No wonder! Women blast through global tech's glass ceiling in India
Google’s appointment of Preeti Lobana as the head of its Indian operations last week topped a fast-growing trend of women executives taking charge at technology corporations across the country. A slew of women leaders — from Salesforce India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, who was recently elevated as the head of its Asean region, to Sandhya Devanathan who helms Meta’s India business — are among those reversing the long-held narrative of gender disparity at the highest echelons of the industry.
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This elevation of women to leadership positions at global technology firms in recent years has grown rapidly since the initial postings of Irina Ghose as managing director of Microsoft India, Sindhu Gangadharan taking charge as managing director of SAP Labs India, Jaya Jagadish designated as country head of AMD as well as Prativa Mohapatra becoming managing director of Adobe India.
For Bhattacharya, the foray to becoming a technology leader marks a second innings after a successful banking career where she retired as the chairman of India's largest state lender State Bank of India (SBI). Others to have also gained the top spot include Daisy Chittilapilly, president of Cisco's India and SAARC operations as well as Swapna Bapat, managing director and vice president, India & SAARC, Palo Alto Networks.
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