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Strategy| External engagement| Government relations| Academic Programs| Masters in Business Administration and Sociology

About

I have 23 years’ experience in Semiconductor industry with Education strategy, conceptualizing and executing Go-to-Markets programs ,fostering partnerships with Government, academia and business ecosystems, policy intervention and setting up and managing cross-functional teams. Strategy-to-execution of education and research programs has been my strength. I thrive on challenges, passionate, high-energy self-starter with a willingness to roll up my sleeves to solve problems. I have the entrepreneurial ability to start a business/ program from scratch, strategize and prioritize effectively to accomplish multiple tasks with timeliness and creativity to lead the organization towards success. My goal is to continue to drive impactful changes and innovation in every role I undertake

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

ChatGPT

Work experience

Program Leader- Academic Relations at Siemens EDA (Siemens Digital Industries Software), May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Regional Manager, Academic Engagements, Arm Ltd at Arm, Feb 2018 - Aug 2024 · 6 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, February ,2018 to till date Senior Regional Manager-Academic Engagements, India, Israel Arm Education with its various initiatives in K-12, University and Research, helps faculty teach and accelerate research with access to the latest technology from Arm and its ecosystem through Donation of technology resources. The role here involved: Policy Intervention, stakeholder management (Business partners, government and academia) to drive adoption of semiconductor technology in curricula and research focusing on employability and skilling at Technical Universities, K-12 and Research Institutes.  Government and Academic Relations: Established strong relationships with leadership in government (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Skill Development) Technical and research universities and semiconductor organizations to drive policy changes and engagement leading to large scale impact.  Strategy and Policy advocacy: Led strategic initiatives that led to the adoption of cutting-edge Arm technology in curricula and research across key institutions in India, Israel, Korea and Singapore. Achieved adoption of Arm technology in 96% of the Engineering institutes in India.  Stakeholder Engagement: Organized workshops that trained 30,000 faculty and students, boosting employability in semiconductor technology  Research & Ecosystem Development: Facilitated the adoption of Arm IPs in research at 70% top-tier institutions, contributing to innovation and supporting the startup ecosystem across India, Korea, Singapore, and Israel. Press releases by Arm:  Marvell, AMD, and Arm reveal their talent strategies in India  Arm explains why it's excited about India

Director of Operations at Foundation for Innovation and Collaborative Education, Jun 2011 - Feb 2018 · 6 yrs 9 mos, Bangalore, Foundation for Innovation and Collaborative Education (FICE) is focused on bridging the academia-industry divide, enhancing student employability, promoting innovation, and creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem for youth. The role here involved:  Operations Management: Oversaw the P&L of FICE, ensuring growth and sustainability.  Partnership & Scaling: Developed key business partnerships (Intel, Texas Instruments) and played an instrumental role in scaling the organization’s efforts to bridge the industry-academia gap.  Team Leadership & Innovation: Led teams across various functions to conceptualise programs focused on experiential learning, innovation, entrepreneurship, and student employability.  Stakeholder Engagement: Managed relationships with key stakeholders such as business partners, industry representatives, government officials, academia, and vendors.

Programme Coordinator at Childrens Movement for Civic Awareness, Dec 2009 - Nov 2011 · 2 yrs, Bangalore, CMCA enables young people to be active citizens with an ethical and moral temper for a society that’s fairer, inclusive and sustainable. The program helps students understand their rights and responsibilities, diversity, social justice, adherence to rule of law, environmental conservation and gender equality and empower them to be change enablers who meaningfully participate in decisions of the society. Through the program a critical mass of citizens are created who have the knowledge, skill and confidence to participate in our democracy as effective citizens. The role here involved heading the private school program with the support of the team. Key achievements during my tenure was strengthening the implementation of the program, scaling the reach, bringing in structural changes as well as improving the volunteer base who were carrying forward the vision of the organization. Individually handled the below activities. • Team Management • Volunteer Management • Publication – Newsletter • Media management and public relations • Handling School Relationships • Organizing Meetings/Events • Program Report/managing budgets • Session mentoring and evaluation • Resource Mobilization (fund raising) • Coordinating impact assessment

Consultant at Leonard Chesire Disability Livlihood Resource Centre, May 2009 - Dec 2009 · 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Consultant: •Designing research questionnaire for employability skills in hospitality sector for the physically challenged o Conducting secondary and primary research. • Developed training framework and content. o Conducting training sessions for the physically disabled in the hospitality space. • Relationship management with various stakeholders -NGO's and corporate for support in training. • Support in placement of trainees

Education

MBA, HR, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

M.A, Sociology, Arts College, Osmania University