Mr. Jagdish Khattar, a dynamic visionary, a mentor , a customer oriented person  is  the  former  Managing  Director  &  CEO  of  Maruti  Suzuki India Limited . He has been instrumental in turning around Maruti Suzuki from a loss making company to registering a profit of over US$400 million in 2006-07.

He joined Maruti as Director Marketing and Sales in 1993, became Joint Managing Director in 1997 and finally led the company as Managing Director & CEO from 1999 to 2007.

Prior to joining Maruti ,Mr. Khattar was a member of the Indian Administrative Services for twenty eight years and spearheaded some key positions such as District Magistrate, Chamoli, UP; Managing Director UP State Industrial Development Corporation; Director, Tea Board of India, London; Chairman, Tea Board, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India; Chairman and Managing Director, UP State Cement Corporation; Secretary, Department of Transport, Uttar Pradesh (UP) & Chairman, UP State Road Transport Corporation and his last assignment was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Steel.

An Honors graduate in Arts from St. Stephens College, Delhi University Mr. Khattar is a qualified lawyer and has also been conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from the London Metropolitan University, UK.

Recipient of several awards, Mr. Khattar has been awarded the Pathfinder CEO of the year 2006 by National HRD Network, Auto Car man of the year 2008 by CNBC, Auto Man of the year 2008 by NDTV Profit and the prestigious Founders Award 2008 by JD Powers & Associates to name a few.

He is reachable at j.khattar@carnation.in

A result oriented perfectionist with exceptional analytical skills, Mr. Shankar has a progressive thought process. His major strengths have been in demonstrating break through organizational transformations and a competency to introduce world class internal control and governance processes, par excellence.

Mr. Shankar is a B Com graduate and has subsequently completed CA in 1981 and CS in 1984.He has been a distinct merit holder throughout. He carries with him a rich cross functional experience of nearly twenty eight years in finance, Direct and Indirect Taxation, logistics, IT and non production purchases. Mr. Shankar has experience of working in multinational companies like Schneider Electric India, Eternet Everest and A.F. Ferguson (part of Deloitte). He was part of the acquisition committee of Schneider and had handled the acquisition of the Low Voltage Business from Crompton Greaves, MCB business from S&S Power Switchgear and Wiring Devises business under Clipsal. He was also a member of the Supervisory Board representing Worldwide Employees of Schneider Electric. In his association with Schneider India, he was instrumental in the Company achieving a yearly compounded growth of more than 30 % for the last 10 years.  

virender.shankar@carnation.in

An aggressive, smart, dexterous qualified management professional, Yadvender has about twelve years of experience in Strategy Planning, Dealer Management, Channel Management & Development Initiatives, Sales, Business Development, Client Relationship Management, with organizations like Reliance Retail & Toyota, India.

He has been proactively instrumental in completing first Business Concept plan for automotive retail and the first facility guide for automotive retail. During his stint with Toyota, Yadav has outstandingly contributed in rolling out first set of dealers and has set a benchmark for dealership facilities in Indian Automotive Industry.

He is a post graduate in Marketing and was born in Gurgaon. His family comprises of his wife and 21/2 year old son.  He enjoys sports and Rally in his free time.

yadvender.yadav@carnation.in

An “Out of Box’’ thinker, Lipika is an eloquent, focused, self-driven  professional with over twelve years of experience in Marketing, Brand & Management Product Planning in reputed companies like Bharti Airtel, Hero Motors, United Colors of Benetton, and Indian Express. She is a commerce graduate with a diploma in mass communication. She also has international marketing experience in Singapore handling the Asia Pacific region for Yonex wherein she created and launched a new format of Shop in shop. During her stint with Hero Motors, Lipika Conceptualized, developed & executed the new corporate identity i.e. Hero Motors from Hero Puch and successfully launched Hero Sting and Hero Smart. She has spearheaded and successfully launched Airtel's first entry into the entertainment domain IPTV- Internet protocol television. Her current portfolio is driving Marketing and Branding of Carnation and driving the Car customization vertical initiative with the partnership of DC design.

