In the span of 11 years, Vipin Sondhi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of JCB India Ltd. has steered the expansion of the company's business in India from one factory to five world-class factories at Delhi, Pune and more recently at Jaipur. Moreover, he has played a key role in making India as a Global Manufacturing hub for JCB with cumulative exports to over 85 countries.

Innovation is something that is close to his heart and hence company is at the forefront in launching new and innovative product. One of the recent examples of the same would be JCB Backhoe Loader with Automated Manual Transmission. Speaking on the same, Sondhi says, "We have made the iconic JCB Backhoe Loader even better with the introduction of five world's first features, including an AMT which is an Automated Manual Transmission called Easy Shift. In line with our philosophy of being a Full Range Infrastructure Equipment Partner, we
have also introduced our largest ‘Made in India' machine."

Under his leadership JCB India is Transforming into a full range Infrastructure Equipment Partner with a wide range of products and services. Additionally, an avid golfer—Sondhi has been actively involved in the growth of the industry and leading conduct of CII's Excon, South Asia's largest exhibition for construction equipment by as a Chairman since 2006. An alumnus of The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and The Lawrence School, Sanawar; Sondhi has over three decades of experience in Manufacturing and Engineering based companies such as Honda, Tata Steel and Tecumseh.

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