In this new role, he will have primary responsibility for Altair’s consulting services operations in India and support the company’s global product development consultancy business with off-shore capacity.
He will be responsible for managing and growing the India based engineering service team for product design.
Prior to joining Altair, Rao held management positions at Vama Industries, Mahindra Engineering Services and worked with organizations like Hero Honda Motors Ltd, Satyam Venture Engineering Services, Mahindra & Mahindra and Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE).
Pavan Kumar, Managing Director, Altair Engineering India said, “Panduranga Rao has an impressive record in Product Development, Business Development, and Engineering Services. He also has had extensive experience in the Indian market scenario, both as a customer with several OEM’s as well as a service provider to the Indian and global market. His appointment represents an important stage of Altair’s commitment to invest in its Indian engineering services operation to achieve best-in-class status for this center”.
Panduranga Rao’s educational background has been focused on Engineering with a Masters in Automotive Engineering From VJTI(Bombay University), Mumbai, 1987 and a Bachelors Degree of Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, 1983.
About ProductDesign
Altair ProductDesign is a global, multi-disciplinary product development consultancy of more than 500 designers, engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, this cross-functional organization is best known for its leadership in combining human and machine creativity to fuel innovation, automate processes, and develop new methods. Altair ProductDesign firmly advocates a user-centered, team-based design approach, and utilizes proprietary simulation and optimization technologies to help clients bring innovative, profitable products to market faster. To learn more about ProductDesign, visit www.altairproductdesign.in
About Altair Engineering
Altair Engineering empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held, with more than 1,500 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 26-year track record for high-end software for engineering and computing, enterprise analytics solutions, and innovative product design and development, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more, please visit http://www.altair-india.in/
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