B Balaji Resume`

P5A3A , Laceleste , Nethaji Street, Rajarajeswar Nagar , Madanandapuram ,Chennai 600125
Mobile 9551259696 Balaji258@gmail.com
Balaji .B
BE ( Mech ) , PGDMM
Executive Summary
Around four decades of experience in almost all facets of Commercial Vehicle design and development defines
Mr. Balaji as a professional. Armed with a B.E. Mechanical Engineering degree from College of Engineering
Guindy, tempered with a PG Diploma in Marketing Management, Balaji has served Ashok Leyland in various
capacities, the most recent one being General Manager, Vehicle Evaluation and Testing at the Technical Centre
located in Vellivoyal Chavadi, Chennai. In this role, Balaji offered the last line of development process through
rigorous vehicle testing methods on and off roads that have rendered Ashok Leyland vehicles as the most
reliable in the market. In several engineering domains ranging from vehicle design, analysis and testing, Balaji
has been reckoned as a leader. His role in the then fledgling design and engineering services domain of the
Hinduja Group exposed him to the Japanese way of vehicle development. In the Product Development
department, Balaji has been acknowledged as a technology leader and mentor, and is a permanent member of
the engineering review committees.
Balaji, is regarded as a leader in various domains such as Thermal Systems, Cooling, Air Induction, HVAC,
Vehicle Dynamics, Suspension and Steering Systems Engineering, Vehicle and Component testing, Product
Benchmarking and Value Analysis & Value Engineering , Virtual Analysis, Homologation etc
His engineering depth coupled with clarity of communication is fortified by his love to share what he knows
and so it is not surprising that he has guided scores of young engineers at undergraduate and postgraduate
levels. Under his tutelage, a bunch of young engineers were motivated to file for three patents in Vehicle
Suspension and Thermal Systems development. Balaji has co-authored a number of technical papers in
national and international conferences such as SAE, KULI user conference, NPDC and various Vehicle Expos on
vehicle dynamics, thermal systems and suspensions. He is a sought-after speaker in both technical as well as
philosophical subjects. He has presented papers and conducted technical sessions and workshops in SAE Top
Tech Program, CVRDE, CIRT, Mahindra Research Valley and dozens of engineering institutions. Most recently
Balaji conducted Ashok Leyland’s prestigious Technology Day 2016, which served as a testimony to one of the
finest blends of engineering and management in action.
At a personal front, Balaji is an avid photographer and have interests in Music, Tamil Literature , Spiritual
Fields.

1. Professional Experience
 Product Development, Ashok Leyland Limited
June 2014 – June 2016
General Manager - Product Development. Head of Vehicle Evaluation and Testing, Proto shop, Benchmarking
and Instrumentation
Lead a team of about 100 Engineers in Vehicle Performance Testing, On road testing and Trials, Durability
testing on track and on road, Regulatory Testing , Pro build for Product verification, Vehicle bench marking for
VAVE , Idea Generation, Competitor product evaluation etc, Materials and parts support , Testing
instruments lab.
Sep 2013 – May 2014
Deputy General Manager – VAVE
Lead a focused team of engineers working on VAVE – Idea Generation, Idea evaluation, and work for
implementation of validated ideas in manufacturing to achive saving targets.
July 2009 - August 2013
Deputy General Manager – Vehicle systems
May 2007 – June 2009
Assistant General Manager – Vehicle systems
Created and Developed Vehicle system Domain groups in 2007 – Suspension, Steering, HVAC, Thermal
system, Air intake system, Vehicle Hydraulics. Groups started from scratch grown to strength of 40 engineers.
Lead the team, Nurtured and Mentored the team. Developed process with System suppliers for development,
application, performance durability and cost target setting, verification and validation.
Sep 2005 – April 2007
Divisional Manager - Hinduja Technologies, Chennai (formerly Ashley Design and Engg. Services)
New start up division formed by AL part of initials Technical team and led a team of 10 engineers to work on
engineering services in the areas of Vehicle, system aggregates and testing services. Lead the Team on Major
assailment – Vehicle Projects for Nissan Diesel – Japan. Learned Japanese systems and Process during Visits to
customer places.
Nov 2004 – Sep 2015
Manager - Value Engineering
2003 - 2004
Head – Innovative Testing and CAE
Started a New Innovative Testing team to develop testing and analysis process for the Technical Problems.
Implemented Process and CAE analysis and Testing Correlation.
June 2001 - June 2002
Assistant Manager – Vehicle Testing - and Senior Development Engineer – Vehicle Testing from 1997.
Vehicle performance testing, Durability testing in Torture track, simulation of field failures in torture track, on
road performance trials, Regulatory trials. Testing and Trials to as per requirements of International
manufacturers like Hino Motors Japan, IVECO – Italy, Allison, Rockwell and Other companies
Development Engineer – worked in various areas of Vehicle testing , Failure analysis, Field Testing of Vehicles
etc.

