Vinod is leading group’s businesses in Aerospace & Defence, Trucks, Buses & CE sector with 5 CEOs of the sector companies reporting to him.

He is working towards a larger purpose of making India “Atmanirbhar” in Defence, substantially increasing contribution of India in global Aerospace supply chain and reducing India’s logistics cost by providing disruptive and innovative products and solutions in CV industry.

He is a Board Member of several Mahindra group companies and Chairman of all companies in Defence and Aerospace sector of group. He is also member of Group Executive Board (GEB) of the Mahindra group. He is also the Chairman of FICCI’s committee on Defence and Homeland Security.

Vinod was previously President & Chief Purchase officer and was responsible for approx USD10 billion annual purchase of automotive parts, capital goods, factory equipment, software, engineering services and all direct, indirect spends and services for Auto & Farm sector of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. He was also leading the Spares Business Unit of M&M in this role.

Vinod joined Mahindra in 2015 as COO of Mahindra Two Wheelers Limited and was elevated as CEO of Two-Wheeler Business in 2016. He also served on the board of Peugeot Scooters, France with CEO of the company reporting to him. Subsequently Vinod was CEO of Mahindra Trucks & Buses and Construction Equipment.

Prior to joining Mahindra, Vinod was with Tata Motors for 17 years and handled different leadership roles mostly in Commercial Vehicles Business Unit.

Vinod has a Bachelor’s in Physics from Delhi University and Master’s in International Business and Marketing from Symbiosis, Pune. He is a Fulbright CII Fellowship Scholar from Institute of International Education – New York / Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.

Vinod has also been recognized as India’s most Inspirational Business Leader by White Page International.

Vinod lives in Mumbai with his wife, Swatika and two children. He enjoys listening to soft music and ghazals