Vikram Lal
Vikram Lal is an Indian businessman, the founder and former CEO of Eicher Motors, Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer based in New Delhi, India. He has been a member of the board of directors of The Doon School. He joined Eicher, the family company established by his father, in 1966. Eicher started as the first tractor manufacturer in India in 1960, and eventually branched out into light commercial vehicles in 1986, and then into heavy vehicles.
He studied mechanical engineering at the Technische Universität Darmstadt.
His son Siddhartha Lal is now CEO of Eicher Motors. His daughter Simran runs Good Earth.
Lal spents his retirement years volunteering at his own Goodearth Education Foundation.