Vehicle suspension Systems development, Fuel consumption studies and improvement, Tire life studies, Dual
line brake system field performance and issues resolution, Field evaluation and field trials of various
components , system aggregates, new products , field failure simulation in lab and test tracks
Technical Achievements
- Competence
- Strategy
Physical Products
Suspension System:
 Development and Introduction of Parabolic suspension system on
 Trucks.
 Development and Introduction of in-house Bogie suspension for Trucks. – Cost effective Design for
new Truck Platforms.
 Design , Development and introduction of Weweller Type (Rubber ended) suspension for Busses.
 Design upgrade , Development and Introduction of Multi Leaf Suspension springs For Trucks and
Busses.
 Development and Introduction of Air suspension for Busses.
 Development of Lift axle suspension system with JAI – India and Ridewel corporation USA.
 Development and evaluation of suspension system for Light Commercial vehicle - Dost
Thermal system
 Modular Design Radiators , Charge air coolers
 Development and introduction of Rig Fan For Cooling system
 Design of Single stack Radiator and Charge air cooler ( Patent applied)
 Development and introduction of Air-condition and HVAC for Truck Cabs with Bergstorm UK
 Development and introduction of Opti Air Air cleaner system on Trucks with Fleet guard and
Donaldson
Vehicle Hydraulics
 Development and Introduction of Full tipping system with IPH for New Truck platform
 Development of Hydraulic cab tilt Tilting system for New Cab with Weber Hydraulics.
Product Bench Marking:
 Study of Competitor Medium Duty trucks in Thailand –
Hino Mega FC 9 T truck : Bench mark study including Vehicle performance, Onroad Driving
cycle, Fuel consumption stydy, Aggregate and systems study done in 2004 and
Recommendation for Upgrading then exiting AL Truck presented to Management.
 Evaluation of LCV for Indian Market
Gazelle 3T LCV Truck from Russia : worked with GAZ team . Physical vehicle Trials conducted
in Indian roads , and in hose performance Trials Conducted.
Engineering Services (Hinduja Technologies Assignment)
 Customer – Nissan Diesel – Japan
25 T Truck upgrade for Higher power and Emission : Development of Cooling system, Drive
line selection Vehicle Performance and Regulatory Testing to GCC Standards

