Reference: GILA/7BM/LB04/100826
Entity: Large Indian listed farm-equipment and agricultural-machinery manufacturer; client confidential
Seat: Independent Director; intended Chair of Risk, Safety & Technology Committee
Primary geography: Chennai / Pune, with plant, test-field and dealer-network visits
Expected cadence: 6 Board meetings; 6 committee meetings; 3 field/plant reviews; annual dealer-and-customer immersion

The company designs and manufactures tractors, engines, implements and selected harvesting or precision-farming equipment for India and export markets. It operates multiple plants, a broad rural dealer and service network and captive or partner financing interfaces. Revenue is in the broad ₹30,000–45,000 crore range, but demand and mix remain exposed to rainfall, crop economics, rural liquidity, subsidy design, regulation and regional inventory.
Calibrated market hint: A solid domestic tractor position, growing implements portfolio, engineering exports and connected-machine agenda may suggest several leading industrial groups. Brand colour,



horsepower ranking and promoter identity are withheld.
Farm machinery is moving from mechanical durability toward connected, software-enabled and increasingly autonomous systems, while the end user may have limited training, variable connectivity and thin financial resilience. The Board wants one director to connect physical safety, dealer behaviour, rural credit, technology claims and inventory truth before growth problems surface as injuries, defaults or channel distress.
Strategic charter — first 18–24 months
Set a product-safety governance system spanning design hazard analysis, guarding, roll-over protection, braking, human factors, software change, field incidents, service bulletins and recall decisions.
Require leading indicators for near misses, warranty clusters, repeat repair, counterfeit parts, technician competence and dealer closure quality—not only reported fatalities and warranty cost.
Govern connecte

📌 Independent Director (Mumbai)
🏢 Gladwin International
📍 Mumbai