
VP – Business Development at Bharat Forge Ltd.
Mr. Deepak Gupta is a Vice President – Business Development of Bharat Forge Limited (BFL), the Pune based Indian multinational is a technology-driven global leader in metal forming transcontinental presence across ten manufacturing locations, serving several sectors including automotive, power, oil and gas, construction & mining, rail, marine, and aerospace.
Mr. Deepak holds an Engineering degree from YMCA Institute of Engineering Faridabad & Post Graduation in Marketing Management. Professional with 25years + exposure while working with different MNC / Indian organizations in Corporate Marketing, Strategy & Engineering.
He joined Bharat Forge in CY 2017. Over the years, he has held a leadership position for India Market in developing and nurturing Bharat Forge Business Development activity & strategy.
Mr. G S Grewal
Managing Director, Kubota Agricultural Machinery India Private Limited
Mr. Sudipto Basu
Executive Director - Emission Controls Manufacturers Association
Mr. Sudipto Basu
Executive Director - Emission Controls Manufacturers Association
Mr. Sudipto Basu is Executive Director and currently heading activities of the Emissions Control Manufacturers Association (ECMA). He has 40 plus years of experience in Automotive Powertrain and Aftertreatment. He has worked for 25 years in Engine Development at Tata Motors, 5 years in Engineering Support at AVL India for automotive Powertrain and more than 10 years in Application Development for aftertreatment applications in LD, HD and Motorcycle with Umicore Automotive Catalysts. In terms of his education, he is B Tech, Mechanical Engg from IIT Kanpur.
Dr. Pradeep Rajan
Sr. Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI)
Dr. Pradeep Rajan
Sr. Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI)
Dr. Pradeep Rajan is currently working as Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-CMERI, Ludhiana Campus and heading the Farm Machinery & precision Agriculture Group. He was the Principal Investigator in forging a network of R&D institutes, State Agricultural Universities and Industry for establishing a Centre for Precision & Conservation Farming Machinery (CPCFM). More than 20 years of Research experience mainly focusing on Farm Mechanization, Precision Agriculture, Farm Power through Biofuels.
Published number of research publications in Farm Mechanization area and a Reference Text book on ‘Testing & Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery. He has 3 patents and multiple design registrations/copyrights in his credit.
Mr. Rahul Bhargava
Director, Global Smart Mobility & Automotive Management Consulting at PwC India
Mr. Rahul Bhargava
Director, Global Smart Mobility & Automotive Management Consulting at PwC India
Mr. Rahul Bhargava is working in PwC India as a Director, Global Smart Mobility & Automotive Management Consulting.
Mr. Hrishikesh Kulkarni
CEO at Nandan Petrochem Limited
Mr. Hrishikesh Kulkarni
CEO at Nandan Petrochem Limited
Mr. Hrishikesh Kulkarni, CEO of the company Nandan Petrochem Limited, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Technology and brings with him over 25 years of experience as a Profit Centre Head, leading cross-functional teams in diverse functions of Sales & Marketing and Manufacturing Operations. He is a Certified Black Belt – Six Sigma. His last assignment was with VAG Valves India, as Regional Sales Director for SAARC countries. He was also long associated with SKF India Ltd., in various key positions handling P&L responsibilities in Industrial markets and products.
Mr. Ashish Jangale
Head - Precision Farming Solutions, Mahindra Tractor
Mr. Ashish Jangale
Head - Precision Farming Solutions, Mahindra Tractor
Mr. Ashish Jangale is a Head - Precision Farming Solutions, Mahindra Tractor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Dr. Nilay Pandey
Co-founder and CEO at Agrix Agrotech Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Nilay Pandey
Co-founder and CEO at Agrix Agrotech Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Nilay Pandey is the co-founder and CEO at Agrix Agrotech Pvt. Ltd (www.agrixagro.com)
and heads the Tech team at Agrix. Nilay received his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi, India. His interests include Image Processing for Plant Phenomics, Signal
Processing, and Machine Learning.
Mr. Mohit Mehrotra
Managing Director at Omnicomm India
Mr. Mohit Mehrotra
Managing Director at Omnicomm India
Mr. Mohit Mehrotra is the Managing Director and Business Head of Omnicomm India and South Asia Headquartered in Moscow, Omnicomm is the global technology leader in precision fuel sensing and analytics. With an installed base of 1 million fuel sensors across 120 countries, thousands of large global businesses rely on Omnicomm fuel sensors for accurate real time fuel management.
Mohit brings 25 years of experience scaling business and organizations across Enterprise IT and Smart cities. Prior to joining Omnicomm, he led Cisco’s smart city managed services business across APAC and EMEA. A post graduate of Indian Institute of management Lucknow, Mohit is an engineer and design thinking expert.
