Ashish Chutani serves as the Head of Government and Policy Affairs at Maruti Suzuki India Limited, the country’s largest passenger vehicle manufacturer. With an academic foundation in Mechanical Engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University, his corporate expertise spans public policy formulation, corporate planning, strategic relationship building, and multi-stakeholder government liaisoning. Prior to his long-standing leadership role at Maruti Suzuki, Chutani refined his supply chain and operations expertise at organizations like Sona Koyo Steering Systems and TransCare Logistics. Today, he acts as a prominent voice for the Indian automotive industry, frequently representing Maruti Suzuki at the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and various global energy conclaves. In these forums, Chutani actively advocates for balanced, pragmatic, and technology-agnostic mobility transitions. His focus heavily emphasizes scaling alternative green fuels—such as Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), and biofuels—to harmonise India’s economic automotive growth with macro emissions and oil import reduction targets.