Agratas
Hariharan Venkataraman currently serves as Vice President of Group Financial Control at Agratas since March 2023. Previously, from May 2021 to February 2023, Hariharan was the Head of Global Business Services and CFO at ekaterra, where significant contributions were made towards digital transformation and establishing a Centre of Excellence. An extensive career at Unilever from November 1991 to April 2021 included pivotal roles such as General Manager of Finance Services and Chief Internal Auditor, where key responsibilities encompassed setting up and transforming global business processes, enhancing operational efficiencies, and driving internal controls across a $6 billion revenue organization. Hariharan holds a CMA in Cost & Management Accounts from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
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Agratas
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Agratas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We design, develop and manufacture high-quality, high-performance, sustainable batteries applied to multiple use cases in the mobility and energy sectors, to match our customers’ requirements. We will accelerate the global transition to net zero by creating an industry-leading benchmark in sustainability. Our world-class gigafactories will be powered by purpose-built renewable energy plants. We will also embed circular economy processes throughout our value chain to reuse, recycle and recover materials back into production. We will serve customers in Passenger Vehicle, Commercial Vehicle, 2 and 3 Wheeler and Energy Storage Solution (ESS) industries, supplying state-of-the-art high energy density NMC and long lasting LFP battery cells. Agratas will also support its customers with the integration of cells into their applications, such as modules and packs. We have already secured two anchor customers, Tata Motors and JLR. They provide us with the scale to establish our global battery business. Agratas will be driven by our pursuit of green growth and technological progress. We will develop next-generation battery technologies at new R&D Innovation Hubs in India and the UK, collaborating with world-leading universities, research institutions and strategic partners. We are a scale-up business with a start-up mentality. Our name, derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Agra’, the world’s oldest language, stands for leadership. It reflects our ambition to be purpose driven, pioneering power for future generations.