Overview
- KPIT Technologies, which announced his death Friday in Pune, put his age at 71 in a regulatory filing.
- The company said the cremation would take place at Vaikunth crematorium at 10:30 am the same day.
- Over three decades, he built Pune-based KPIT into a global automotive software firm working on autonomous driving, electrification and clean mobility across about 15 countries.
- He advanced sustainability policy as the sole private‑sector member of the National Green Hydrogen Mission’s empowered group and he recently launched the HRIDAY clean‑energy initiative.
- Tributes from business and science leaders followed, while some outlets reported different ages and no cause of death was disclosed.