Pradeep Bhargava

Biography

 Born in the year 1949 Shri Pradeep Bhargava holds B. Sc. (Honours) degree from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, B.E. (Electronics and Communications) degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in the year 1971. He has been associated with Cummins group since 2000 and was Managing Director of Cummins Generator Technologies India Ltd. from 2003 to 2012. Prior to joining Cummins, he was Managing Director of GE Lighting India for 3 years. He had worked with Kalyani Group (Bharat Forge) for 15 years from 1982-1997. After graduating from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, first ten years of Shri Pradeep were with State Sectors i.e. Atomic Energy Commission, Electronics Commission and finally at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. He has been actively participating in Industry Forums, Education Institutions as well as various platforms of Civic Society.

Research Interest

 His primary focus has been to integrate the experience and knowledge of industry into causes which benefits both, the Society and the Environment. Under his leadership, Cummins has set up “India’s First Green Factory” at Ranjangaon, near Pune. He is involved with Educational Institutions such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Udaipur, Tata Management Training Centre, etc. as guest faculty. His engagement with Symbiosis is quite long and he is member of Planning Cell and Board of Management of Symbiosis University. He was the Member of Executive Committee of National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC), an Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission, for 3 years.