About Us

Mr. Pravin Nagindas Shah Ex. Member of the Group Executive Board, Mahindra Group

Mr. Pravin Shah is a Non-Executive Director of Caparo Engineering India Limited. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) by profession with over four decades of experience, having held various leadership positions with the Mahindra Group of Companies. Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Meru Mobility Technology Private Limited (acquired by Mahindra Group).

Prior to this, he served as a Senior Advisor and earlier as the President & Chief Executive (Automotive) and Member of the Group Executive Board at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M). In his leadership roles, he was responsible for M&M Automotive (Domestic & International), Mahindra Electric Company Ltd., and oversaw strategy formulation, execution of new launches, and end-to-end business operations.

Mr. Pravin Shah has been associated with SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers) in various capacities. He is a member of the SIAM Executive Committee and the Chairperson of the SIAM Exports Group. He has participated in key discussions held by the Engineering Export Promotion Council, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). For two consecutive years, he served as Chairman of the International Trade Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Mr. Deepak Kumar Sethi Ex. Executive Director, Supply Chain & Quality Assurance, Maruti Suzuki

Mr. Deepak Kumar Sethi has got over 40 years’ work experience, primarily in Automobile sector. He has worked with Maruti Suzuki India Limited for over 38 years from 1984 to 2022. At Maruti Suzuki he has worked primarily in areas of Vendor Development/ Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Quality.

He started in 1984 as a member of initial Vendor Development team and was involved in setting up of Maruti’s vendor base besides driving localization, product development, cost improvement and enhancing vendor capability.

At Maruti Suzuki he also worked in manufacturing for about 9 years.  From 2011 to 2013, he took over as whole time Director of Suzuki Powertrain India Limited which manufactured Engines and Transmissions (amalgamated subsequently with Maruti Suzuki).

From 2014 to 2017, he headed Supply Chain Vertical of Maruti Suzuki as Executive Director (Supply Chain).

From 2017 to 2020 he headed Quality Vertical as Executive Director (Quality Assurance).

From 2014 onwards, he also served on boards of several Maruti Suzuki Joint ventures.

Post superannuation, he is engaged in Board / Advisory roles with Auto Component industry.

He is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Delhi College of Engineering (1975-80) and Post Graduate from IIM, Ahmedabad (1982-84).

Mrs. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa Retd. IFS Former Ambassador to Japan, Qatar & Sweden

Ms  Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa has been a career diplomat who joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1979 and retired in December 2015.

She has served as Ambassador of India to Japan (2012-2015), Qatar (2009-2012) and Sweden (2005-2009). She was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Latvia (from Stockholm), and Republic of the Marshall Islands (from Tokyo). During her career, she has also held other significant assignments in Geneva, Hongkong, China, The Netherlands, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Ministry of External Affairs.

In the  course of her career spanning over 36 years, she has handled a wide swathe of issues and subjects related to India's relations with key countries such as Pakistan, China  and Japan, participated in international conferences and negotiations related to climate change, sustainable development, disarmament and human rights and was instrumental in the active promotion of India’s economic interests in areas of Trade, Technology, Investments and Energy security during postings in Europe, the GCC and Japan.

Ms Wadhwa is currently Chairperson of the India- Japan Friendship Forum and is on the Governing Council of the
Institute for Chinese Studies and Asian Confluence based in Shillong. She also serves as independent Director and advisor on the Boards of few companies.