Name

Prashant K Banerjee

Contact Details

9999179876

E-mail ID

pkbanerjee@siam.in ; ed@siam.inJob Title
Company

Executive Director
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
andSociety for Automotive Fitness & Environment (SAFE a SIAM Initiative)

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Providing leadership in formulation of technical standards, regulations
and policy to support growth of automobile industry.
Global harmonization keeping national priorities in sync with sustainable
goals of India centric mobility.
Coordination for regular exchange of information among other country
associations viz. IMMA, ACEM, FAMI, OICA, ACEA, JAMA, VDA, SMMT,Alliance.
Driving initiatives on road safety, environmental sustainability and energy
security.
Advance Technology monitoring with regards to future of mobility.
Technology for safer vehicle development
Emissions, Environmental sustainability and Alternate fuels
Newer energy forms and electrification of mobility
International Harmonisation of Regulations
Industry Academia collaboration for technology development
The Govt. of Brazil has conferred the "Order of Rio Branco", an honorificorder of Brazil to Mr Prashant K Banerjee, for his excellent contributionsin the field of Bioenergy. The Ambassador of Brazil honoured him withthe medal of the Order of Rio Branco on 19th Jan 2023.
The Order of Rio Branco is an honorific award of Brazil instituted bydecree 51.697 of February 5, 1963. The President of Brazil serves as theGrand Master of the Order while the Minister of Foreign Affairs is theorder's Chancellor.
He is an alumnus of prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai
having more than 30 years of automobile industry experience. He has
extensively worked in different capacities of engineering development,localisation, advance technologies, certification testing, regulations andstandard formulation roles in multi-national companies namely Toyota,
Daewoo and Tata Motors. On behalf of industry, he represents in various
policy, regulations and standards committees of national and internationallevels.

He is also member of various committees/groups:▪

Chairman of Indian GRSG group which represents United Nation in UNECEWP29 on vehicle general safety.

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Member of Governing Council of Society of Fuels & Petroleum LaboratoryNoida, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) India and Fellow of IMechELondon UK.

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Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC)▪

MoRTH Committee on Circular Economy, for End-of-Life Vehicles,▪

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) committees on Transport Engineering
Division Council (TEDC), ETD , PCD.

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Technology Development Board of Global Innovation & Technology
Alliance (GITA).

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Governing Boards of Technology Portal for Automotive Innovation &Collaboration from ICAT▪

ARAI-Chitkara University Academic Council▪ Member of Board of Studies Raja Ram Bapu college of engineering▪ Maharashtra Metropolitan Region Transport Committee▪ Research & Development Committee of ICAT
▪ Executive Body of Hydrogen Association of India▪ Aspire by ICAT▪

IIT Bombay Special Interest Group on Smart Transportation▪

PPAC-EPC Committee under CPCB▪

Chairman of Sub Panel 3 on Green Hydrogen under MNRE