17 Facts About Jagdish Khattar

Jagdish Khattar was an Indian businessman and civil servant.

Jagdish Khattar was the managing director of Maruti Udyog Limited from 1999 to 2007.

Jagdish Khattar first joined Maruti in July 1993 as a director.

Jagdish Khattar was appointed managing director in 1999 as the government nominee, and reappointed in May 2002 as the Suzuki Motor Corporation nominee.

Jagdish Khattar was born on 18 December 1942 into a family of entrepreneurs who had set up an electricity generation and supply company in Dera Ismail Khan before Partition.

Jagdish Khattar completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from St Stephen's College, Delhi and his LLB from Delhi University.

Jagdish Khattar was an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Jagdish Khattar was the director of the Tea Board of India in London between 1979 and 1983.

Jagdish Khattar was with the Ministry of Commerce as the chairman of the Tea Board between 1983 and 1984 and served as the chairman and managing director of the Uttar Pradesh State Cement Corporation between 1984 and 1986, and as the secretary and chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation between 1986 and 1988.

Jagdish Khattar went on to be the joint secretary at the Ministry of Steel with the Government of India between 1988 and 1992.

Jagdish Khattar was brought in as an Officer on Special Duty to Maruti Udyog in 1992 by the then managing director R C Bhargava.

Jagdish Khattar joined the company in 1993 as a director of marketing and went on to become its executive director before being promoted to being its joint managing director in 1999.

Jagdish Khattar was noted to have laid the foundation of the company's growth after the Indian government began its disinvestment from the joint venture in 2002.

Jagdish Khattar was noted for his representations of the Indian auto industry for changes in taxation structure and regulations with the government, working with the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Jagdish Khattar was charged by the CBI and Carnation Auto in 2019 of causing losses of INR 110 crores to the Indian public sector bank, Punjab National Bank.

Jagdish Khattar died on 26 April 2021 from a cardiac arrest.

Jagdish Khattar had an honorary Doctor of Business Administration award from the London Metropolitan University for his services to the automobile industry.