Dr. V. Sumantran has been appointed a Director on the Ashok Leyland Board.
Dr. Sumantran is Executive Vice Chairman of Hinduja Automotive UK, the holding company, and Chairman of Nissan Ashok Leyland Powertrain Pvt. Ltd.
Previously, he was Executive Director of Tata Motors Passenger Car Business and Engineering Research Centre. Prior to that he spent over 16 years at General Motors Corporation, mostly in Detroit, and later in Europe where he served as Director, Advanced Engineering, SAAB Automobile.
Dr. Sumantran is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. A Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers and of the Indian National Academy of Engineers, he is a doctorate in Aerospace Engineering and holds a Masters degree in Management of Technology.
