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Sathiyaseelan Gangasalam is an industrial designer, design thinker, mentor and writer with over two decades of experience in transportation design. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, he currently serves as SVP Design (Styling) at Ashok Leyland, where he has spent 15 years building design capabilities and practices. He has contributed to more than 25 transportation design projects for Tata Motors, General Motors, TVS Motor and Ashok Leyland. 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