Former Volvo Exec Tapped to Head TIL Material Handler Business

Somnath Bhattacharjee was recently named president of the material handling solutions equipment and project solutions business at Tractors India Ltd.  (TIL). TIL is an authorized licensee for manufacturing, sales and distribution of Telsmith, KPI-JCI, Astec Mobile Screens (AMS) and Astec Inc. equipment in India.

Bhattacharjee brings more than 26 years of experience in the earthmoving, construction and mining sector.

Prior to joining TIL, Bhattacharjee was with Volvo Group for 12 years, where he served as president of Volvo Trucks India and executive vice president-sales and marketing for VE Commercial Vehicles. Before joining Volvo, he spent 12 years at L&T, a large engineering conglomerate in India where he served as profit center head for Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. In his earlier assignments, Bhattacharjee was directly responsible for product strategy, sales and marketing, after market, multi-brand management, corporate communication and business strategy functions with profit and loss responsibilities up to $ 1.2 billion.