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Mr. Ulhas Yargop is a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Master in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
He joined GKN Automotive Inc., USA in 1979 and was appointed Director of Finance in 1985. He joined GKN Invel Transmissions Ltd., New Delhi in 1988 as General Manager Commercial and was a key member of the team that set up this project in India. In 1989 he joined The Standard Batteries Ltd. as Vice President Planning & Development and was later appointed Vice President - Industrial.
Mr. Yargop joined the Mahindra Group in 1992 as General Manager - Corporate Planning. He later moved to the Automotive Sector as General Manager - Product Planning, where he was responsible for the product management function for automotive products. In 1994, when the Mahindra Group decided to enter into a joint venture with Ford Motor Company, Mr. Yargop was appointed as General Manager, Mahindra-Ford Project, and led the M&M team working on the joint venture project. In 1996 he was appointed as Treasurer and assumed responsibility for Corporate Finance.
In 1999, Mr. Yargop was appointed as President Telecom & Software Sector and Member of the Management Board. Today the Sector provides a comprehensive range of IT services to the telecommunications, manufacturing and retail verticals worldwide through Mahindra-British Telecom, Bristlecone, Mahindra Logisoft Business Solutions and Mahindra Special Services Group.
Mr. Yargop serves as a director on the boards of several Mahindra Group companies and is also a member of the Corporate Transformation Program Office.
Mr. Yargop has previously served as Member, Executive Committee of the Harvard Business School Association of India. | 