Sunil Kakkar Joins Maruti: India’s largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki, has created history in India. For the first time, the company has included an Indian employee on the board as a full-time director. This honor has been given to Sunil Kakkar, who has been associated with Maruti Suzuki for the last 35 years.
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Sunil Kakkar Joins Maruti: Sunil Kakkar
- Sunil Kakkar has created history in the world of Maruti Suzuki.
- Sunil Kakkar is one of the most experienced executives of Maruti Suzuki.
- He is heading the Corporate Planning department as a Senior Executive Officer.
- His appointment is for a term from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028.
- This is the first time that Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) has nominated an Indian in-house employee of Maruti Suzuki to the board.
India’s growing role Maruti Suzuki’s
board will now have 6 Indian and 6 Japanese members, indicating that India is playing an important role in Suzuki’s decision-making process.
Sunil Kakkar Joins Maruti: Important Roles of Sunil Kakkar in Maruti
Sunil Kakkar has led the supply chain and Gurugram plant operations. He promoted local manufacturing and established important joint ventures. Apart from this, Sunil Kakkar has worked with companies from Japan, Italy and France on many innovative projects like AMT technology, high-tensile sheet metal and plastic fuel tanks.
Kakkar is also included in the boards of other companies. Sunil Kakkar also serves as a Director on the Boards of several other companies, including Mark Exhaust Systems Ltd., SKH Metals Ltd. and Hannon Climate Systems India Pvt Ltd.
Education and Achievements: Sunil Kakkar is an engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur. After this, he did an MBA (Gold Medalist) from the Asian Institute of Technology.
Tapan Sahu got this responsibility: Maruti Suzuki has taken another big decision and made Tapan Sahu the head of the digital and cyber safety department. With this, the company will move forward more strongly towards its digital transformation.
Maruti Gets Approval for a New Unit in Haryana
The company is going to set up another unit in Haryana to increase its production. The funds for this have also been approved and the construction work of the unit will begin soon.
Maruti Suzuki India announced that its board has approved an investment of Rs 7,410 crore to set up a third plant at Kharkhoda in Haryana, with a capacity of up to 2.5 lakh vehicles per annum.
The company said that this investment will be financed through internal resources. The reason for setting up the third plant is the increase in market demand, which also includes exports. Maruti is the largest car selling company in the country, whose exports are also at the forefront. With the new unit, customers will have to wait less,s and the car will reach them faster.
Charman Bhargav Said On Sunil Kakkar Joins Maruti
Company Chairman RC Bhargava described Kakkar’s induction into the board as a historic milestone for the company and said that this will ensure better coordination between Suzuki Japan and Maruti Suzuki at the highest level.
Respect to Indian leadership: This move by Maruti Suzuki reflects the growing strength of Indian leadership. The appointment of Sunil Kakkar is a recognition of Indian talent and will further strengthen the future strategy of Maruti Suzuki.
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