Motorbiking, studying, innovating and listening to music … these pretty much sum up the activities of Daimler Truck Innovation Center India’s MD and CEO Raghavendra Vaidya outside work. And he pursues each of these with equal passion. For instance, the entire staff at the Daimler Truck Innovation Center India in Bengaluru is now aware of his love for Royal Enfield bikes. However, there was a time when the security guards, expecting the boss to arrive in his Mercedes Benz, would stop this helmeted man trying to park his bike in the reserved slot.
Vaidya cannot hide his amusement when we ask him about it. But besides the passion, it is also about convenience, he insists. “When I am on my bike, I reach the office in 40 minutes. In the car, I am at the mercy of the Bengaluru traffic,” he explains.
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Outlook Business.
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