Girish Wagh

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Girish Wagh is currently the Executive Director of Tata Motors. [1] [2] He was previously leading the Commercial Vehicle Business Unit at Tata Motors. [3] [4] He earlier worked in the capacity of Sr. Vice President(Tata Small & Passenger Car Segment) & Head Project Planning and Program Management of Tata Motors. He is a key figure in the Tata Nano's project. [5] [6] [7] [8]

A mechanical engineer from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Wagh did a post-graduate programme in manufacturing from Mumbai B-school SP Jain Institute of Management and Research. [6] At Tata Motors, he previously designed the Tata Ace mini truck. He is a native of Pune. [9] [10]

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