Girish Wagh

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Girish Wagh is currently the Head, Commercial Vehicle Business Unit. [1] 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. [2] [3] [4]

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. [2] At Tata Motors, he previously designed the Tata Ace mini truck. He is a native of Pune. [5] [6]

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