UMESH KRISHNAPPA

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, FLYING FLEA AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE, ROYAL ENFIELD

Umesh Krishnappa is the Chief Technology Officer for Electric Vehicles, and joined Royal Enfield in 2022 to focus on creating Royal Enfield’s electric vehicle products.

With 34 years of experience in technical Sales & Marketing, new Product Development, Operations & Manufacturing Excellence, Business Excellence & Process management and Design Process & Development, he is an integral part of the EV management team of Royal Enfield.

Prior to Royal Enfield, Umesh has worked with Ola Electric where he was the CTO and Head of Vehicle Engineering & Technology and Manufacturing Engineering. He spearheaded engineering and development of Ola S1 Pro in a record time of 10 months. Before Ola, he was the senior executive Vice President at Mahindra Electric and worked on the development of the very first electric vehicle, the Mahindra E20 in 2013. In his professional career he has had several stints at Tata Sasken Automotive Electronic Company, Philips India, Hero Honda, Bajaj and Hindustan Motors among other renowned companies.