Exhibit 31.2

PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Dinesh Paliwal, certify that:

     1.    I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Harman International Industries, Incorporated;

     2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit

            to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances

            under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this

            report;

     3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report,

            fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the

            registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4.    The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure

            controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control

            over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act  Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and

            have:

            (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures

                   to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,

                   including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,

                   particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

            (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial

                    reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the

                    reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in

                    accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

            (c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this

                    report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end

                    of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

            (d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that

                    occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the

                    case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the

                    registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

     5.     The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of

             internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the

             registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

            (a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over

                    financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,

                    process, summarize and report financial information; and

            (b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a

                    significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:   August 29, 2007      /s/  Dinesh Paliwal                                                                                                           

                                          Dinesh Paliwal

                                          President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman