JSW Motors Limited, the new energy passenger vehicle arm of the JSW Group, has appointed Pankaj Doval as Senior Vice President – Corporate Affairs & Public Policy.

In his new role, Doval will lead the company’s engagement with central and state governments, regulatory and policy institutions and industry bodies. He will also oversee corporate affairs and stakeholder advocacy across the organisation.

The appointment comes as JSW Motors moves towards the launch of its new energy vehicles while scaling up its greenfield manufacturing facility at Bidkin, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra. The scale-up spans policy, regulatory and industrial development priorities, requiring sustained engagement with government and policy stakeholders.

Doval joins JSW Motors after a career spanning nearly three decades in business journalism, most recently as National Editor at The Times of India.

During his extended tenure with the Times Group, he held several senior editorial positions, including Senior Assistant Editor in the Corporate and Economy Bureau and Senior Editor. He led national coverage of the automobile, technology, telecom and IT sectors, as well as trade, industrial policy and the wider corporate economy.

Earlier in his career, Doval worked with The Financial Express, Press Trust of India (PTI) and United News of India (UNI). Across these roles, his work consistently covered the intersection of business strategy, regulation and public policy in India.

A graduate of Delhi University, Doval holds a master’s degree in political science as well as Mass Communications, along with a postgraduate certificate in international journalism from Seoul National University.

He brings to the role a combination of institutional insight, stakeholder access and communication judgement, developed over a career reporting on the industries, regulators and policy institutions he will now engage with on behalf of the company.