Jagdish Khattar

Jagdish Khattar
Born(1942-12-18)18 December 1942
Dera Ismail Khan, British India
Died26 April 2021(2021-04-26) (aged 78)
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
OccupationBusinessman
Children1

Jagdish Khattar (18 December 1942[1] – 26 April 2021)[2] was an Indian businessman and civil servant. He was the managing director of Maruti Udyog Limited from 1999 to 2007. He first joined Maruti in July 1993 as a director (marketing).[3] He was appointed managing director in 1999 as the government nominee, and reappointed in May 2002 as the Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) nominee.[4][5][6] During his tenure, he oversaw a restructuring of the company in the face of foreign competitors entering the Indian market.

Prior to joining Maruti, Khattar was an officer of the Indian Administrative Service for more than 27 years.[7][8] In 2008, he decided to set up an independent national sales and service network in the automobile sector, which became Carnation Auto.

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  5. ^ "Kuwait Arrests Its National For Funding Indian ISIS Man in Iraq". News18. Press Trust of India. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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  7. ^ "An IPO review conducted by myiris.com". Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2006.
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