Tarun Mehta, a graduate of Engineering Design (Dual Degree 2012) from IIT Madras, along with his fellow student Swapnil Jain conceptualised and started ‘Ather Energy’ in April 2013. Ather Energy is India’s first smart electric scooter company is disrupting urban commute in India. Driven by his core interest towards electric drive, Tarun quit his job at Ashok Leyland in the year 2012 to start work on battery packs, eventually designing and building a completely new electric vehicle. As CEO at Ather, Tarun drives the strategic thinking for the company while being closely involved with the close-knit Ather team in reviewing every aspect of the vehicle development.