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From TELCO trainee to technology leader: Rajendra Petkar signs off as Tata Motors’ Pres and CTO after 38 years

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From TELCO trainee to technology leader: Rajendra Petkar signs off as Tata Motors’ Pres and CTO after 38 years

From TELCO trainee to technology leader: Rajendra Petkar signs off as Tata Motors’ Pres and CTO after 38 years

The IIT Bombay alumnus played a pivotal role in strengthening Tata Motors' indigenous engineering capabilities, steering its transition to BS-VI, advancing electric and hydrogen mobility technologies, and building a strong intellectual property portfolio.

Rajendra Petkar , one of India's most respected automotive technologists and a key architect of Tata Motors ' engineering and technology transformation, superannates today as President and CTO after an association spanning nearly 38 years with the automaker. Petkar's retirement brings to a close a remarkable professional journey that began in February 1989, when he joined Tata Motors, then known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO), as a Post Graduate Trainee Engineer. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, with an M.Tech degree, he rose through the ranks to become one of the most influential technology leaders in the Indian automotive industry . Advt

"It's been a fulfilling and challenging yet exciting journey, which provided me opportunities to also contribute to the evolution of the Indian automotive industry. Mixed feelings now as I superannuate and enter a new phase of my life, but will retain the connection with the automotive industry,” Petkar tells ETAuto. As President and CTO of Tata Motors, Petkar also engaged in discussions with ETAuto on multiple occasions. He also actively supported ETAuto’s efforts to push the Indian automotive ecosystem to strengthen its innovative and technological competence to be more competitive globally.


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