Mr. S K Jaruhar
Consultant at Kobelco Construction Equipment India
Mr. S K Jaruhar
Consultant at Kobelco Construction Equipment India
Mr. S K Jaruhar have 48+ Years of working with several industries like Commercial vehicles, Earthmoving & Construction equipment and associated with Brands like Telco, Hitachi, Stanford, Manitou BF, Samsung Heavy Industries, Volvo CE, and KOBELCO. Was exposed to multiple disciplines like Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, Spare Parts & Lubricants, Contracts, Tendering, Training & Skilling, Corporate Communications,
Channel management, Events, Media management, etc.
Mr. Jaruhar is currently working with KCEI as a Consultant for some of their activities like Marketing, Mining, Contracts, Dealer development, Corporate Communications, etc.
Mr. Amit Chakravarty
Vice President at Trak N Tell
Mr. Amit Chakravarty
Vice President at Trak N Tell
Mr. Amit Chakravarty is working as Vice President at Trak N Tell.
Mr. Ashim Sharma
Partner & Group Head – Business Performance Improvement at NRI Consulting & Solutions.
Mr. Ashim Sharma
Partner & Group Head – Business Performance Improvement at NRI Consulting & Solutions.
Mr. Ashim Sharma is the Partner & Group Head – Business Performance Improvement, NRI (Nomura Research Institute) Consulting & Solutions.
After completing his B.Tech with Honours in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, Ashim started his career at Mahindra (Automotive Sector) wherein he worked with in the core team that launched the new Mahindra Bolero in 2007. Thereafter, he went on to do his MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.
Ashim leads the Business Performance Improvement Group of NRI Consulting in India and has been with the firm for the last 6 and 1/2 years. Most of his work has been in areas of Overall Business Strategy, New Product Development, Technological Readiness, Innovation Readiness, Scenario Planning, Market Entry, Cost Reduction, Project Management and Organisational Restructuring, Ashim has developed thought leadership in the area of scenario planning, alternate automotive power trains (Electric, Hybrid, Natural Gas, etc.), Modularity, Mass Manufacturing, New forms of Mobility, Engineering Services Outsourcing, etc.
Mr. Hemanth Kumar
Co-Founder at Bullwork Mobility
Mr. Hemanth Kumar
Co-Founder at Bullwork Mobility
Mr. Hemanth Kumar is the Co-Founder at Bullwork Mobility
Mr. Randheer Singh
Senior Specialist (Joint Adviser) E-Mobility at NITI Aayog GOI
Mr. Randheer Singh
Senior Specialist (Joint Adviser) E-Mobility at NITI Aayog GOI
Mr.Singh, is an Electrical Engineer from NIT and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. He has worked in Corporate for ~12 years before joining NITI Aayog as lateral entrant at Director level in E-Mobility vertical.
He has worked in management positions in Daimler and MAN Truck and Bus India (A Volkswagen Group Company).
He has co-authored several reports including the recently (In Feb 2022) launched report “Need for Advanced Chemistry Cells in India, Part 1 of 3” and articles.
He is a senior team member for ACC PLI. He is part of ETD 51 committee for EV infrastructure standards and also part of Technical jury for Battery Swapping Standards. He was instrumental in bringing out the Light EV charging standards published in mid of 2021.
He is also leading the Battery swapping policy formulation at NITI.
He was one of the youngest in management in Daimler and also in MAN Trucks and Bus (where he was India CFO).
Mr. Saurabh Mohan Saxena
Director at AHODS Technologies
Mr. Saurabh Mohan Saxena
Director at AHODS Technologies
Dr. Sushil S. Ramdasi
Deputy Director - Powertrain Engineering at ARAI
Dr. Sushil S. Ramdasi
Deputy Director - Powertrain Engineering at ARAI
Dr. Sushil Ramdasi is a Deputy Director of Powertrain Design at Automotive Association of India (ARAI).
