Kamal has been spearheading reputed Indian as well as multi national organisations as President & CEO for over two decades, in a career spanning over four decades. Since 2014, he is the President & Managing Director of Volvo Group in India.

An alumnus of St Joseph’s Academy, Dehra Dun and the IIT Roorkee, Kamal has had an illustrious career, largely in the automotive and engineering industry, with organisations such as the Eicher Group, the Escorts Group, Italian tractor major SDF India, and with Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK).

Kamal was felicitated with “ Bharat Ratna Sir M Visveswaraya Memorial Award 2023 ” by the Governor of Karnataka, and conferred with the ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award 2022’ by IIT Roorkee, as also the Kalyan Karnataka Award 2023.

In 2019, Kamal was Knighted and awarded one of Sweden’s highest honors in the Royal Order of the “ Polar Star: Commander” by Their Majesties, the King & Queen of Sweden.

Respected for his values’ based leadership and strong ethos, Kamal is also recipient of the prestigious “2019 Machinist Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Times of India Group for his outstanding contribution in the field of Manufacturing. Kamal has also been felicitated as the Economic Times Inspiring CEO 2021

A thought leader, Kamal also wears governing council hats with distinguished institutions from industry, academia and public sector, including the following
− Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry ( Southern India 2023 24
− Chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce India 2018 onwards)
− Independent Director on the Board of commercial entity of ISRO, Govt of India
− Board of Governor, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Gandhinagar
− Governing Board Member of Xavier Institute of Management (
− Governing Council member of several other management institutes