Mahindra Truck and Bus Division

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Mahindra Truck and Bus Division
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Automotive
Founded2005
Headquarters Pune, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Key people
 Rajesh Jejurikar (ED)
Products Commercial Vehicles
Number of employees
900 approx. (Mar-2014)
Parent Mahindra & Mahindra
Website mahindratruckandbus.com

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division, formerly called Mahindra Navistar [1] / Mahindra International, [2] is an Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer formed in 2005 from a joint venture between Navistar International (49%) of the United States and Indian automobile maker Mahindra & Mahindra (51%). [3] It has been demerged [4] into Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and became a separate division.

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Mahindra Truck and Bus Division's head office is located in Chinchwad, Pune, and its manufacturing line is inside Mahindra Vehicles Manufacturers Ltd., Chakan, Pune.

Mahindra Blazo 37T rigid trucks at a dealership in 2019 at Nagpur, Maharashtra. BLAZO 37T.jpg
Mahindra Blazo 37T rigid trucks at a dealership in 2019 at Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Products

HCV

ICV

LCV

Bus

Other initiatives

In 2016, the Mahindra Truck and Bus Division announced a joined road safety initiative with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the national #HaveaSafeJourney (#HASJ) awareness campaign. [6] This involved a writing contest for 30 short stories related to road safety issues, which the following year were published as a book. [7] Among notable writers contributing to the book were Tuhin Sinha, who also acted as project advisor, [6] Kiran Manral and Pankaj Dubey. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Mahindra completes purchase of Navistar's stake in India Joint Ventures". Mahindra.com.
  2. ↑ "Mahindra International is now Mahindra Navistar". Motorindiaonline.in. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Business : M&M forms venture with International Truck of U.S." The Hindu . 18 November 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mahindra Truck & Bus business to demerge into M&M Ltd. To operate as a new Division". Mahindra.com.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Mahindra Truck and Bus". Mahindra Truck and Bus. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. 1 2 ETAuto.com. "Mahindra Truck and Bus Div announces JV for road safety program – ET Auto". ETAuto.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Turning pages on road safety". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Micro Review: Have a Safe Journey is an eye-opening anthology on road safety – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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