- Monday, February 24, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
EICHER Motors on Thursday (12) announced that Vinod K Dasari, the chief executive of motorcycle manufacturing major Royal Enfield (RE), has decided to step down. He has also resigned as the director of Eicher Motors Ltd, the parent company of RE. The resignation will be effective from Friday (13).
Dasari was the chief executive and managing director of Ashok Leyland, an Indian multinational automotive manufacturer, before joining RE. He joined RE in April 2019.
B Govindarajan has been appointed as the executive director of RE (whole time, additional director) with effect from August 18 for a period of five years, subject to provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the company said in a regulatory filing. Govindarajan is the chief operating officer at RE and is an industry veteran with more than three decades of experience in the automotive and engineering industries.
Govindarajan joined RE in June 2011 as the senior vice president – industry, for his second stint with the company. At RE, he has been leading product development, supply chain, quality, spares, etc.
Before joining RE, Govindarajan held senior positions in commercial vehicles, railway component business and renewable energy space.