She has been awarded with “Top Performer of Airtel” for the year 2007-2008.

lipika.ganguli@carnation.in

Mohit is a rational and technology savvy person, Mohit is an Electrical and Electronics Engineer from BITS, Pilani and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from one of the best B schools of the World - IIM, Lucknow. Mohit holds eleven years of experience with reputed companies like HT Media, Honeywell International and Whirlpool. He has been pro active in bringing IT solutions for business needs and management environments, value proposition creation and delivery, life cycle management of Business Applications, managing and creating critical infrastructure with a large user base in 24X7 environment and leading projects in virtual team environment.

Mohit has featured in CIO Decisions – CIO Power List, 2008, has been the winner of CIO 100-2007 awards for Innovation in IT and was recognized for his outstanding contribution in establishing the first global Honeywell India Call centre.

mohit.agarwal@carnation.in

A motivator and team leader with exceptional entrepreneurial skills, Kunal is highly progressive in his thought process with an inane ability to translate strategic vision into practical every day activities. He holds a post graduate diploma in Business from the Fore School of Management, Delhi and an MS in Integrated Marketing Communications from Kellogg and Medill Graduate Schools, Northwestern University, Chicago. Kunal has about fifteen years of rich experience in diverse areas like Corporate Development, Integrated Marketing, Communications, Corporate Strategy, Product Marketing and eBusiness Consulting with direct exposure in the US market for ten years and the remaining  in India. In different roles he has worked with Companies like Vodaphone, Ford Motor Company, iXL, Inc. Simplylook.com, InfoPro Solutions and Aptuit Inc.
 
Kunal has been involved in three entrepreneurship ventures prior to Carnation. Essar Cellphone which is now Vodafone, Simplylook.com was in Silicon Valley where as a co-founder he helped raise funds and build the team. At Info Pro Solutions, he helped scale the overall business and sold the company to a strategic investor. In Aptuit, Inc., with an investment corpus of $ 700 Million based in the New York area, Kunal lead their Asia expansion managing their investment’s and portfolio companies in India.

kunal.khattar@carnation.in

An aggressive achievement oriented professional, Venumadhav holds a Post Graduate in Business Management from International Management Institute, New Delhi. With more than thirteen years of experience Venu has worked with companies like Reliance AutoZone, eBay and Maruti Suzuki.

His competencies include strategy formulations, business planning, pricing, brand management, market research, Customer Relationship Management & operations management.  He has played pivotal role in starting the Pre Owned Cars business at Reliance AutoZone and was a core member of Maruti’s Pre Owned cars initiative Maruti True Value wherein he was responsible for developing the business model, laying down the entire processes and delivering Top & Bottom line. Venu has developed the used car pricing tool and has played a vital role in developing the website.

At eBay B2B motors as head of buyer marketing Venu played a key role in creating demand by adding over 5000 used vehicle dealers on to the online auction platform as buyers of used vehicles.

venu.madhav@carnation.in

Atul is a management graduate, gifted with the vision, determination, and skills needed for high-level revenue-building strategies and tactics. Possess excellent sales and marketing skills involving an experience of over 17 years in increasing sales revenues, exceeding targeted sales goals, developing profitable and productive business relationships, coordinating with decision-makers, and building an extensive client base. Atul has worked with TVS Motor, Yamaha Motor India and, LML ltd in automobile sector and ICICI Lombard and HDFC Ergo in General Insurance industry.

He has proven ability to start the business vertical from scratch and achieve profitability. In last three assignments he has started the business from scratch and achieved the top. Atul is an innovative marketer uses instincts, insight, judgment and timing to succeed on tough deal.

atul.sabharwal@carnation.in

A thorough professional with a strategic mind and an analytical approach.  Felix is a B.Com graduate with a Diploma in Auto Engineering and has more than eighteen years of experience in the automobile industry.

