Technology company Continental has announced changes in leadership for its ADAS and Vehicle Dynamics (VED) business units (BU) in its Technical Center India (TCI).
Accordingly, Praveen Kumar takes over as the Head of Engineering, VED BU and Jaidev Venkataraman takes over as the Head of Engineering - Sensorics, ADAS BU. Thus, they both have interchanged their respective roles.
Kumar and Venkataraman, with their extensive R&D experience in ADAS and VED technologies, respectively, will play a critical role in enabling the holistic development of safety technologies from TCI for both global and local markets.
Latha Chembrakalam, Head, Technical Center India, said the cross-move of both the personnel will further strengthen Continental’s competence in developing advance and sophisticated safety technologies. They have contributed immensely to their previous roles, enabling rapid and qualitative growth of the business units. Under their leadership, several global programmes were successfully deployed, and many product innovations were achieved.
For example, Kumar was instrumental in developing long range radar for premium passenger cars of Japanese OEMs, camera fusion systems, and vision perception solutions for the front-facing camera. While Jaidev was responsible for motorcycle ABS application for Asia hub and establishing software development hub for global OEMs. “In their new roles, I am confident that their diverse perspectives and expertise will contribute exceptionally to R&D practices from India,” she said.
Praveen has a diverse career spanning close to 30 years across avionics, consumer electronics, and automotive. He has worked through the entire spectrum of engineering, ranging from software development to leading business development. Since joining Continental in 2014, Praveen has made significant contributions to the company’s growth.
Jaidev has over two decades of experience. In 2007, he joined Continental and since then held various managerial positions in Electronic Brake Systems. He was instrumental in building the R&D team, which handles Indian and Asian OEMs providing active safety solutions such as ABS, Electronic Stability Control, and other safety functions for passenger vehicles and 2-wheelers.