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.He was the Chairman of Pune Zonal Council during the year 2004-05, thereafter Chairman of Maharashtra State Council during the year 2008-09. He is now the Chairman of Western Region Council for the year 2012-13. His key contributions have been Conceiving, Steering and Implementing the now famous “Pune Model” by virtue of which the city of Pune has been able to mitigate Load Shedding for the last 5 years. Likewise, he had a significant role to play in establishing Finishing School with Symbiosis as part of Affirmative Action. Both these initiatives have since been scaled up and replicated in other communities. He has considerable engagement in Skill Development Charter and establishing links between Educational Institutions and Industry.  

Research Interest

Skill Development Charter and establishing links between Educational Institutions and Industry.