Before Ashok Leyland, Hari spent 20 years at GE Global Research, and studied at the Indian Institute of Science. He is an accomplished manager with 20 years industrial R&D experience in people, technical, and functional leadership. He has successfully led and managed teams in the areas of electrochemistry, corrosion, and tribology developing materials and solutions for performance, degradation, and durability for different applications.
He has deep domain expertise in energy storage batteries and solid oxide fuel cells, is key member of the team that enabled launch of GE’s first commercial battery product (Durathon™) and the GE Energy Storage business, and has 20 international patents, 7 international journal publications, and 15 internal reports.