Mr Vipin Sondhi

Mr Sondhi has over three decades of experience in Manufacturing and Engineering based companies such as Ashok Leyland, JCB, Honda, Tata Steel and Tecumseh Products.

Mr Sondhi has a strong and proven track record as a leader, and is a passionate hands-on professional. He was the MD & CEO of Ashok Leyland and a Director on the Board of Switch Mobility, a fully owned subsidiary of Ashok Leyland set up to manufacture Electric Vehicles.

Prior to Ashok Leyland, he was MD & CEO of JCB India, where he spent over 13 years, and was a member of JCB’s global executive team. JCB’s Made in India products were exported to over 100 countries cumulatively during his tenure.

He was appointed by the Government of India as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors, of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal in December 2015. A member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) National Council, he is the Chairman of CII’s National Mission on Technology, R&D and Innovation and Chairman of CII’s National Committee on Future Mobility. He has held the position of Vice President of the Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers (SIAM) and Vice President of the Automotive Skill Development Council (ASDC).

He was awarded the Confederation of India (CII) Young Manager’s Trophy in the year 2000; The Udyog Rattan Award by the Institute of Economic Studies in 2011; The CEO of the Year Award at CEO India Awards in 2014. He was also conferred with an Honorary Fellowship by the Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM) in 2017 and The Economic Times ‘Most Promising Business Leader of Asia – Construction Equipment Industry’ in 2018-19.

Mr Vipin Sondhi is an alumnus of The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, The Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and did his schooling at The Lawrence School, Sanawar.