PROFILE - Dr. Arun Jaura
Dr. Arun Jaura
Chief Technology Officer
Mahindra Group
Dr. Arun Jaura is the Chief Technology Officer of the Mahindra Group and heads the Office of Innovation and Global Advanced Technologies in Mumbai, India.
He was the Senior Vice President - R&D and Global Product Development in the Group's Automotive Sector for close to three years before taking up this role.
As part of his new role, Dr. Jaura formulates and implements technology strategy for the Mahindra Group. This includes work on advanced technology projects (such as propulsion, materials, communication networks, nano-electronics), liaison with Global Technology Centres and Centres of Excellence to initiate and cross pollinate research, CO2 mitigation and Sustainability, among other responsibilities. This role also includes development of hybrid vehicles and hydrogen technology for Mahindra's Auto Sector.
Apart from several successful product launches and initiatives, whilst in the Automotive Sector, Dr. Jaura has enabled the Mahindra Group create a mark in SE Asia in the Green space of Sustainable Mobility Solutions with his work on Hybrids, Hydrogen and Bio Diesel.
Prior to joining M&M, he worked for 10 years at Ford in Detroit. In his last assignment at Ford, Dr. Jaura was responsible for Vehicle Engineering of the Escape Hybrid Platform in Detroit. Prior to that, he was in DRDO in Chennai for about 10 years, working on battle tank and combat aircraft systems.
Dr Jaura has rich and varied experience of over 25 years in the technology space and product development/R&D both in India as well as overseas. He has 5 patents registered in the US/Europe and Japan, and has published 37 international and national publications in journals and conferences. He is a subject matter expert in various technology domains and is well recognized across the industry. He is also a Technical Fellow of the SAE International, a distinction bestowed on engineering professionals and a recipient of the prestigious Henry Ford Technology Award in 2004 for the world's first Hydrogen Engine Propelled Hybrid vehicle. Dr. Jaura is regularly invited for consultations by ASME, IEEE, SAE, industry, governments and academia.
In India, he is a member of NATRIP's Technical Advisory Committee, Chairman of CII's, Taskforce on Technology, Chairman of SIAM's Frontier Technology Committee on Advanced Propulsion and is the co-chair of the CAR committee on Advanced Propulsion. Most recently, he has been appointed as Chairperson of India's 350 crore National Hybrid Platform Program that was approved in the 11th Five Year Plan. NHP is a 50-50 cost shared industry-academia-government programme which aims to make Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology accessible for the Indian consumer.
Dr. Jaura completed his BE from NIT-Srinagar, M.Tech from IIT-Chennai and Ph.D from Concordia University, Montreal. In addition, he is the technical consultant to the USAID/ KEVA alliance on advanced propulsion and sustainable mobility in South East Asia.
