New Delhi: After working for precisely a 12 months on the SAR Group, Sumeet Tandon has put in his papers and joined lighting main Neolite ZKW Lightings as Chief Technique and Advertising Officer, as per trade sources.
Neolite ZKW, a part of the Neolite Group, has a producing plant in Delhi-NCR and exports to 70 international locations. In 2007, Neolite inked a three way partnership with Zizala Lichtsysteme (ZKW) Austria and entered into the passenger automotive section supplying lamps to Basic Motors, Skoda and Volkswagen.
ETAuto learns that in his new position Tandon will likely be taking good care of new initiatives, partnerships, tie-ups and work on increasing the shopper base for passenger autos (PVs) to encash new alternatives within the electrical automobile (EV) house. He will likely be primarily based in Gurugram and report back to the CEO Rajesh Soni.
Final 12 months in April, Tandon joined the SAR Group because the CEO of its powertrain enterprise for EVs– Livguard EV Drivetrain. SAR Group owns firms together with Livfast and Mooving and presents energy-related options together with automotive batteries, inverters, and residential photo voltaic panels. It launched the Livguard model in 2014.
In December final 12 months, Livguard acquired Delhi NCR-based battery swapping and IoT options startup Emuron Applied sciences to enterprise into the EV battery swapping house. Just lately, SAR Group ventured into the e-mobility enterprise with the launch of the Lectrix EV model.
Earlier than Livguard, Tandon was related to Tier-I provider Varroc because the Chief Market Growth Officer, the place he joined in September 2018 and labored for nearly 5 years. At Varroc, he was instrumental in increasing the enterprise, taking care of the elements for EVs. This was by means of stitching up agreements with Sensata Applied sciences. It is a world industrial expertise firm and main supplier of sensor-rich options that create insights for patrons.
Previous to this, he labored with the Lumax Group as Government Vice President for greater than three years, the place he sorted the corporate’s Company Technique & Enterprise Growth.
Tandon accomplished his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Engineering School. He did his MBA from Institute of Administration and Expertise, Ghaziabad.