Felix has extensive experience in running operations of Dealerships in Sales, Service & Spares of Two and Three Wheelers, Commercial Vehicles and Passenger Cars.  He has also worked with Mahindra First Choice as Asst. Vice President – Sales and Service Operations for Multi Brand Used Cars.  Felix Has won many accolades in his professional career by Maruti-Suzuki & Mahindra First Choice for achieving highest Sales, Spares, and highest Customer Satisfaction Index Score etc.  He has been the member of HR-IRD at Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and also was appointed as a panel member of Maruti-Suzuki for Dealer Improvements in Service, Facilities, Systems, CSI, etc.     

felix.louis@carnation.in

An aggressive achievement oriented professional, Satvinder holds a Post Graduate in Business Management from Amity business School,Noida & B.Tech. in Mechanical engineering from NIT, Kurukshetra. With more than 16 years of experience in Global Sourcing, Vendor development, SCM, retail category management, Spare parts and Accessory Business, Satvinder has worked with companies like Reliance retail fresh, Mahindra, Hyundai, Piaggio C & SPA & Hero Honda. His competencies include Global sourcing, supply chain management, vendor/product development, multi brand parts sourcing, Accessories retail business.  He has played pivotal role in starting the Auto Genuine Accessories business at Mahindra & Hyundai Motors and was a core member of Piaggio C & SPA for their international purchases from India & China.

At Hero Honda motors, he was key member in developing engine components for two new motors bikes CBZ & Street.

satvinder.sodhi@carnation.in

A great team player  and firm  believer  in leading  by examples   with enthusiasm to take  new challenging & Initiatives ,Dheeraj has  over twelve years  of rich and exhaustive experience in Supply Chain, Logistics & Distribution, Warehousing, Demand Forecasting &  Planning, Inventory Control , Customer Service & Operations Management with reputed organization  like  Hyundai Motor India, Honda  Motor  India Limited and Mahindra & Mahindra .

He has contributed a lot in developing the Western & Southern region Supply chain for Honda Group (Car/ Two wheeler/ Power Product) after sales operation and was instrumental in setting up Distribution Centre for western zone within short Span of 4 Months.

Dheeraj has won accolades for his various   initiatives in minimizing packaging /freight cost at Honda Motor and M&M.

He is a postgraduate in Marketing.

dheeraj.wadhwa@carnation.in

An extremely balanced, customer and result oriented professional Mr. Puttanna has an eye for details and demonstrates high analytical skills.
 
Ramchandra is an Engineer from Mysore University and has subsequently completed Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from Bangalore University. He has also undergone another program in management titled “Advanced Management Program” from IIM (Bangalore).

Ram has rich experience of over twenty years.   In his previous assignment, he was working as a General Manager-Passenger Cars with Suhail Bahwan Group, Muscat where he was responsible for Business Planning, Formulation of Schemes, promotional activities, pricing, CSI, profitability and Channel Network expansion.

He has also worked with Luk India, Motor Industries Company & Fenner India.

Ram has extensive cross functional experience in OE Sales, Dealer Channel Management, & Key Account Handling in varied Industries.

ramachandra.p@carnation.in

A go-getter  with excellent inter personal skills , Rishi is a well rounded HR professional having cross functional exposure of leading progressively responsible positions in Plant operations, Corporate Planning and Human Resources.  A Gold medalist in Mechanical  Engineering from Delhi College and also a Gold Medalist in PGDBM course in Human Resource and Finance from IMT Ghaziabad, he has more than sixteen years of rich experience, 14 years of which has been in automotive sector with Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

Rishi was part of Strategic Initiative Group that was responsible for incubating New Businesses for Maruti in the areas of Finance, Insurance, Pre-Owned cars and Fleet Management - an industry first in India.

He has been leading teams, taking care of formation and monitoring of Corporate Rolling Term Plans, Performance Management, Talent Acquisition, Compensation Management and Executive Assistance to CEO and Management Committee. He has also facilitated interactions with industry associations like SIAM & CII and Government agencies like EPCA constituted by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.

He has also been awarded with special training programs by AOTS – Japan for technical training and leadership Development Program at European ESCP-EAP Business School at London in 2007.

rishi.grover@carnation.in

A down to earth, highly competent professional, Mr. Kaushik believes in following a Customer centric approach. Prior to joining Carnation, he was working as National Manager-CRM at i-Process Services wherein he was responsible for managing CRM function across India. 

Before this, he worked with Habitat World at India Habitat Center, New Delhi wherein he was managing all customer touch points for Customer Response and Campaigns. 

Mr. Kaushik is a post graduate in IT Management & carries 14 years of experience. 

sumit.kaushik@carnation.in