Nikhil Nanda is the Executive Director Group Chief Operating Officer of Escorts Group,[1] which specializes in agri-machinery, construction material handling equipment, railway equipment and auto components. He is the son of industrialist Rajan Nanda, the chairman of Escorts Group, and Ritu Kapoor-Nanda, the single largest Insurance Agent in India, and the grandson of actor Raj Kapoor.[2] Nanda completed his schooling from Doon School and afterwards studied at the University of Pennsylvania-The Wharton School, USA from where he majored in Finance and Management. He was selected by the World Economic Forum as one of five 'Indians who are global leaders of tomorrow' in 2002.[1] Nikhil Nanda married Shweta Nanda, daughter of film actors Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, on 16 February 1997. They have two children, Navya Naveli and Agastya. For fitness, he and his wife Shweta Nanda practice Krav Maga, the Israeli form of fitness and Self defense with Vicky Kapoor head of International Krav Maga Federation, India.[3]
