JSW Motors Limited, the new energy passenger vehicle arm of
the JSW Group, has appointed Pankaj Doval as Senior Vice President – Corporate
Affairs & Public Policy.
In his new role, Doval will lead the company’s engagement with
central and state governments, regulatory and policy institutions and industry
bodies. He will also oversee corporate affairs and stakeholder advocacy across
the organisation.
The appointment comes as JSW Motors moves towards the launch
of its new energy vehicles while scaling up its greenfield manufacturing
facility at Bidkin, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra. The scale-up spans
policy, regulatory and industrial development priorities, requiring sustained
engagement with government and policy stakeholders.
Doval joins JSW Motors after a career spanning nearly three
decades in business journalism, most recently as National Editor at The Times
of India.
During his extended tenure with the Times Group, he held
several senior editorial positions, including Senior Assistant Editor in the
Corporate and Economy Bureau and Senior Editor. He led national coverage of the
automobile, technology, telecom and IT sectors, as well as trade, industrial
policy and the wider corporate economy.
Earlier in his career, Doval worked with The Financial
Express, Press Trust of India (PTI) and United News of India (UNI). Across
these roles, his work consistently covered the intersection of business
strategy, regulation and public policy in India.
A graduate of Delhi University, Doval holds a master’s degree in political science as well as Mass Communications, along with a
postgraduate certificate in international journalism from Seoul National
University.
He brings to the role a combination of institutional
insight, stakeholder access and communication judgement, developed over a
career reporting on the industries, regulators and policy institutions he will
now engage with on behalf of the company.