TATA Motors Passenger Vehicle Ltd (Leading Indian automotive company)| Pune

Senior Manager, Vehicle Engineering

• Led end-to-end programme execution across the automatic transmission portfolio for Nexon, CURVV, Sierra, Harrier and Safari (~₹1,000 Cr in project value) leading to approximately 30% of total monthly vehicle sales.
• Identified an unaddressed competitive gap and defined a market-first take-off shift requirement, establishing a differentiator for all the automatic transmission offerings.
• Directed calibration development for Tata's first DCT transmission on the Nexon, contributing approximately 15% of total model sales volume and ₹200 Cr in monthly revenue.
• Led a six-member cross-organisational engineering team formulating 30+ customer-centric requirements— preserving ~680 man-hours (20% of effort) through early issue identification.

Mahindra and Mahindra (Leading Indian Automotive company)| Chennai

Senior Engineer, Powertrain Development

• Identified and captured an urban lifestyle market segment by repositioning the Thar as a high-value consumer product, translating customer and market insights into a differentiated drivability and fuel economy proposition that revived a legacy brand.
• Owned end-to-end regulatory product roadmap across BSIV to BS-VI Stage 1 & 2 and CAFE norms, proactively integrating compliance milestones into the product development timeline to maintain portfolio competitiveness.
• Led competitive analysis of global EV portfolios to define market requirements and inform early-stage product futuring and pipeline conceptualization for next-generation vehicles.
• Synthesized voice-of-customer insights from cross-functional evaluation panels, translating post-drive feedback into structured product enhancements that maximized customer value and satisfaction.

Engineer – Powertrain Development

• Architected a scalable calibration strategy for a shared 2.2L diesel engine platform, enabling rapid multi-variant deployment across Scorpio N, Scorpio Classic, and XUV700 — compressing time-to-market across the portfolio.
• Defined a calibration strategy that reduced diesel exhaust fluid consumption by 10%, directly lowering customer total cost of ownership while sustaining full emissions compliance.
• Built and executed Design Verification Plans (DVPs) enabling early-stage issue detection, preventing pre-production bottlenecks and unlocking a 50% scale-up in assembly-line output.
• Managed product delivery milestones with global suppliers (Bosch, TEL), aligning vendor capabilities with aggressive development timelines while meeting cost and quality targets.
• Published 3 technical papers with SAE Mobilus (USA) on combustion optimization and emissions compliance, establishing institutional product knowledge and contributing to industry-wide standards.

GET – Powertrain Development

• Led localized supplier development for critical components (EGR, Turbocharger, piston materials), driving a 10% reduction in bill-of-materials cost while maintaining product performance benchmarks.
• Built a predictive PowerBI analytics platform integrating real-time telemetry from a 40+ vehicle test fleet, enabling data-driven product decisions through continuous health monitoring and failure prediction.

• Silver Award – Owner's Mindset, Tata Motors: Spearheaded the first-ever Nexon DCT launch (~15% of sales).
• Silver Award – Passion for Customers, Tata Motors: Customer-focused validation and launch of the CURVV DCT.
• Excellence Award, Mahindra & Mahindra: CAFE D22 technology evaluation enabling critical powertrain decisions.
• SAE Published Author: Co-authored 3 technical papers with SAE Mobilus (USA) on combustion and emissions.

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

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, KPMG India Services LLP, Jul 2026

• Volunteered to organize Tata Motors' Chairman's Visit Track & Demo Event, earning the Bravo Champion award.