Pawan Kumar Goenka is an Indian businessman, and the retired Managing Director of
Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in
Mumbai
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, and the chairman of
SsangYong Motor Company in Korea.
Early life
Goenka did his schooling in
Shree jain Vidyalaya
Shree Jain Vidyalaya, Kolkata (Hindi: श्री जैन विद्यालय), often abbreviated SJV, is a school for secondary and senior secondary education located in the Burrabazar region of Kolkata, India. It is affiliated with th ...
,
Kolkata
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, and then earned his BTech in mechanical engineering from
I.I.T. Kanpur and PhD from
Cornell University
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, US. He attended a six-week Advanced Management Program at
Harvard Business School
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. He worked at
General Motors 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 corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai. It was established in 1945 as Mahindra & Mohammed and later renamed as Ma ...
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
ARAI 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 ...
.
. In September 2021, Goenka was selected by the
ACC 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".
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References
External links
Mahindra & Mahindra
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1954 births
Living people
Cornell University alumni
Chief operating officers
IIT Kanpur alumni