Tarun Mehta

Chief Executive Officer

Tarun Mehta, graduated from IIT Madras with As CEO at Ather, Tarun drives the strategic
a degree in Engineering Design (Dual Degree thinking for the company while being involved
2012). Along with hisSwapnil
fellowJain,
student
he conceptu-
Swapnil with the close-knit Ather team in reviewing
Jain,
alisedheand
conceptualised
started ‘AtherandEnergy’
started
in April
‘Ather every aspect of the vehicle development. He
Energy’
2013. Ather
in April
has 2013.
developed
AtherIndia’s
has developed
first smart represented Ather in the ‘Technical Advisory
India’s
electricfirst
scooter
smartthat
electric
aims toscooter
revolutionize
that aims Group for Electric Mobility’, to the Govern-
to
two-wheeler
revolutionizedriving
two-wheeler
in India. driving in India. ment of India. He also led the Electric Vehicle
group in the Champions of Change program
At IIT, Tarun was associated with various organised by Niti Aayog.
product development teams and actively
involved with the entrepreneurship ecosys- Tarun
Swapniland
Jain
Swapnil
and Tarun
Jain, were
Co-founder
listed on at the
Ather
tem (C-TIDES). He worked on more than a Energy
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and Fortune
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in 2017
and has six co-patents (pending), under his &
product
2019 for
that
theis innovative
disrupting product
the Indianthatauto
is
name. Driven by his core interest towards disrupting
industry. the Indian auto industry.
electric vehicles, Tarun quit his job at Ashok
Leyland in the year 2012 to start work on
battery packs which is one of the biggest
existing shortcomings in electric vehicles
today. Eventually, realizing that the problem
isn’t just the battery pack, the team was
drawn to the idea of designing and building a
completely new electric vehicle.