Mr. Nikhil Sawhney

Vice Chairman & Managing Director

Qualification:

He has a BA and MA from Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Key Achievements:

Nikhil Sawhney is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Triveni Turbine Limited and a Director with Triveni Engineering and Industries Limited in Noida, India.

The Companies occupy leadership positions in their respective businesses of sugar manufacturing, the distillation of alcohol, renewable energy generation, industrial turbines and gears, and water and waste water treatment solutions. Triveni Turbines is one of the largest global manufacturers of industrial steam turbines as well as the global leader for renewable energy-based applications. The Company has over 6000 installations in over 80 countries. The Company is leading the Energy Transition with the development of several innovation products and solutions, especially utilizing CO₂ as a working fluid. 

Nikhil has helped found the CII-Triveni Water Institute and is an active trustee of the Tirath Ram Shah Charitable Hospital and the Ananta Aspen Institute. Nikhil has also helped found the Asia Leaders Fellowship, under the International House of Japan. Nikhil has Chaired the Northern Region and Delhi State for CII and currently chairs the National Capital Goods Committee for CII. He has also recently stepped down from the Presidentship of the All India Management Association as well as a Governor on the Board of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Nikhil has been voted one of India’s forty ‘hottest’ business leaders under 40 by The Economic Times in 2015. Nikhil resides in New Delhi with his wife Zia and their son Zahan.