Pawan Kumar Goenka is an Indian businessman, and the retired Managing Director of

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai. It was established in 1945 as Mahindra & Mohammed and later renamed as Mahindra & Mahindra. Part of the Mahindra Group ...

, an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, and the chairman of

SsangYong Motor Company The SsangYong Motor Company ( ko, 쌍용자동차 주식회사) is a South Korea–based automobile manufacturer. It traces its origins back to a manufacturer established in 1954. The name SsangYong appeared in 1988, after its acquisition by the ...

in Korea.

Early life

Goenka did his schooling in Shree jain Vidyalaya,

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

, and then earned his BTech in mechanical engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur and PhD from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, US. He attended a six-week Advanced Management Program at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

. He worked at

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R&D Centre in Detroit, U.S., from 1979 to 1993. Thereafter he joined Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., as general manager (R&D).

Career

Goenka joined Mahindra in October 1993 as the general manager, R&D. He was appointed as the

chief operating officer A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the "C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if t ...

for the automotive sector in April 2003. In September 2005, he became the president of the automotive sector and by April 2010 he was the president of the automotive and farm equipment sectors. "He was appointed to the post of Executive Director of

Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai. It was established in 1945 as Mahindra & Mohammed and later renamed as Mahindra & Mahindra. Part of the Mahindra Group, ...

in 2013 and in April 2014, he took over the additional responsibility of the two wheeler business. In Nov 2016 Dr Pawan Kumar Goenka was elevated to the post of Managing Director of M&M." Goenka is the past president of SIAM, Society of Automotive Engineers India, and

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Governing Council, and was a board member of National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) from Aug.2013 to Aug.2014. He is also a national council member of CII, and chairman of board of governors of

IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has be ...

. . In September 2021, Goenka was selected by the

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as the chairperson of INSPACe.

Awards and honors

* Engineering Excellence Award 2012 from SAE India Foundation * CV Man of the Year 2012 by Apollo CV Awards * Man of the Year 2007 and 2011 by Autocar Professional * Fellow of SAE International in 2004 * Fellow of INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineers) in 2004 * Distinguished Alumni Award from I.I.T. Kanpur in 2004 * Outstanding International Advisor Award by SAE in 1997 * Charles L. McCuen Achievement Award for the years 1985 & 1991 * Extraordinary Accomplishment Award from General Motors in 1986

Personal life

Goenka is married to Mamta Goenka who "volunteers her time to counsel cancer patients and help them receive proper treatment and post-operative care".

References

External links

Mahindra & Mahindra
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goenka, Pawan Kumar 1954 births Living people Cornell University alumni Chief operating officers IIT Kanpur alumni