Nitin Shrotri has over 17 years of experience in product planning, project management, and operations and finance roles in the automotive industry. He is currently the Deputy General Manager of Product Planning at Mahindra Navistar Automotives Limited, where he manages functions related to R&D, new product development, and process optimization. Some of the projects he has delivered include the 40T Tractor, 25T Tipper, and 35T Tractor for Mahindra Navistar, and engines and vehicles for Mahindra & Mahindra Auto. He holds an MBA, BE in Mechanical Engineering, and professional certifications in project management and SAP.

1. NITIN SHROTRI, BE Mech, PGEMP, PGDBA (Operations & Finance), PMP
Mobile: +91 9011065862 ~ Tel: 020 24211927 ~ Email: nitinshrotri1@gmail.com
Having 17+ years of experience in Product Planning /Project/Program Management in Automotive
Domain.
1) Can you give us a brief introduction of your company?
Mahindra Navistar is JV between Mahindra & Mahindra & Navistar USA. The Company is in the business of Designing, Manufacturing & Selling
Commercial Vehicles & till now 5 new Heavy Commercial Vehicles have been launched by the company viz. MN25, MN31, MN40 (202 & 260 HP) &
MN25 Tipper.The sales has already crossed 2500+ Nos in last one year.Customers are happy about the MN products.
The LCV & Buses are other products being sold by MNAL.
2) What are the top 3 trends in India’s/international automotive industry ?
a) Technology advancement
b) Fuel consumption, Cost & Weight reduction
c) Green Vehicle Technologoies (Hybrids, Hydrogen etc)
3) In your opinion, do you see hybrid vehicles and new energy vehicles taking off in India? If yes, why? If not, why?
Yes although a bit slowly than required & expected.
They are taking off since the pollution levels are very high & the speed is slow because of the initial price of vehicle being higher & infrastructure in
terms of battery charging not being available at required level.
4) What is the level of plastic penetration in India’s automotive industry ?
As per my knowledge @ 60~70%
5) What are the strategies of your company to improve supply chain efficiencies and cost management?
Cant divulge

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PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
 A dynamic professional with more than 17 years of rich experience in Product Planning,
Project Management (Vehicle, Power Train and Advance Technology Projects), Product Development
 Presently associated with Mahindra Navistar Automotives Limited, Pune as Deputy General Manager
(Product Planning-Tractor Trailers, Applications & Exports).
 Expertise in managing functions related to R&D, new product development, product lifecycle management
,process optimization & control, scale-up operations.
 Knowledge of special tools & techniques viz.MS Project 2003, Project Management Maturity Model &
Risk Management Process.
 Development and implementation of Product Planning & Development Process, New Product
plans/strategies, Unified Quality management system, Project audits and training in Product
Development/Project Management.
 An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills and strong analytical, problem
solving & organizational abilities.
 Delivered multiple projects & assignments during tenure with organizations like M&M, Tata Motors etc.:
 MNAL: 40 T Tractor,25 T Tipper & 35T Tractor
 M&M Auto Sector:
 Project mHawk (new generation CRDe engine for Scorpio Vlx) (30th Nov 2007)
 Hybrid Electric concept vehicle display at 9th Auto Expo (Jan 2008)
 Project Automatic Transmission on Scorpio Vlx (22nd Sep 2008)
 mDI CRDe Engine for Xylo (24th Dec 2009)
 C2 CRDe Engine (2 Cyl mHawk NA)) for MAXXIMO (5th Jan 2010)
 From Feb’06 to Mar’10 attained PMM level from 1.36 to 4.19 & Risk Management
process-1.00 to 3.58
 Tata Motors:
 Efficiently coordinated QFD for Defence products in Rajasthan & J & K.
 Played a vital role in upgradation of key Defence products to BSII / BSIII regulatory
norms.
 Instrumental in army trials approval for High Mobility Vehicle (HMV) & Truck Fire
Fighter (TFF).
 Displayed 3 new products to be launched for Auto Expo & Defence Expo’04.
 Effectively deleted 18 obsolete vehicle variants.
 Successfully completed prototypes for 1510 CNG Bus, 407 CNG and Hybrid Electric
Bus.
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
 Post Graduate Executive Management Program (PGEMP) at S P Jain Institute of Management
Research, Mumbai in 2011 (Secured CGPA 3.15 out of 4)
 PGDBA in Operations Management & Finance from Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Pune in
2007. (Secured 70%)
 B. E (Mechanical) from Walchand Institute of Technology, Shivaji University in 1994
(Secured 70.83 %)

3. OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
2007 PMP Certification from Project Management Institute (PMI), USA (No: 489572, valid till Oct’14)
2005 ERP Certificate course in SAP / R3 4.7 PP module from Growel Softech, Pune.
2005 Certificate Course in French language from University of Pune.
2002 Certificate Course in Pro Engineer 2001 from ModelCam Technologies, Pune
2001 Diploma in Export Management from National Inst of Export Mgmt
2001 Diploma in International Business Management from National Inst of Labour & Education Mgmt
1999 Certificate Course in Oracle 7.x, Developer 2000 from O-Ace, Nigdi, Pune
1995 Diploma in Materials Management from IMDR, Pune
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
A member of the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM)
, Blackblot (Product Management Expertise Company), Project Management Institute (PMI))
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Address : Flat No. 5, B Wing, SOBA Savera Apartment, S No 681/1B+2+3+1,
CTS No 2010, Behind Vidya Bank, Bibvewadi, Pune - 411037
Linguistic Abilities : English, Hindi, Marathi, French.