Kamal has been spearheading reputed Indian as well as multi-national organisations as President & CEO for over two decades. Since 2014, he is the Managing Director and the President of Volvo Group in India. An alumnus of St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehra Dun and IIT Roorkee (1981), Kamal has had an illustrious career spanning over 42 years, largely in automotive and engineering industry, including with organisations such as Eicher, Escorts, SAME Deutz-Fahr and Singapore Technologies Kinetics. In September 2023, Kamal was felicitated with “Bharat Ratna Sir M Visveswaraya Memorial Award 2023” by the Governor of Karnataka. Earlier in 2019, Kamal was Knighted and awarded one of Sweden’s highest honours in the Royal Order of the Polar Star: Commander” by Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden for his untiring support to the Swedish commerce & industry in India. Respected for his values’ based leadership and strong ethos, he is the recipient of the prestigious “2019 Machinist Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Times of India Group for his outstanding contribution in the field of Manufacturing. Kamal was also felicitated with the Economic Times Inspiring CEO 2021 A thought leader, Kamal also wears governing council hats with distinguished institutions from industry, academia and public sector, including the following : − Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern India (2023-24) − Chairman of the Board, Swedish Chamber of Commerce India (2018 onwards) − Independent Director on the Board of commercial entity of ISRO, Govt of India − Member of Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology - Gandhinagar − Governing Board Member of Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB). − Governing Council member of SDM-IMD management institute, Mysore