Dr. Sushil is the in charge of Power Train Design Department, ARAI and responsible for execution of various projects in design & development of engines, transmissions, live axles from concept up to series production for meeting various emission norms, strength, durability and structural dynamics requirements. He has developed Hybrid Electric Vehicle architectures / supervisory controller for HEV operations / Indigenous development of AMT controller software and microcontroller hardware with power electronics from concept / Development of Hydrogen and SOFC based Fuel Cell Vehicle Architectures and Controls/ Design and development of Balance of Plant (BOP) of fuel cell engine / Transient performance improvement of hydrogen PEM fuel cells / Well conversant with design and manufacturing of cells, stacks, membrane , GDL and bi polar plate assemblies of hydrogen PEM fuel cells, Performance characterization of PEM fuel cells, impedance spectroscopy and Chronoamperometry experimentation and performance analysis of hydrogen fuel cells, hands on experience in making hydrogen base PEM fuel cell buses for inter and intra city applications, data acquisition and analysis of fuel cell engine and electric drive train parameters of hydrogen PEM fuel cell based electric buses, Prototype development of engines, transmissions, axles, Swirl and Transmission test rigs Microcontrollers , Power electronics for AMT and electric drive operations, Developed Induction / PMDC / BLDC motors plant mathematical models from concept along with FOC and DTC control algorithms for electric drives to work in parallel computing environment
- Developed H Bridge Cascaded 5 and 7 multilevel inverters to improve THD content and hence aiding to improve SoC of battery used in EV / HEV / FCV
- Developed Methanol / Ethanol (M 85 & E 85) Fueled 3-Wheeler / LPG conversion kit for genets from concept
- Developed in house software’s by using Microsoft Foundation Class and Open GL platforms for Valve Train Dynamics. Torsional Vibrations and damper design, Crank train design, Swirl Flow rig and various Electric drive controller designs
He has completed Bachelor of Engineering (Automobile), Master of Engineering - (Mechanical) in Design discipline, Master of Management Science in Management Information Systems from Pune university. He is Ph.D. in controller development for electric drives for Electric, Hybrid Electric & Fuel Cell Vehicles from VIT University. He is Post Doctorate Research Collaborator at University of Delaware, USA in the field of Fuel Cell Technology.
Mr. Satin Sachdeva
Founder & Secretary General, Construction Equipment Rental Association (CERA)
Mr. Satin Sachdeva
Founder & Secretary General, Construction Equipment Rental Association (CERA)
The founder of CERA (Construction Equipment Rental Association) and also its current Secretary General, India’s largest equipment rental association and a dynamic entrepreneur, who has set the industry ablaze with his modern ideas, dynamism, keen foresight, impeccable leadership skills, intellect and futuristic outlook, is celebrating nearly three decades of successful journey in the industry, rendering excellent services to the nation in building infrastructure and generating employment. Satin Sachdeva leads by example and believes that the ability to learn and transform is very important in the fast -changing world.
He is the pioneer of seeding the thought of organizing the equipment rental industry and the one who has realized the contribution of construction equipment rental industry towards India’s infrastructure progress. With a vision of creating and sustaining a conducive environment for the growth of the industry, he has mooted the strong relationship between the construction equipment rental industry, manufacturers, financers and construction companies not within India but globally.
For an automobile engineer, it was natural to fall in love with machines that move and work. With his zeal to contribute to the nation, he chose the industry of construction equipments and earthmoving machines and worked his way up.
He is also the Managing Director&CEO of the company he founded – Equipment Planet, a premier construction equipment rental company which also buys and sells construction equipments. His group’s other company E-value is a valuation & inspection, surveyor & loss assessor organization.
A fitness enthusiast, he starts his day early with a morning walk in the lap of nature and lives a mix of simple, healthy and trendy life. A perfect family person, a responsible son, a caring husband and loving father who loves spending time with his family.
Mr. Vijay Dhoke
Head Rental Business at Mahindra CE Rental
Mr. Vijay Dhoke
Head Rental Business at Mahindra CE Rental
Mr. Vijay Dhoke is currently working in Mahindra & Mahindra as Head Rental Business.
Mr. Vijay has more than 5 years experience in marketing Powertrain solutions to variuos construction equipments and other industrial OEM's. Worked in various cross functional teams to achieve organisation goals irrespective of function and roles. Firm believer and practitioner of Entreprenural way of working in a organisation.
Mr. Nilesh Odedara
Jt. MD at Shriram Transport Finance Company
Mr. Nilesh Odedara
Jt. MD at Shriram Transport Finance Company
Mr Nilesh Odedara is Jt. MD at Shriram Transport Finance Company. He has been with the Shriram Group for 25 years. Over his tenure with the Shriram Group he has worked in various capacities, driving business as zonal head and regional head along with leading product development. In his current role he is responsible for Growth, Development and Profitability of all branches in the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from N.R Vekariya institute of Business Management studies.
Mr. Jinal Shah
Managing Director at Expandus Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Jinal Shah
Managing Director at Expandus Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Over the last 15+ years, Jinal specialises in opportunity identification, business viability assessment, expansion/diversification planning with particular focus on Powertrain, Vehicles, Electronics & Plastics.
Jinal is the founder of Expandus Consulting & his core strength lies in deep understanding of diverse Indian geography, critical success factors required for entering, scaling and planning sustainable growth of businesses
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