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Siddhartha Bagri

Siddhartha Bagri (born April 28, 1991)[1] is an Indian businessman who is the chief executive officer of Pravaig Dynamics,[2] a deep tech company based in Bangalore.[3] He co-founded the company with childhood friend Dhawal Khullar in 2011.[4]

Education

Bagri dropped out of college after 1.5 years.[5]

Career

Bagri had previously managed investments for a French energy company in the South Asia region.[6]

Bagri and Dhawal Khullar began research on electric vehicles and joined online forums since 2007.[4]

In 2011, they founded Pravaig Dynamics in Jaipur, Rajasthan.[7] In late 2022, Pravaig launched Defy, an electric SUV at a price of Rs 39.5 lakh.[8] The company also developed an all-terrain stealth vehicle, which received the Indian Ministry of Defence's iDEX award.[9]

References

  1. ^ "SIDDHARTHA BAGRI - 3442399 Director Info". MyCorporateInfo. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  2. ^ Mukherjee, Sharmistha (2022-11-25). "Pravaig Dynamics aims to launch SUV by the second quarter of 2023". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  3. ^ Khan, Haider Ali (2022-11-03). "Pravaig Defy electric SUV is going to be a flagship killer CEO". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  4. ^ a b Palli, Praneeth (2022-12-16). "This College Dropout Turned Entrepreneur Has Built A Made-In-India Luxury SUV And It Costs A Bomb". Mashable India. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  5. ^ Mani, Sowmya (2022-12-14). "College Dropout Turns Entrepreneur, Builds 'Made-in-India' Luxury E-SUV With 500 KM Range". The Better India. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  6. ^ "Siddhartha Bagri". India EV Show. Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  7. ^ Ananda, Jonathan (2024-03-27). "The 13-year-old electric car enterprise that's managed to sell everything but an electric car". The Ken. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  8. ^ CNBC-TV18 (2022-11-29). Made-In-India Pravaig Defy, A long Range Electric SUV. Retrieved 2025-04-03 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Pravaig's all-terrain stealth vehicle undergoes military trials, gets iDEX recognition". ET Manufacturing. March 16, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-04.