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June 2012
Anand Mahindra
among new Trustees
of Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute has announced three new members of
its Board of Trustees: Mr. Sean Bailey, Mr. Anand Mahindra
and Ms. Jacki Zehner.
Mr. Anand Mahindra is the Vice Chairman and Managing
Director of the Mahindra Group, one of India’s largest, di-
versified corporations. Named one of the top 25 most power-
ful business people in Asia by Fortune magazine, he serves
on the Board of Dean’s Advisors at the Harvard Business
School, the India Council for Sustainable Development, the
Asia Business Council, and the Global Board of Advisors of
the Council on Foreign Relations. He has also served as the
President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and
on the Board of the National Stock Exchange of India.
As an Undergraduate at Harvard, he majored in Filmmak-
ing, and his continued commitment to the Arts was in evidence last year when he made the largest-ever gift to the
Humanities at Harvard University. The Mahindra Group’s media company, Mumbai Mantra, collaborated with
Sundance Institute to organize the first-ever Screenwriters Lab in India.
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men at the helm
Sunit Kapur
is new MD of Federal-Mogul India
Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) Ltd. has announced the appoint-
ment of Mr. Sunit Kapur as the new Managing Director and coun-
try head for Federal-Mogul India, succeeding Jean de Montlaur.
In addition to his new roles, Mr. Kapur retains his responsibili-
ties as Director (Operations), Federal-Mogul Powertrain Energy
(PTE), India. In his new capacity, he has oversight responsibility
for all Federal-Mogul operations in India. He is based out of the
company’s corporate office in New Delhi.
Mr. Kapur has been with Federal-Mogul since 2006. Prior to
joining Federal-Mogul, he served for five years as the Manager
of Escorts Mahle Ltd. He then joined Goetze India in 1999 as the
Senior Manager for piston manufacturing, and then served as the
Chief Manager of piston manufacturing.
Mr. Kapur has served since January 2011 as the Director (Opera-
tions), Federal-Mogul PTE, India, providing direction and mana-
gerial support for two large campuses in Patiala and Bangalore as well as additional manufacturing sites in