Jagdish Khattar, former Maruti Suzuki MD, dies at age 79
Former Maruti Suzuki managing director Jagdish Khattar died of cardiac arrest on Monday (April 26).
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Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 01:13 PM IST
Former Maruti Suzuki managing director Jagdish Khattar died of cardiac arrest on Monday (April 26). He was 79.
Khattar deserves credit for establishing Maruti as India’s largest car company. He retired from Maruti in October 2007 and launched an entrepreneurial venture named Carnation Auto.
Khattar was appointed the managing director of Maruti Udyog Limited in 1999 and he remained at the top post until 2007. Khattar joined Maruti as director of marketing in 1993. He became an MD in 1999 first as a government nominee and then in May 2002 as the Suzuki Motor Corporation nominee.
Maruti Suzuki former Managing Director Jagdish Khattar passes away
Former Managing Director of Maruti Suzuki, Jagdish Khattar has passed away on Monday morning due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 78. Entrepreneurs and business tycoons like Anand Mahindra and Pawan Goenka sent in their condolence messages
| 26 April 2021 12:56 PM GMT
New Delhi: Former Managing Director of Maruti Suzuki, Jagdish Khattar passed away on Monday morning due to a cardiac arrest. He was 78.
The former bureaucrat was considered as one of the most high-profile leaders of the Indian automobile industry, laying the foundation for Maruti s future growth after the government began its disinvestment in 2002 and gradually exited from its joint venture with Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC).