The Jaguar brand sold 6,450 units, up 4%, while the Land Rover sold 32,381 units, a growth of 23%, the company said in a statement.

The new executives to join the departure list are Venkatram Mamillapalle, head of purchases, and Rajesh Bagga, head of human resources and legal.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd last year administered tests to 1,100 candidates at the Kubernagar ITI in northeast Ahmedabad. "Maruti Suzuki had recruited 40-45 candidates here for their Gurgaon plant. It has indicated it will test candidates again this month. Accordingly, we have prepared a list of around 1,000," said A J Pandey, placement coordinator for the Kubernagar ITI.

Companies such as Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Maruti SuzukiBSE 0.56 % as well as the local units of Hyundai Motor, Renault and Nissan Motor are working on all-new platforms to bring out new products.

Kant, an alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur, was managing director of the company before being promoted as vice-chairman five years ago. He, along with Prakash Telang (former MD who retired in 2012), is among the last batch of previous generation senior-level staff with the Mumbai-based company.

These automobile manufacturers sold 190,193 vehicles in May, compared with 177,168 in the same month a year ago. According to data available with the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic passenger vehicle sales had in April declined 9.50 per cent to 188,541 on a year-on-year basis.

Rana Sinha, managing director of Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Ltd, said, “The 100-tonne dump truck is very much on the cards. We are conducting trials and expect it to be launched in 2016.”