Bike India – August 2019

Sixty-one-year-oldPawanMunjal

joinedHeroHondaMotorsinthe

early1980sandwentontobecome

theManagingDirectorofHero

MotoCorp.Heholdsa degreein

mechanicalengineeringfromtheNationalInstituteof

Technology,Kurukshetra,andhasseenthetransitionofthe

companyfromHeroHondaMotorstoHeroMotoCorp.Hero

IndianSportsAcademy(HISA)waslaunchedincollaboration

withLaureusFoundationunderPawan’sguidancetoprovide

opportunitiesinsporttovariouscommunitiesandtoreward

talentinthecountry.

Thisyearwesawa numberofnewlaunchesbyHero

MotoCorp,includingtheHeroXPulse 200 and200T,Xtreme200S

alongwiththescooters,HeroMaestroEdge 125 andHero

PleasurePlus.HeroMotoSports’thirdoutingatDakarsawa great

resultastwooftheirthreeridersfinishedamongthetop20.They

havealsoannouncedtheirfirstResearchandDevelopment(R&D)

CentreinGermanyandhavebecomethefirstmanufacturersin

IndiatoreceiveBS-VIcertificationfortwo-wheelersthisyear.

SajeevRajasekharanwas

appointedastheManaging

DirectorinJuly2018.Hetookover

fromPeterMacKenzie.Sajeev

comeswithovertwodecadesof

experienceinmarketing,sales,and

operations.Beforebecomingthe

ManagingDirectorofHarley-DavidsonIndia,Sajeevwasthe

ExecutiveVicePresidentofSuzukiMotorcycleIndiaPrivateLtd

andhasworkedformultipleconsumerdurablecompanies,

includingPanasonic,Electrolux,SamsungIndia,Thomson

India,Onida,andBlowPlast.

Harley-DavidsonIndiathisyearsawthelaunchoftheForty-

EightSpecialandtheStreetGlideSpecialcruiser.Sajeevplansto

bringanotherlaunchtoIndiainthe1,600-ccsegmentandalso

wantstobuildthenetworkofHarley-Davidsondealershipsand

lifestylestoresinIndia,bringingthetotalto 41 touchpointsin

India.Harleyhavebeenworkingonanelectricbike,too,which

willbebroughttoIndiaafteritslaunchintheUSandEurope.

We’vejustriddentheirfirstelectricoffering,theLivewireandyou

canreadallaboutit inthisissueitself.Nowwewaitwithbated

breathforthepremiume-cruisertoreachourshores.

InNovemberthisyearPankajDubey

willcompletethreeyearsastheCEO

ofEicherPolarisPvtLtd,having

takenoverin2016.Thecompany

alsohasthepremiumIndian

Motorcyclebrandunderitsbanner.

Underhisleadership,IndianMotorcyclelaunchedexciting

modelssuchasthelightandnimbleScoutBobberandtheir

flagshipluxurytourer,theRoadmasterElite.

Asofnow,PolarisIndiaarebusyprovidingtheirservicestothe

armedforcesandstatepoliceaswellasthetourismandforest

departments,towhomthecompanysuppliesATVs.However,his

plansforthecompanyarenotlimitedtothatonly;ratherheis

aimingforothercategoriessuchastelecomandelectrical

transmissionwhereATVswillbehelpfulinaccessingremoteand

ruggedterrain.

Dubeyseespotentialinadventuresportaswellwhere.Forthis

purpose,Polariscameupwitha uniqueconcept,called

“ExperienceZones”,whicharelikeminioff-roadterrainmadeto

experiencetheoff-roadingcapabilitiesofPolarisATVs.

PawanMunjal

SajeevRajaSekhaRan

PankajduBey

MDandCEO,HeroMotoCorp

MD,Harley-DavidsonMotorcycles,India

CEO,IndianMotorcycle(India)

POWER PERSONALITIES

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