Mr. Rajesh Mittal is a qualified mechanical engineer and a cost accountant. He also did professional courses at Leeds University Business School, UK. Mr. Rajesh has 37 years of experience in the automotive industry. He started his career with Hindustan Motors in 1985 and moved on to Eicher Motors in 1992. He joined Volvo group in 2014. Amongst other modernisation projects at VECV, Mr. Rajesh led the VE powertrain, Cab BIW and paint plant projects. Currently, Mr. Rajesh shoulders the responsibility of President of Isuzu Engineering Business Centre, India and Deputy President of Isuzu Motors, India. He is part of the executive board in both the companies. Isuzu Motors has a footprint in more than 150 countries. Before joining Isuzu, M. Rajesh worked at UD Truck Corporation, Japan, as Senior Vice President – Logistics. Prior to this he assumed the role of Senior Vice President- Purchasing, at Volvo Group Truck Asia and Joint Ventures. He led cross-functional product cost programmes for the turnaround of group trucks business in Asia. Mr. Rajesh was also a part of the executive leadership team of Dong Feng commercial vehicles, a Volvo Group joint venture in China. He was the Senior Vice President for Manufacturing and Quality DFCV in Shiyan, China. During his two-year tenure, Mr. Rajesh made significant contributions to establish the joint venture. He also led the project of new Volvo technology 14 speed gear box plant at DFCV