Bus Project – Engine and drive line Upgrade, Development of Cooling , Air Intake, Exhaust,
Gear Shift Mechanism , vehicle proto conversion Testing and sign off.
Engineering Process
 Meshing automation – Implementation of Hyper mesh – Meshing Tool in CAE
 Vehicle Performance Prediction, analysis: Introduction of AVL Cruise software and Establish process of
analysis including on road velocity profile measurement.
 Fuel Consumption prediction for Trucks using AVL Cruise
 CAE and Test Correlation – Static Bending, Static strain analysis on Frames.
 Development of Fuel Consumption Program for City Cycle ( Joint work)
 Analysis of Non-Reactive suspension system for trucks Test and analysis using CAE tools.
 Cooling system Performance Prediction, system optimization using “Kuli” One Dimensional software.
Implementation of Kuli basic , advanced Modules in Development Process.
 Pass by Noise Study and analysis jointly with LMS – Belgium.
 Development of “ Wheel Drop Test” to evaluate Differential gears (on Rear axle drive) to simulate off
road operate terrains.
 Adaptation of “ Clutch Drop Test” ( Ref IVECO Standards) for evaluation of Drive train aggregates.
 Development of Comprehensive Cooling System Testing, to include Charge air coolers, Transmission
oil coolers, HVAC system, Automatic transmission system .
 Application of Design of Experiments (DOE) , DFMEA , Root Cause analysis, Decision Tree analysis,
Statistical analysis including correlation, rank correlation , sensitivity analysis, Brain storming,
Creativity workshop,
 Expertise in Fuel consumption study and Fuel efficiency improvement , Tyre wear studies and
improvements, – many case studies
 Expertise in Failure analysis, failure simulation studies, Design Critique ,
PD Organisation
 PD matrix organization - Created and Developed Vehicle system Domain groups in 2007 –
Suspension, Steering, HVAC, Thermal system, Air intake system, Vehicle Hydraulics
 Started and developed Innovative Testing Group in PD in 2002 to develop and address new test
methods and process.
January 1980 – June 1980
 India Radiators - Chennai
o Worked In R&D Lab
o Experience in the areas of Thermal system Testing , Heat Dissipation testing of Heat
Exchangers including Radiators , Oil coolers, Hydrostatic pumps and Motors , Thermostats ,
Wind tunnel testing.
o Basic calculations - Designing of Radiators.
September 1977 – January 1980
 Sundaram Motors – Chennai
o Hands on Training in Servicing, overhaul, Trouble shooting
 Ashok Leyland Trucks and Busses
 Diesel Engines – Ashok Leyland. Perkins Engines
 Vehicle aggregates including Clutch, Gear box, Steering , Rear axle
 Special assignment - Assembly of New Foundation Brake system (FCSS) wih Brakes
India Team

 Special Assignment - Monitoring and Control of Man-hours and Servicing Cost for
Hippo Tractor FC Service Project ( Trucks From Madras Fertilizers Ltd- Chennai).
Achieved on time delivery and substantial Cost saving.
2. Expert Review
Regular viewer of Technical Papers From
- SAE international Conferences
- Institute of Mech Engineers
- ASME
- 8th SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference & 1st Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress
India Chennai -- Technical Session Chairman
3. Professional Membership
- Past Member of – Institution of Automobile Engineers –India
- Member of SAE
4. International Conferences and Expositions
- Kuli User Conference – Styr – Austria Hosted y Magna Styr - Austria
- Testing Technology Expo 2000 - Hamburg – Germany
- IAA – Commercial Vehicles – Hannover 2010
- Commercial Vehicle Expo 2004 – Bangkok Thailand
5. Technical Papers
- Technical Paper at NPDC’09, International Conference at IIT Madras on “Performance enhancement
of air intake system for commercial vehicle”, Amol Prasad Sharma, Ayappan T, Balaji L, Akella Sarma,
Balaji B, TML Sankar, ISBN Number : 978-93-80689-00-5, page number 343-349.
- Technical Paper Titled “Optimization of a Commercial Vehicle Cooling System using KULI” Amol
Prasad Sharma,Kiran N, Balaji B, in International KULI User Meeting – 2011 at Steyr, Austria
- Technical Paper : A case study for deriving a cost effective and energy efficient system for an ICV truck
- International Kuli User Meeting – 2013 June 26
th
– 28
th
Linz, Austria by Kiran N, B Balaji Ashok
Leyland Ltd
- “Design and Simulation of a Cooling System for Power Electronics Components of Hybrid Electric
Vehicle” By Govindaraj D and Balaji B Ashok Leyland Limited Chennai, India – Kuli User conference
2013 - Linz, Austria
- A systematic approach of Cooling system design, development and application for commercial
vehicles SAE 2013-01-1294 – By N.Kiran and B.Balaji
- Performance Enhancement of Air Intake System for Commercial Vehicle Application” Amol P.
Sharma, Ayyappan T, Balaji L, Sankar T.M.L, Sarma Akella.S.R, Balaji B Product Development - Ashok
Leyland Ltd
- “Minimization Of Hot Air Re-circulation In Engine Cooling System” Subhashini. R, B. Balaji, B.
Bhairava Murthy, Dr. Akella Sarma PD – Ashok Leyland Ltd. – SAE Conference
6. Patent Applications
o Filed an Indian Patent for “A system and a method for controlling a cooling Mechanism”,
Provisional Patent Application number 2897/CHE/2009 and has been published in the Patent
Office Journal of 20/4/2012.
o Filed an Indian Patent for “Front Suspension Unit for One Step Entry (E+1) Front Engine Bus”,
Provisional Patent Application number 864/CHE/2012

