Servotech Appoints Deepak Kumar as Vice President of EV Charger Biz

In order to strengthen its leadership team, Servotech Power Systems, a manufacturer of solar products, LEDs and electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment, has appointed Deepak Kumar as its Vice President of the EV charger vertical.

In the new role, Deepak Kumar will lead the end-to-end supply chain and operations for EV Charger Vertical. He will be closely working with Directors, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technical Officers for the smooth product development, lean processes, mass production and distribution of EV chargers in both AC & DC Segment.

Commenting on the appointment, Raman Bhatia, Founder & Managing Director, Servotech Power Systems, said, “We are delighted to welcome Deepak to the Servotech team. Servotech will benefit immensely with his vision, expertise and SCM skills. We are sure that with his wealth of experience he will be able to help Servotech scale newer heights in the EV Industry.”

Kumar brings with him two decades of extensive experience in the automotive and telecom sectors majorly with Honda Cars India Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd and Tier 1 Automotive Suppliers.

In his last stint as DGM (SQA) he has strengthened Supply Chain by improving Product Quality with Strategic Suppliers and Quality Management Systems (QMS) at Leverage & Critical Suppliers.

Previously at Honda Motors he has successfully delivered many improvement projects as Manager in Procurement & Supply Chain, he has successfully executed alternate sourcing, localization, development & delivery of Amaze, City and Jazz components and played pivoted role in smoothening domestic, Imports/Exports Inbound & Outbound Logistics with advance Risk Identification & meticulous Contingency Plan.

“No doubt Electric Vehicles are going to drive Automotive segment back to its past glory, as estimated by Grant Thornton Bharat and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry suggest India will need more than 4,00,000 charging stations for the 20 Lakh-plus electric vehicles that could be on its road by 2026, with this growth rate EV Charger is definitely having a vast scope and potential in near future. Looking at the market dynamics of this segment and the pace with which disruptive technologies and multiple new entrants are knocking on the door, we need to pull up our socks and endeavour to deliver On-Time Quality Products with competitive pricing in a most sustainable way,” said Deepak Kumar, Vice President, EV Charger, Servotech Power Systems.

Servotech has been focusing on expanding its team with up to 1,000 full-time employees in the coming nine months timeframe, from the current headcount of over 200 employees.
 
Recently, the company had forayed into the EV market and initiated the manufacturing of smart tech-driven innovative EV chargers for installation at various EV charging stations across the country. The decision of embarking on this new journey was in line with its vision of developing solutions in accordance with the Government’s Make in India initiative.