Harshbeena Zaveri

NRB Bearings Limited

Vice Chairman & Managing Director

Biography

Harshbeena Zaveri is the Vice Chairperson and Managing Director of NRB Bearings Limited. Under her strategic leadership, the company has transformed from a traditional automotive powerhouse into an agile, strategic friction solutions platform designed to lead in the era of high-tech mobility and industrial innovation. Spearheading the company's foray into advanced design engineering, she established one of the premier R&D and Innovation centres for next-generation friction solutions. Grounded in proprietary computational analysis and end-to-end digitisation, this technical infrastructure enables NRB's dynamic engineering team to turn around custom digital twin simulations in days. This foundation has empowered the company to successfully expand beyond legacy automotive products into high-margin, adjacent verticals—including aerospace, holistic electrification, robotics, and mission-critical renewable energy—while maintaining absolute financial discipline and driving profitable growth. This technological leadership catalysed NRB’s selection by Forbes as one of Asia’s Best 200 companies under US$1 billion and secured its position as a key supplier to the world’s foremost automakers, including Daimler, Audi, Volvo-Renault, Hyundai Group, Mazda, Honda, ZF, and Magna. The company also maintains a dominant domestic presence, supplying marque customers such as Hero, TVS, Bajaj, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra, and Ashok Leyland. Furthermore, she has aggressively expanded the company's global manufacturing footprint through its subsidiary, NRB Holdings Limited, establishing operations in Germany, the USA, and Thailand. A globally recognised business leader, she has been featured on Fortune India’s 50 Most Powerful Women list, alongside prestigious rankings by Forbes, India Today, and Business India. Her exceptional impact on the industry has garnered numerous international accolades. She was honoured by The Economic Times as a “Most Promising Asian Business Leader” and “Most Inspiring Leader of India, 2021,” and received the “Game Changers of India Award” from the Deputy Mayor of London. Most recently, she was felicitated with the Institute of Directors (IOD) Global Driving Excellence Award for Leadership in the Manufacturing Sector 2025 at the House of Lords in London. As a prominent voice in international trade and industry governance, she serves as a Director on the Board of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFCCI) and is a member of its Governing Council. Additionally, she is an Advisory Council Member for the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC), serves on the All-India Executive Committee of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), and is a Special Invitee to the Western Regional Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Passionate about empowering the next generation through education, she dedicates considerable time to youth mentorship. She graduated with freshman distinction and as a Wellesley Scholar with honors from Wellesley College. Continuing her active engagement with her alma mater, she is a distinguished member of the Wellesley Business Leadership Council, an exclusive group comprising the college's most prominent and globally recognised alumni.