Dilip Chhabria
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Dilip Chhabria is an Indian automobile designer. He is the founder of DC Design.
[edit] Biography
He is qualified in Transportation Design from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, U.S. and worked with General Motors USA in their Design Centre. He also started his own auto accessory business and became one of the largest auto accessory manufacturers in India.[citation needed]
His company made the first prototype for the Aston Martin Vanquish which appeared in the James Bond movie Die Another Day.[1]
In 2006, Chhabria announced DCStar, tie-up between Eximstar (an ETA group company) and Dilip Chhabria Design Pvt Ltd. The company, to be set up in Dubai, will customize cars and other vehicles to suit customers' requirements.[2] He has designed Vanity Van for many stars such as Sanjay Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan. He has also designed the car used in the movie Taarzan: The Wonder Car directed by Abbas-Mustan. In 2010 he designed a special version of Tata Nano.
He also runs a special Automobile Designing Institute called as DC - DYP in association with Dr D Y Patil University in Pune, Maharashtra.
[edit] References
- ^ "Automobile style guru Dilip Chhabria invited to interact with students at Techniche 2005". The Telegraph. 2005-08-07. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050808/asp/northeast/story_5085944.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- ^ "Dilip Chhabria Design ties up with ETA's Eximstar". The Hindu. 2006-08-21. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082203980200.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