o Filed an Indian Patent for “Rear Suspension Unit for One Step Entry (E+1) Front Engine Bus”,
Provisional Patent Application number 865/CHE/20
7. Academic Qualification - Technical
 BE – Mechanical Engg – First class with Distinction From College of Engineering Guindy – Anna
university
 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - with Automobile Engineering as Elective Subject.
 Engineering Refresher Program in PSG Collage of Technology – Coimbatore.
 Management Diplomas from IGNOU – New Delhi
o Diploma in Management
o Advanced Diploma in management
o Diploma in Marketing management
8. Invited Lectures / Guest Lectures
1 13.07.2012 Mahindra Research Valley
- Chennai
Emerging Automotive
Technologies.
Domain Learning Series.
2 18, 19
th
Jan 2013 SAE TopTech Chennai Vehicle Thermal
Systems
3 26,27 Nov 2010 SAE Top Tech – Chennai Vehicle Handling
4 2.02.2013 Hindustan University –
Padur Chennai
Vehicle Handling ,
Comfort and Safety.
Seminar – Recent
Trends in Automotive
Technology
5 06.10.2012 SA Engg. Collage –
Chennai 77
Suspension System
Guest Lecture
6 22.10.2012 C .ABDUL HAKEEM
COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING and
Technology - Ranippet
Transmission System
Workshop on
“Automotive Power
Train Technology
7 23-February 2013 Saveetha Engineering
College
Saveetha Nagar,
Thandalam, Chennai –
602 105.
One day workshop on
“Automotive Thermal
Systems”
8 2
nd
March 2013 M.KUMARASAMY
COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING – Karur
Guest lecture
Suspension System
Transmission System
9 22.10.2011 SAE Top Tech – Chennai Vehicle Handling ,
Suspension System
10 CVRDE – Avadi Technical Seminar
Transmission System
Testing
11 SRM University SAE Program
Valedictory Address
Chief Guest
12 CIRT – Pune Bus Suspension

Workshop
13 Saveetha Engg Collage Kuli Workshop
Inaguration
14 Raja Lakshmi Engg Collage Technical Lecture
15 20th AND 21th March
2015 in Chennai
SAE Toptech Thermal system
16 7
th
April 2016 2
nd
International
conference on Design
Analysis, Manufacturing &
simulations – ICDAMS
2016
Saveetha University –
Chennai
Chief Guest –
Inaugural Program
17 SIAT – 2014 Chennai Session Chairman
Social Activities
Residential Gated Community: Been Office Bearer and Secretary of Owners Associations
Founder and Managing Trustee - La Celeste Charitable Trust which supports Poor and Meritorious Students
with Scholarships.
Founder Member Of ‘Vaanavill’ , NGO working for Clean and Green Environment in Cennai.
Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Students Home Old Boys Association – Mylapore, Chennai.
Life Member of Sri RamSamaj – West Mambalam – Chennai

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