R Vijayalayan currently heads Automotive Industry and Control Design Verticals Application Engineering at MathWorks India. He specializes in the fields of electrification, virtual vehicles, and Model-Based Design. He works closely with automotive OEMs and Tier I suppliers in adopting Model-Based Design for system simulation, virtual calibration, embedded code generation, and verification and real-time testing. His team supports customers in adopting Model-Based Design for electrification and software-defined vehicle projects. Vijayalayan is part of the management committee of the SAE India Bangalore section and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining MathWorks, he was a team lead in the Embedded Systems Group of Cranes Software International Limited and worked as a scientist B in the Gas Turbine Research Establishment. Vijayalayan holds a bachelor’s degree from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and a master’s degree in control and instrumentation from IIT Madras.

Nukul Sehgal is a senior application engineer at MathWorks India. He regularly interacts with customers to provide solutions for software-defined vehicles and embedded systems. He has expertise in system engineering, production code generation, software functional safety, and cybersecurity. He has over ten years of experience in embedded systems and the automotive industry. Before joining MathWorks, Nukul worked as a lead engineer in R&D at Interface Microsystems, Gurugram. He also worked on ECU design, software development, and functional testing. He has hands-on experience in industry standards like ASPICE and ISO 26262. Nukul holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering.

Rashmi Gopala Rao is an automotive industry manager at MathWorks India. She is responsible for strategic planning and technology rollout for the India region. Her focus is to foster industry adoption of Model-Based Design and MATLAB and Simulink. She has 20 years of industry experience working predominantly in diesel control systems with exposure to body control, chassis, and ADAS domains. Prior to joining MathWorks, Rashmi managed the hardware-in-the-loop business for India at ETAS Automotive India Private Limited. She has also worked in Maruti Suzuki India Limited as manager of body control logics and at Robert Bosch India Limited in development of diesel control software. Rashmi holds a bachelor’s degree from Ramaiah Institute of Technology and an executive degree in management (EPBM) from IIM Calcutta.

Chandan Sawhney is head of Advanced Engineering at Tata Motors. He joined the company in 2015 after a decade at Delphi Automotive and has over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry. During his diverse career, he has worked in product lifecycle management, business development, and product development in areas such as infotainment, body electronics, ADAS, connected vehicles, and powertrain solutions for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles.