 Paliwal stepped down on April 1 after nearly 13 years with the company as President and CEO of Harman and will remain as a Senior Advisor to the board of directors and to the new CEO, Michael Mauser, until December 2020.Paliwal was born on December 17, 1957 in Agra, India as one of seven children in a family of modest means.He married Ila Sharma after attending University of Roorkee.