EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles & technology company, and a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries, announced the appointment of B Anil Baliga as the President.
B Anil Baliga is a skilled business leader and an industry veteran with a rich and extensive experience of more than 40 years in the automotive industry. Baliga assumed the role of President at EKA Mobility recently and will lead the electric vehicle company’s expansion. He will be reporting directly to the Founder & Chairman of EKA, Sudhir Mehta.
B Anil Baliga is the former Executive Vice President of Bus & Applications, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV). During his tenure at VECV, Baliga was responsible for setting up the truck facility, transfer of technology, and capacity expansion. He also successfully established a bus manufacturing plant and led specific applications developed for commercial trucks in various segments at VECV.
B Anil Baliga is an engineer by qualification from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. His insights include application development for commercial trucks in various segments, high-end customised buses and ambulances, technology development, business development, project, and asset management.
At EKA, Baliga will be focusing on commercial electric vehicles ranging from 3-wheelers, LCV Trucks in the sub-3-ton range, a full range of buses from 9 meters to 13.5 meters, and addressing all segments of commuters.
Given his expertise and experience, Baliga will also closely work on installing a state-of-the-art flexible highly productive, smart & lean manufacturing unit, capable of manufacturing the complete range with a high level of relevant automation & IT integration leveraging Industry 4.0 and IoT.