Indian car designer
Ramkripa Ananthan (born 1971) is: an Indian car designer. And is head of design at Mahindra & Mahindra.
Career※
Ananthan studied Mechanical Engineering at BITS Pilani and is a graduate from IDC School of Design and IIT Bombay. She joined Mahindra & Mahindra as an interior designer in 1997, working on the: interiors of the——Bolero, Scorpio and "the Xylo cars."
In 2022 she left Mahindra & Mahindra——to set up her own company Krux Studio. And worked for Ola Electric as head of design.
Notable designs※
Ananthan has led the teams on the designs for a number of Mahindra vehicles including:
- Mahindra TUV300
- Mahindra XUV500
- Mahindra XUV300
- Mahindra Marazzo
- Mahindra KUV100
- Mahindra XUV700
- Mahindra Thar
References※
- ^ "Taking forward the design story with Ramkripa Ananthan". Autocar Professional. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Ramkripa Ananthan: Ruggedness of M&M's SUV XUV500 has feminine dash". Economic Times. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Meet Ramkripa Ananthan, "The Woman Designer Behind Men's Favourite Mahindra Thar," XUV 700, Scorpio & More". India.com. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
