Dr. Ranga Srinivas Gunti is General Manager, Head – Talent Development at Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEM), Tata Motors. He is responsible for creating Talent Development Strategies, frame-works and processes for capability building pertaining to e-mobility. He received his Ph.D. from IISc Bangalore, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing and done post-graduation from IIT Kharagpur. In the past he worked for various Automotive, Farm and Marine industries and has over 21 years of Research & Product Development experience. Delivered various High- Impact Business Projects pertaining to Auto and Farm Product Development. His research areas include Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) in Product Design, Data Science in Product Design (Automotive Product Development), Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), Automotive Systems Engineering, Automotive Safety and Impact Engineering, Cyber-security, IC Engines, Electric Vehicles and Bio-Medical Implants. His work presented in Public Domain include - 42 peer reviewed journal/technical papers (in SAE, ASME, IMechE, Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, and Begell House publications), 12 international conference publications, 6 Book Chapters, Two US Patents and 100+ Invited Talks. He received more than 7 best performer awards and a patent award for his contribution in the areas of new Product Design and Development. In his previous roles, he was responsible for developing various vehicle and powertrain systems and sub-systems (Vehicle Level CAE Analysis for lightweighting and design optimization, development of engine ratings, design and development of gear-train and combustion systems) for Automotive, Farm and Marine applications. In the past, he was responsible for developing Frameworks, Technical Case Studies on Product Development, Processes for Functional Capability Building and Assessments (Auto, Farm and Powertrain) at Mahindra Research Valley. Presently, in-addition to his current role at Tata Motors, he also teaches Industry Specific Case Studies on Data Science and AI applied to Mobility Engineering@Virginia Tech India - Adjunct Faculty (Honorary). He is currently guiding few Ph.D and MSc - Research Students (IIT Madras) in the areas of Automotive Lightweighting and Data Science applied to Product Development.