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# Anand Ravikumar on Tal

## Headline

Manager @ Ather Energy \| Product Development and Risk Management\|Process Design\|Leveraging AI for Process Improvement\|Business Consulting for Startups

## About

At Ather, driving the development of transmission, chassis, motors and its manufacturing engineering related activities across products like EL\(Konarc\), Rizta and 450\. Key Focus Area : Strategy, Risk Management, New Product Development, Process Design and Standardisation\. At Maruti Suzuki, was part of the manufacturing engineering team responsible for powertrain development, greenfield projects, process design and facilities planning\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

gemini

perplexity

## Work experience

Manager at Ather Energy, Apr 2026 \- Present · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 1\. New product strategy to enhance GTM timelines\. 2\. Risk Assessment and Mitigation Planning\. 3\. Process Design and Optimisation\. 4\. Data driven decision making\. 5\. AI assessment for manufacturing planning\.

Associate Manager \- Manufacturing Engineering at Ather Energy, Jan 2024 \- Jul 2026 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Facility Planning and New Product Development for Next Gen EVs, Integrating Industry best practices and infusing digital transformation to delivery quality and speed\.

Module Line Architect at Ather Energy, Dec 2022 \- Feb 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Facility and Automation Optimisation for EV Box Build Units\. Manufacturing Consulting to improve equipment OEE, process capability, NPD and integration of Industry 4\.0 practices to enable vendor partners to deliver high quality production volumes to meet organisational OKRs\.

Project Manager at Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Apr 2019 \- Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Project Management \- New Model Development and Digital Engineering Process Automation and Continuous Improvement FMEA and Process Design PPAP, Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4\.0

Assistant Project Manager at Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Jul 2015 \- Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Gurgaon, Project Management \- Facility Planning and New Projects Lean Manufacturing Equipment Sourcing Vendor Management

Powertrain Engineer at Team Adrenaline Racing, Jun 2013 \- Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Tumkur, Karnataka, India, Part of the student formula team at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, part of a dynamic and driven team committed to the design and development of a formula car\. Handled the project timelines, material sourcing and stakeholders of the project\.\( Sponsors, Vendors and Team Members\) Team Vice Captain \- 2014\-15\.

Summer Intern at Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Jun 2013 \- Aug 2013 · 3 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Process Improvement and Cycle Time Reduction in Engine Assembly Shops

## Education

Management Development Programme, Advanced Management, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

B\.E, Mechanical Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology

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