Harman is a premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets. The company today announced that Pradeep Chaudhry has been appointed Country Manager for its India operations, effective January 1, 2016. Based in Bengaluru, India, Chaudhry will also continue to serve in his current role as CFO of the Harman Connected Services division. Chaudhry succeeds M. Lakshmi Narayan, who will serve as an Advisory Chairman until December 2016. We are grateful to Lakshmi, who initiated HARMAN’s India operations in 2009 by setting up our R&D and sales teams and helping to forge important business relationships that continue to prosper, said Paliwal, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harman.
In his new role, Pradeep will be responsible for all of Harman’s Sales, Marketing, R&D and Engineering operations in the country. With more than 7,500 employees, India is now home to Harman’s largest concentration of software engineers and designers, focused on developing innovative systems and solutions that leverage cloud, data and analytics to advance the connected car, connected enterprise and connected lifestyle. Pradeep will report to Paliwal and Sandy Rowland, Harman’s Chief Financial Officer, in his role as CFO of that division.
Over his 23-year career, Pradeep has held positions of increasing responsibility in Operations, Finance and Management in both India and the U.S. He joined HARMAN Connected Services through the 2015 acquisition of Symphony Teleca, where he served as EVP and CFO since 2009. Pradeep holds a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College with a double major in Mathematics and Philosophy and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Harman India has a rapidly growing employee base, a strong distributor and sales network, an equally strong service network and a robust roster of tier one clients. In 2014, the Company was awarded TATA Motors Supplier of the Year award and achieved more than 100 invention disclosures.
