Driving quality tops my agenda, says Renault MD Venkatram Mamillapalle

Company's new country CEO says if Renault becomes profitable, there will be a cascading effect on other organisations

Venkatram Mamillapalle, Renault Groupe’s newly appointed country chief executive officer and managing director, said driving quality across Renault Nissan Automotive India’s plant in Chennai was his priority as it sought to claw back market share and turn profitable as part of a stated mid-term plan.

If Renault becomes profitable, there will be a cascading effect on other organisations (alliance partners), said Mamillapalle, adding that, “as one team, one ambition,” he was working towards getting all the entities within the alliance aligned for profitability.

“It’s the same line which makes the Kwid, Duster and Datsun. If we improve the quality of the Kwid,