Recent Articles Published by Sumantra B Barooah
Tesla looks at global connect with patent-freeing move

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar08 Jul 2014

CEO Elon Musk’s decision to open up patents in the electric vehicle space could lead to some vehicle makers and suppli...

India’s growing role in Nissan’s Power88 plan

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar03 Jul 2014

India – and Asia – are increasingly becoming key contributors to Nissan’s six-year Power88 growth plan, which sees the...

‘The changes in the new Sunny reflect Nissan’s promise to improve its overall operations.’

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar03 Jul 2014

Chikuya Takada, head – product planning, Nissan Motor India, on how the new Sunny starts a fresh phase for Nissan in I...

Rane Brake Lining takes TQM route for growth

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar02 Jul 2014

Eight-year-old Trichy plant spearheads quality processes and sets the base for a big leap in turnover by the year 2017...

Interview with Dr Selda Gunsel, Vice President, Global Commercial Technology, Shell.

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar26 Jun 2014

In an exclusive interview with Autocar Professional, Dr. Gunsel talks about how Shell plans to tackle the growing chal...

Industry cheers FM’s move to extend excise duty cuts

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar25 Jun 2014

Arun Jaitley, finance minister of the Union government, has announced today what the industry was ‘desperately’ lookin...

Mercedes-Benz India bets on new-gen models

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar24 Jun 2014

The Mercedes-Benz A-class and B-class have found 2,500 customers in India till date.

Nissan, Mahindra Reva welcome Tesla’s move on patents

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar23 Jun 2014

In a blog post on June 12, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, sprang a surprise by breaking down the ‘wall of Tesla paten...

Precision Camshafts plans acquisition in Europe

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar20 Jun 2014

Precision Camshafts Ltd (PCL), the Solapur (Maharashtra)-based camshaft supplier, is scouting for an acquisition in Eu...

Precision Camshafts inks tech pact with EMAG AG, aims to be one-stop global shop

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar19 Jun 2014

Precision Camshafts Ltd (PCL), which manufactures over a million chilled cast iron camshafts every month at its Solapu...