Mumbai, March 19 -- The firm added that this appointment is based on the recommendation of the nomination and remuneration committee.

Rajivnayan Rahulkumar Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the prestigious "College Of Engineering Pune" (COEP) in 1988, and then completed his master's in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Warwick in 1991.

He joined Bajaj Auto in the year 1990 and has since then worked in the areas of manufacturing & supply chain (1990 - 1995), R&D and engineering (1995 - 2000) and marketing & sales (2000 - 2005) and has been its managing director since April 2005.

Bajaj Auto is engaged in the business of development, manufacturing, an...