Managing Director, Carrier Transicold, India & South Asia

Mr. Pankaj Mehta is the Managing Director of Carrier Transicold India and South Asia including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.

Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier, the world leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration and fire & security solutions. Carrier Transicold is a world leader in refrigeration solutions for trucks & trailers, rail and sea-going containers, which collectively help advance a healthy, safe, sustainable cold chain.

Mr. Mehta joined Carrier in 2000 and has held various progressively expanding roles in India. In his current role, he is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operating performance of the truck-trailer refrigeration business in the region.

Mr. Mehta is the Co-Chairman of the National Task Force on Post Harvest & Logistics set up by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in association with the Ministries of Agriculture and Food Processing to stimulate the cold chain infrastructure development.

He is a member of the CII Task Force on COVID vaccine and member CII National Committee on Food Processing, CII National Council on Agriculture and Member of Governing Council CII Food and Agriculture Center of Excellence (FACE).

Mr. Mehta is actively involved with the National Center of Cold Chain Development (NCCD) and was awarded the ICE award 2011 by the Global Cold Chain Alliance.

Mr. Mehta has nearly 30 years of rich work experience and earned a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science and a Master’s in Marketing Management.

Prior to entering the corporate business world, Mr. Mehta served in the Indian Navy for 9 years as an Officer and is an alumni of the prestigious National Defense Academy (NDA) Khadakvasla-Pune.