Ajit Kumar Jindal
Consultant , Advisor Automotive Engineering, EVs , Vehicle Engineering, New Technologies, Product Design & Innovation, Mentoring
- Role
- Advisor at Tata Autocomp Systems Ltd
- Location
- Pune Division, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ajit Kumar Jindal
Heading an engineering team responsible for complete commercial vehicle portfolio, ranging from a small 0.5 pay load commercial vehicle to 49 Ton GVW tractor trailer as well as passenger vehicles for commercial applications ranging from 4 seater to 60 seater buses. This team has cradle to grave responsibility of all the product platforms right from identifying the customer, stated and unstated, needs through QFD, defining the product, conceptualization, prototyping, testing and validation as well as providing support in productionisation. Responsible for signing off the all the products which goes in to production. I play a key role in identifying the suppliers and induction of various advanced technology components as well as process in the products. I am also responsible for selecting various engineering services suppliers for various developments. I play a key role in company\'s strategy for product range, delivery in terms total cost of ownership as well as directions for future developments. Product portfolio accounts for approximately Rs. 800 crore ($133.5 Million) of R&D spend and accounts for approximately 40% of the entire product development budget.
Experience
Advisor
Dec 2019 — Present · IN
Advisor and Board Member of various TACO Group Companies and Auto cluster Development and Research Institute.
Education
Punjabi University
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering
1979 — 1982
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Automotive Engineering
1994 — 1998
Skills
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Dfmea
- Engineering
- Strategy
- Vehicles
- Commercial Vehicle
- Automotive
- Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (Dfmea)
- Product Management
- Strategic Planning
- Automotive Engineering
- Automobile
- Team Management
- Product Design
- Product Launch
- Management
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Leadership
- Product Development
- Business Decision Making
- Organizational Leadership
- Design Research
- Project Management
- Vehicle Engineering
- Powertrain
- R&D
- Manufacturing
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