BS Engineering, 1983, India
MS Engineering Mechanics, 1986, UMR

Nand Kochhar is Chief Engineer, Vehicle Attributes & CAE, North America Engineering, Ford Motor Company.His current responsibilities include Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH), Vehicle Dynamics, Durability Testing and simulation for all North American products.

Prior to his current position, Nand has held several positions of increasing management responsibility Globally, including Chief Engineer, CAE & Durability Engineering, Vehicle Engineering Manager on F-Series Superduty Truck, Chassis Design & Release Manager of award-winning 2000 Model YearMondeo Car in Europe.Nand played a key role in Corporate CAD/CAM/CAE/ PIM (C3P) strategy development and implementation in Europe.Nand has held several Supervisory positions within North America Product Development.

He holds a Bachelors degree in Production Engineering, and a Masters Degree in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Missouri Rolla (1986).