Swapnil Jain

Swapnil Jain studied engineering design at IIT Madras and worked as an engineer at General Motors before co-founding Ather Energy in 2013. That mix of vehicle engineering and hands-on battery work shaped Ather's decision to design its own packs, motor controllers and chassis rather than source finished modules.

Swapnil Jain is co-founder, chief technology officer and an executive director of Ather Energy. He and Tarun Mehta met studying engineering design at IIT Madras and quit their jobs in 2013, Jain leaving General Motors, to work on electric two-wheeler battery packs. Jain owns vehicle architecture, battery and motor engineering and the AtherStack software platform, and has pushed Ather to develop its charging connector and motor technology in house. He told the Financial Express in 2025 that Ather would eliminate heavy rare earth elements from its motor magnets. Swapnil Jain was born in 1989/1990.