Ratna Chatterjee

 The organization focuses on working with domestic automotive Tier-x suppliers to revamp their product & technology portfolio and build their product development and innovation capabilities, in order to achieve Tier-1 status with the OEMs.  Consulting areas include product & technology portfolio benchmarking & planning, competitor benchmarking, technology forecasting & trend analysis, setting up of greenfield inhouse design & development capabilities, and sourcing of strategic technology partnerships.

*Setting up of Product Design & Development facilities for businesses from grassroot level * Ramping up of existing R&D facilities / infrastructure to suit current and future market needs * Project Management of New Product Development projects for customers using their inhouse resources

* Assisting global consultancies in the business of Engineering Design Services towards offering higher levels of value-chain services * Setting up of offshore engineering / design delivery centres in India for international customers (captive and in alliances) * Global Sourcing of pre-production and production suppliers for OEMs * India specific Market-research and India-entry Strategy for international companies * Opportunity identification, planning & setting up of start-up ventures

MothersonSumi Infotech & Designs Ltd (MIND) is part of the Sumi Motherson Group of India. The Group is a diversified manufacturer of Automotive Components & Assemblies with a sales turnover of above US$ 500 million MIND is a strategic business division with 2 separate Profit Centres – Engineering & Design Services, and Software Solutions Responsible for the planning and setting up of the Engineering & Design Centre within MIND from conception – to address internal and external customer needs.

Kristi Design Studio was an Industrial Design & Product Development company that was setup from entrepreneur level Started the practice with the offering of Industrial Design services in the domestic market Rapid evaluation and assessment of customer needs led to adding of allied services of Mechanical Engineering, Prototyping, Tool Design and Vendor management. Developed new customers in UK and Australia and directed the company towards becoming an international-level consultancy