Dr. Pawan Goenka joined the Mahindra Group in October 1993 as General Manager Research & Developement, after a successful career spanning 14 years with General Motors, USA. His immediate task was to scale up the Auto Sector Research & Development, which was in a nascent stage, to a powerful product development organisation. Under his leadership, Mahindra & Mahindra launched a slew of new products such as Pik-Up, Marshal, Armada 98, Bolero and Loadking. His best acknowledged contribution is his leadership of the Scorpio project, which brought laurels to Mahindra & Mahindra, both in India and abroad. He became Executive Vice President - Product Development in September 2001, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the Automotive Sector in April 2003. In the capacity of Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Goenka has been responsible for day to day operations of the Automotive Sector. He has also played a key role in the formation of both the Renault and International Truck joint ventures. Dr. Goenka took over as President of the Automotive Sector on September 26^th 2005.

Dr. Goenka is an internationally acknowledged scientist - manager with several citations to his credit. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 2004 and is a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and of the Indian National Academy of Engineers. He has been honoured by General Motors through the Charles L. McCuen Achievement Award twice, and the Extraordinary Accomplishment Award. Dr. Goenka is a member of the SIAM Executive Council and Chairman of the Committee on Frontier Technologies. He is President of SAE India and Chairman of the Management Board. He holds the positions of the Vice President of the ARAI Governing Council.

A Mechanical Engineer with a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University, USA, Dr. Goenka has also done an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at the Harvard Business School.