Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd | Pune

Senior Manager- Vehicle Engineering

• Owned product requirements for Tata's first-ever DCT transmission on the Nexon — translating customer research into 15 subjective-to-objective specs; the feature now drives ~15% of Nexon's total sales volume.
• Scaled the Nexon DCT product playbook into the CURVV launch, accelerating time-to-market for a new Coupe SUV segment and extending the DCT line's competitive footprint.
• Led the cross-functional effort behind India's record for constant-speed fuel economy on the Sierra — creating a tangible product differentiator in the premium SUV segment.
• Identified a critical supplier constraint well before SOP and drove a mitigation strategy that averted a potential launch delay on a flagship program.
• Partnered with global suppliers to co-develop a market-first proprietary transmission feature, defining a new company USP in automatic powertrains.
• Executed rigorous competitor benchmarking against segment rivals — delivering a 10% acceleration improvement on DCT applications and better performance in real world trials with AT on Sierra compared to competitors.
• Defined persona-based product experiences — Sport, City, and Eco drive modes — translating distinct customer needs into differentiated in-vehicle tuning across the Nexon, CURVV, Sierra, and Safari portfolio.

Mahindra and Mahindra | Chennai

Senior Engineer- Powertrain Development

• Led the ground-up repositioning of the Thar — identifying an untapped urban lifestyle segment and redefining its product proposition, a strategic pivot that revived a legacy nameplate into a segment leader.
• Synthesized voice-of-customer insights from cross-functional evaluation panels — translating post-drive feedback into structured product enhancements that lifted customer value and satisfaction.
• Led competitive intelligence on global EV portfolios, shaping market requirements and early-stage product futuring for Mahindra's next-generation vehicle pipeline.
• Drove a customer-first quality push — deploying 8-D root-cause frameworks that cut customer complaints and production defects by 30%, lifting post-launch NPS across the portfolio.
• Built a predictive analytics platform (PowerBI) integrating real-time telemetry from a 40+ vehicle test fleet, enabling data-driven product decisions through continuous health monitoring and failure prediction.
• Architected a scalable platform strategy for a shared 2.2L diesel engine, enabling rapid multi-variant deployment across Scorpio N, Scorpio Classic, and XUV700 — compressing time-to-market across the portfolio.
• De-risked product-market fit across Scorpio N, Scorpio Classic, and XUV700 by orchestrating 1.5M km of real-world durability testing spanning the full customer usage spectrum.
• Defined a product strategy that cut diesel exhaust fluid consumption by 10%, lowering customer total cost of ownership while sustaining full emissions compliance across the portfolio.

• Silver Award – Owner's Mindset, Tata Motors: Recognised for demonstrating ownership leadership in spearheading the Nexon DCT — a first-ever transmission launch contributing to ~15% of model sales volume.
• Silver Award – Passion for Customers, Tata Motors: Awarded for driving customer-focused validation and successful launch of the CURVV DCT, bridging subjective driver expectations with objective engineering benchmarks.
• Excellence Award, Mahindra & Mahindra: Recognised for CAFE D22 technology evaluation that enabled critical powertrain decision-making for future vehicle programs.
• SAE Published Author: Co-authored 3 peer-reviewed technical papers with SAE Mobilus (USA) on advanced combustion optimization and BS6 emission compliance strategies for next-generation powertrains.
• Prime Minister's Scholarship: Recipient under the National Defence Fund (Rashtriya Raksha Kosh) — awarded ₹24,000 per annum for 4 years (2015).

• B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering – National Institute of Technology, Silchar

• Pre-MBA Statistics, IIM Ahmedabad (via Coursera), Apr 2026
• Excel Skills for Business: Advanced, Macquarie University (via Coursera), Apr 2026

• Organized a company-wide Track & Demo Event for the Chairman's Visit at Tata Motors, coordinating logistics across teams; recognized with the Bravo Champion (Team Recognition) award by VP & CTO, TMPV Engineering.