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Dhruba Sarma

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Senior Vice President - Connected Vehicles and Body Electronics at KPIT
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As Senior Vice President at KPIT, Dhruba Sarma leads the global Body Electronics and Connected Vehicles divisions. With over 27 years of experience, he manages product strategy, go-to-market execution, and holds full P&L ownership for key accounts. He is an alumnus of Assam Engineering College.

His career uniquely blends deep technical leadership in automotive software with direct, country-level business responsibilities. He was previously the Country Manager and Business Unit Director for Electronics & Safety in India at Delphi, a major multi-national automotive Tier I company.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President - Connected Vehicles and Body Electronics
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

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Demanding
Hard To Convince
Judgemental

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Priorities

Topics Dhruba cares about

Software-Defined Vehicles
He frequently posts about the rapid evolution of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV) and is a speaker on the topic, sharing insights on advancing SDV platforms.
Connected Vehicles
As the Global Head of Connected Vehicles at KPIT, this is his core area of responsibility, covering product strategy, development, and ecosystem partnerships.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Senior Vice President - Connected Vehicles and Body Electronics
KPIT
3-2020
VP & Business Leader
KPIT
4-2019 - 3-2020
AVP - New Mobility
KPIT
11-2012 - 4-2014
Country Manager & Customer Business Unit Director, Electronics & Safety India
Delphi
4-2011 - 4-2014
Chief Engineer - Infotainment & Driver Information (India)
Delphi
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Education
1992 - 1996
Bachelor of Engineering
Assam Engineering College, (A.E.C)
1990 - 1992
Higher Secondary
Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Chennai
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DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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