Dr. Pawan Goenka has earned his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from I.I.T., Kanpur and Ph.D. from Cornell University, U.S.A. He is also a Graduate of Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He worked at General Motors R&D Centre in Detroit, U.S.A. from 1979 to 1993. Thereafter, he joined Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., as General Manager (R&D). Dr. Goenka is also a member of the Group Executive Board at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Dr. Goenka received the Extraordinary Accomplishment Award from General Motors in 1986, the Burt L. Newkirk Award for the year 1987, the Charles L. McCuen Achievement Award from General Motors for the years 1985 & 1991, an Outstanding International Advisor Award from SAE in 1997, and a Distinguished Alumni Award from I.I.T, Kanpur in 2004. He received the Engineering Excellence Award 2012 from SAE India Foundation. He is a Fellow of SAE International and of The Indian Nationa l Academy of Engineers. In January 2011, Dr. Pawan Goenka was honoured with the Automotive Man of the Year award at the NDTV Car & Bike Awards. In December 2011, Dr. Goenka featured as Autocar Professional’s Man of the Year 2011. He was conferred the ‘CV Man of the Year’ award at the annual Apollo CV Awards 2012 in recognition of his extensive contribution within the automotive industry in India and globally. He received the Qimpro Gold Standard 2014 (Business) Award for contribution as Role-Model Leader for World-Class Quality in Business. Dr. Goenka was conferred with the Doctor of Science (honoris causa) by I.I.T., Kanpur in 2015. Dr. Goenka is past President of SIAM, of the Society of Automotive Engineers India, the ARAI Governing Council, and also served as a Board Member of National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) from August 2013 to August 2014. He is currently a National Council Member of Confederation of Indian I ndustries (CII), and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of I.I.T., Madras.
