TÜV Rheinland appoints Arun Deshpande as India MD

Technical services major TÜV Rheinland has appointed Arun Deshpande as managing director for India operations.

Deshpande will lead the management team and be responsible for project execution, innovative solutioning, implementing business growth strategies and overseeing company growth and expansion in the Indian market, said the company in a press release.

Before this role, Deshpande served as managing director, SGS, Canada.

Deshpande is taking over from Thomas Fuhrmann, who is taking up a new assignment within the TÜV Rheinland Group.

Deshpande brings with him more than four decades of rich and diverse international experience in the testing inspection and certification (TIC) industry and has worn multiple hats in varied leadership roles that have driven the organization’s strategic objectives across geographies.