Team Sukhena

Team Sukhena

About us

Sukhena Technologies has a committed and experienced management team.

Ramakanth T Dixit​

Ramakanth has been with Sukhena Technologies Pvt Limited since Dec 2020, he is one of the Co-founder of Sukhena Technologies and currently is its Managing Director & CEO. He is responsible for overall operations of the company. He has close to 28.0 years of experience in automotive industry. He has wide range of experience in the areas of Production, Warranty, Design and development, Prototyping, Testing and setting up new industry for manufacturing.

He was working as Director-Engineering in Magna’s vertical of chassis and BIW from 2010 to 2020 before to Sukhena. He was responsible for India and Thailand engineering operations. In his tenure at Magna, he supported global engineering regions like US, Europe and Asia Pacific. Apart from Magna, he has served OEMs like Mercedes Benz, General Motors, Mahindra Engineering, TATA Motors and Premier Auto Electric.

He has keen interest in vehicle design and development, Protobuild and engineering newer products both in agro and consumer sectors. He has completed his Master’s degree in Automotive Engineering from the Coventry University UK.

Rajesh Kowdlay

Rajesh has been with Sukhena Technologies Pvt Limited since 2011 as Founder-director and currently is its Vice-President -Engineering & NPD. During this period, he has been involved in engineering and pioneering new product development activities (Design, Development and Validation) at Sukhena, project management, building capability and implementation of quality systems and driving the operations of the company.

Has over two decades of global experience with OEM’s like General Motors at India and US, National Aerospace Laboratories India & Mahindra-Plexion, India. Began his career as a CAE Engineer and he went on to build a highly successful Interior engineering teams at GMTCI as a Senior Technical Lead and has gained wide expertise and experience in engineering newer products and processes.

He has very keen interest in development of newer technologies, automation and has authorship in developing various simulation process and procedures. He has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Design from UVCE and FEM & Composites Certifications from IISc Bangalore

Govind Ramaswamy

Govind has been with Sukhena Technologies Pvt Limited since 2020 as a Head Business Development. He brings over 2 decades of experience in the areas of PDM/PLM, product design and engineering services. He started his career as a design engineer working on the LCA (Tejas) program at HAL and worked as a designer on CATIA at the beginning of his career. Later, worked in various private companies and mostly in engineering start ups like DSQ, Plexion (Later Mahindra), EniT and Cresttek, India.

He has gained wide operational experience across various cross functional domains of ISO, AS implementation, HR processes, Sales & Marketing and IT infra management for Engineering and skill development. He has worked abroad in UK, Germany and US on assignments related to Design and PDM / PLM programs.

He has keen passion for skill development and had been instrumental in Industry – Academia connect for Product & CAE skill development for young engineers. He has Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from DSCE Bangalore.

Ramesh B Batakhani

Ramesh has joined Sukhena Technologies Pvt Limited as an Engineering Manager. Currently responsible for leading various product development activities. Has over two decades of global experience with OEM’s like General Motors at India, Magna international, Mahindra-Plexion. He was responsible for RFQ’s activities mainly involving sheet metal commodity and sub systems (BIW, Chassis and ladder frames) product design and development activities.

He was Involved in complete product design and development cycles from RFQ stage to till SOP and post SOP. Has very good experience of working in cross functional teams alike CAD, CAE , Advance manufacturing (Stamping and assembly process) , Die and Fixture design, Forming simulation, Plant Engineering ,Testing and Validation teams and PTRs. He was instrumental in the Initiation of Test and Validation department at General Motors Technical center India and COSMA International engineering division and Complete test lab setup for Chassis and BIW components and subsystems testing and validation at Bangalore.

He has keen interest in project management, Quality implementations, Protobuild, Homologation and Testing and validation. He has Master’s Degree in Machine Design from VTU Belgaum.

Ajeet V Desai

Ajeet V Desai has joined Sukhena Technologies Pvt Limited as a Manager Design & Development from Jan 2020. He is an experienced automotive product design and development professional with more than 29.0 years of work experience. He has been successfully delivering Designs and has keen product development knowledge of different automotive subsystems and components beginning from RFI, RFQ stage to till SOP.

He has Worked with major global and domestic automotive OEMs and Tier-I companies like General Motors, Magna Inc., Tata Consultancy Services etc., Having an extensive leadership qualities, Project Management, Highly skilled in Planning & Monitoring engineering design & Development activities, Change Management, Customer Management, People Management.

He has a strong Engineering design, CAD, PDM/PLM competencies and has Global working exposure with diversified cultures. He has experience of working in Aerospace Industry in Design, R&D and manufacturing field for more than 5 years.

His keen area of interest are product design and development, has Sound knowledge of plastic and sheet metal parts design, manufacturing and assembly process. He has a Diploma in Mechanical engineering from Gadag, Karnataka.

Vinay Yoginath

Vinay Yoginath has joined Sukhena Technologies Pvt Limited as a Manager- CAE Simulations from Jan 2020. He is an experienced automotive product design and development professional with more than 14.0 years of work experience.

He has been successfully delivering CAE solutions to various product designs and has an in-depth product development knowledge of different automotive subsystems and components beginning from RFI, RFQ stage to till SOP.

He has Worked with major global and domestic automotive OEMs and Tier-I companies like Magna Inc., Having gained insightful experience in delivering CAE simulations for under body parts of automotive vehicle, he brings in extensive leadership qualities, Project Management, Planning & Monitoring skills and has a good People Management skills.

He has a strong affinity towards Engineering design and simulation experience in both structural and vibration domains.

His keen areas of interest are product design and development, CAE simulations, delivering Optimised design solutions.

Rajeev Gupta

Rajeev joined Sukhena Technologies in August 2022 as Senior Manager - Business Development and leads the Sales/Business development activities of Sukhena where he sells this organization’s Product Engineering Services across the Automotive and General Engineering industries to both domestic and international markets.

He has 30.0 years of Techno Commercial Experience . He has worked with Automotive OEMs, Tier-1 Suppliers, Engineering Services, and IT companies. He specializes in Business Development, Engineering Services Sales across APAC, Europe, and North America. His expertise includes end-to-end sales management—from prospecting to closure, new business generation, account management, and operations management, driving growth and strategic partnerships for the organization.

Rajeev has a keen interest in international business development for the automotive industry, leveraging his expertise to drive growth across the globe. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA.

Shilpa Raghavendra

Shilpa joined Sukhena Technologies Pvt Limited as HR Manager in March 2024, bringing over six years of experience in HR operations, compliance, and talent management. She oversees recruitment, payroll, compensation and benefits, performance management, and policy development, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

She works closely with the Business Development team to ensure smooth client onboarding and compliance with HR policies and contractual requirements. With a strong focus on HR analytics and process optimization, she drives data-driven decision-making, employee engagement, and workforce efficiency.

Shilpa has a keen interest in HR analytics, strategic workforce planning, and organizational development. She holds a PGDHRM from Symbiosis, Pune, and a BE from VTU.
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