About the Speaker:
Dr Pawan Kumar Goenka earned his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur and PhD from Cornell University, USA. He is also a Graduate of Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He worked at General Motors R&D Centre in Detroit, U.S.A. from 1979 to 1993. He joined Mahindra & Mahindra Limited in 1993 as General Manager (R&D) and led the development of the Scorpio SUV. He is credited with building a strong R&D infrastructure, a robust product portfolio for Mahindra and is widely recognized as a statesman of the Indian Auto Industry. Dr Goenka served on the boards of several Mahindra Group Companies, both domestic and international. He retired from Mahindra as Managing Director and CEO on 1st April 2021. Dr Pawan Goenka has received several awards such as the Burt L Newkirk Award, Charles L McCuen Achievement Award, the FISITA Medal of Honour, Automotive Man of the Year Award, CV Man of the Year Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and Param Shreshth Award. Dr Goenka was also honoured with the Lifetime achievement Award for his unparalleled contribution to the automotive industry by The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association in March 2022. Dr Goenka received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2005 by IIT Kanpur and was also conferred with the Doctor of Science (honoris causa) in 2015. He is a Fellow of SAE International and of The Indian National Academy of Engineers and a member of National Academy of Engineers, USA. He is past President of SIAM, of the Society of Automotive Engineers India, the ARAI Governing Council, and served as a Board Member of National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) and a member of Confederation of Indian Industries National Council. He is currently serving as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Madras. He is the Chairman of Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), Department of Space, Government of India and of the Steering Committee for Advancing Local value-add and Exports (SCALE), an initiative under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Dr Goenka also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and Bosch Limited.