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The origin of Ashok Leyland, a Hinduja group company
can be traced to the urge for self-reliance, felt by independent India.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister persuaded
Raghunandan Saran, an industrialist, to enter automotive manufacture. In
1948, Ashok Motors was set up in what was then Madras, for the assembly
of Austin Cars. The Company's destiny and name changed soon with equity
participation by British Leyland and Ashok Leyland commenced
manufacture of commercial vehicles in 1955.
Since
then Ashok Leyland has been a major presence in India's commercial
vehicle industry with a tradition of technological leadership, achieved
through tie-ups with international technology leaders and through
vigorous in-house R&D. Access to international technology enabled
the Company to set a tradition to be first with technology. Be it full
air brakes, power steering or rear engine busses, Ashok Leyland
pioneered all these concepts. Responding to the operating conditions and
practices in the country, the Company made its vehicles strong,
over-engineering them with extra metallic muscles. 'Designing durable
products that make economic sense to the consumer, using appropriate
technology', became the design philosophy of the Company, which in turn
has moulded consumer attitudes and the brand personality.
The
Hinduja Group is a transnational conglomerate that provides a wide
range of products in over fifty countries worldwide. Today, the Hinduja
Group has become one of the largest transnational business conglomerates
in the world with diversified operations, spanning all the continents.
The Group employs over 25,000 people and has offices in many key cities
of the world and all the major cities in India.
Ashok
Leyland vehicles have built a reputation for reliability and
ruggedness. The 5,00,000 vehicles we have put on the roads have
considerably eased the additional pressure placed on road transportation
in independent India.
In the populous Indian
metros, four out of the five State Transport Undertaking (STU) buses
come from Ashok Leyland. Some of them like the double-decker and
vestibule buses are unique models from Ashok Leyland, tailor-made for
high-density routes.
In 1987, the overseas holding
by Land Rover Leyland International Holdings Limited (LRLIH) was taken
over by a joint venture between the Hinduja Group, the Non-Resident
Indian transnational group and IVECO. (Since July 2006, the Hinduja
Group is 100% holder of LRLIH). The blueprint prepared for the future
reflected the global ambitions of the company, captured in four words:
Global Standards, Global Markets. This was at a time when liberalisation
and globalisation were not yet in the air. Ashok Leyland embarked on a
major product and process upgradation to match world-class standards of
technology.
For over five decades, Ashok Leyland
has been the technology leader in India's commercial vehicle industry,
moulding the country's commercial vehicle profile by introducing
technologies and product ideas that have gone on to become industry
norms. From 18 seater to 82 seater double-decker buses, from 7.5 tonne
to 49 tonne in haulage vehicles, from numerous special application
vehicles to diesel engines for industrial, marine and genset
applications, Ashok Leyland offers a wide range of products. Eight out
of ten metro state transport buses in India are from Ashok Leyland. With
over 60 million passengers a day, Ashok Leyland buses carry more people
than the entire Indian rail network!
Careers @ Ashok Leyland Limited.
We consider our employees as our most valuable asset and are committed
to provide full encouragement and support to them, to enhance their
potential and their contribution to the Company's business. Know more
about life at Ashok Leyland in this segment and if you are one of those
enthusiastic, passionate people wanting to achieve success in life and
grow, Ashok Leyland is ‘the’ place for you. Look if we have
opportunities to fit your bill currently or keep coming back to check as
opportunities wait for none.
