Subodh Bhargava

Overview

Mr. Subodh Bhargava, born in Agra in 1942, Mr. Subodh Bhargava holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Roorkee. He started his career with Balmer Lawrie & Co., Kolkata before joining the Eicher group of companies in Delhi in 1975. On March 31, 2000, he retired as the group chairman and chief executive and is now the chairman emeritus, Eicher group. He is the past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers; and the Vice President of the Tractor Manufacturers Association. Over several years, he was therefore a key spokesperson for Indian industry, contributing to and influencing government policy while simultaneously working with industry to evolve new responses to the changing environment. He was a member of the Insurance Tariff Advisory Committee, the Economic Development Board of the government of Rajasthan. He was also the chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Certifying Bodies (NABCB) under the aegis of the Quality Council of India (QCI). Mr. Bhargava has been closely associated with technical and management education in India. He was the chairman of the Board of Apprenticeship Training and member of the Board of Governors of the University of Roorkee, the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad. He was also a member of the senior panel of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) set up for a comprehensive evaluation of research in engineering and technology; and on the committee set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Department, Government of India for policy perspectives for management education in India. He is currently on the board of the Centre for Policy Research and IIM, Indore; Member, Technology Development Board, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Director, Tata Steel Limited; Director, Power Finance Corporation, trustee, Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust; Executive Trustee, National Centre for Promoting Employment for Disabled Persons; chairman trustee Charity Aid Foundation. He is also on the boards of governors of other institutions for graduate engineering and bachelors and master's degree programmes in business management. He has been conferred with the first IIT Roorkee Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2005 by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Mr Bhargava is the Chairman of the Company and also Wartsila India Limited and director on the respective boards of several Indian corporates.