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ED & CEO –
Escorts Construction Equipment Limited (ECEL)
ED & Business Head – Engineering Division
EVP – Law & Company Secretary
Chairman
An alumnus of Doon School, Dehradun, Mr. Rajan
Nanda took over as Chairman of Escorts Group in
the year 1994. That was the time when the Indian
economy had begun to burgeon as a result of liberalization.
The task before him was to prepare Escorts Group
for the emerging competitive, globalised business
environment and steer it to greater heights. Displaying
vision and leadership qualities, Mr. Nanda undertook
a major restructuring programme to give sharper
focus to the Group's businesses. Under his stewardship
the Escorts Group today is moving ahead in the
high growth areas of agri machinery, construction
equipment, railway equipment and auto components.
Mr. Nanda is an active member of several apex
trade and industry bodies. As member of the CII
National Council he has served as Chairman of
its Agriculture Committee in the past years. He
played a pivotal role in promoting the cause of
Indian agriculture and his endeavours resulted
in the Government announcing the long-awaited
National Agriculture policy.
Joint Managing Director
 Mr.
Nikhil Nanda is an alumnus of Wharton Business
School, Philadelphia. Having graduated in Business
Administration in 1995, he majored in Management
and Marketing, before undergoing professional
training with JC Bamford Excavators Ltd., U.K.
He is a member on the Board of most Group companies
since 1997 and has the overall responsibility
for managing the Group's agri, construction and
engineering businesses. Combining contemporary
management techniques with real life practical
approach, Mr. Nikhil Nanda has been responsible
for driving the business growth initiatives of
the Group to strategically position it in the
global arena.
Mr. Nanda is also among the five Indians selected
as the Global Leaders of Tomorrow for the year
2001 by the World Economic Forum, Geneva.
ED & CEO – Agri Machinery Group
 An aluminous of the IIM, Calcutta and IIT, Delhi, Mr. Mal has over 31 years of rich and varied experience. His last assignments were with the Bharti Airtel Group, firstly as its Chief Executive of its Broadband and Telecom Service business, and later on as Chief Executive of its food business i.e. Bharti Delmonte Limited. Having started his career with Ballarpur Industries, his stint of 18 years saw him going from a Management Trainee to Vice President Sales & Marketing of its Paper Division. Later, at Maruti Udyog Limited as its Chief General Manager, Sales & Marketing, he was successful in driving up the position of Maruti in the Sales and Marketing domain.
With rich experience in successfully driving business growth in sectors like paper, automobiles, telecom and retail, Mr. Mal is now driving Escorts to significantly improve its competitive advantage and attain an even dominant position in the Agri Machinery sector.
ED & CEO – Escorts Construction
Equipment Limited (ECEL)
Mr. Kanwal Kishore Vij is a Mechanical Engineer and has studied advanced courses in Marketing and Management from Harvard, IIM (A) and Manila. He has over 26 years of experience in the Automobile/Engineering industry and has worked with leading companies including Eicher Group, Baxy Motors (Div. of Continental Engines Ltd.) and Vege Intermotor B.V. Netherlands. Till recently, he was holding the position of CEO & Director, Vege Intermotor B.V. Netherlands. At Escorts, Mr Vij is responsible for driving the business growth of ECEL and to maintain its dominant position in the Construction Equipment segment.
ED & Business Head – Engineering Division
 A Mechanical Engineer by profession, Mr. Vikram Singhal has got around 30 years of rich and varied experience in business re-engineering, sales & marketing operations, international business, manufacturing operations, turnaround and conceptualization and execution of strategic initiatives. At Escorts, Mr. Singhal is responsible for business operations and will lead by building a strategic business approach to move up the revenue chain and create value.
EVP - Law & Company Secretary
Has considerable experience in Secretarial and
Legal matters. Having joined Escorts in 1993,
Mr. Mathur is responsible for all Company law
related matters and is also the custodian of the
shareholder related matters. Prior to joining
Escorts he was the Company Secretary at Chambal
Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.
EVP & Group CFO
 A Chartered Accountant by profession, certified under the Indian Institute of Bankers, London, with an advanced degree/ diploma from Harvard University on Project Finance, Mr. O K Balraj has over 28 years of rich and valued experience in different facets of financial operations and executive management. Prior to joining Escorts, he was working as Group Director (Finance) at NSL Group where he was responsible for dealing with banks and financial institutions for raising capital for fund expansion projects, follow-up of new investments for formulating strategic business plan.
He has also worked at senior positions in reputed organizations like Goghenheim Infrastructure Fund, New York, Essar Group, IDFC, ANZ Grindlays and Tata Group.
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