Chitkara University Confers Mr. S Ganesh Mani With The Degree Of Doctor Of Literature (Honoris Causa) For Exemplary Contribution To Business, Education And Humanity

Mr. Ganesh Mani S, Director, Production – Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) is a mechanical engineer by qualification, and also holds an MBA degree (with double Gold medals) in Operations Management, from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He has a wide and rich experience of more than 30 years across multiple functions in the automobile industry. Earlier in his career, he worked as Vice President in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and had spent 25 years in various functions.

Mr. Ganesh Mani S, in his current profile serves as Director of Production at Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) where he oversees the entire passenger car and power train production operations for domestic and export markets. He leads a vibrant team of more than 10,000 members motivating them to achieve operational excellence and deliver superior quality thereby ensuring HMIL’s top ranking amongst the 33 worldwide plants of Hyundai Motor Company.

Mr. Ganesh Mani believes that the following three aspects will be the new focus of modern leadership style:
i. Leverage the benefits of modern technologies and techniques
ii. Obsess over connected people engagement
iii. Imbibe and practice open learning culture across different generation of employees.

Mr S Ganesh Mani was conferred with the Degree of Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa) for exemplary contribution to Business, Education and Humanity by Dr. Ashok K Chitkara, Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab in the presence of Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab, along with eminent dignitaries including Dr Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer at Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India; Prof. Rajive Kumar, Member Secretary, All India Council for Technical Education; Mr J.M. Balamurugan, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab and Administrator, Chandigarh.