CEO of the year: How Vinod K Dasari engineered Ashok Leyland's success

Dasari feels he has laid the foundations for the company's future growth and his job at the company is done

A conference room on the ninth floor of Ashok Leyland’s headquarters in Chennai has a six-year-old poster stating the company’s vision to be in the global top 10 in medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M & HCV - trucks) and in the global top five in M & HCV buses in volume terms. At the bottom is a hand-written addition dated January 10, 2019 — “Mission Accomplished” — signed by Vinod K Dasari. This would be the best parting gift the commercial vehicles man of the southern region will leave behind when he steps down as the managing director and