Microsoft’s Chairman and CEO, Satya Nadella, will share how this new generation of AI is reshaping how people live and work everywhere, including in the region.
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Satya Nadella is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft. Before being named CEO in February 2014, Nadella held leadership roles in both enterprise and consumer businesses across the company.Joining Microsoft in 1992, he quickly became known as a leader who could span a breadth of technologies and businesses to transform some of Microsoft’s biggest product offerings.
Most recently, Nadella was executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. In this role he led the transformation to the cloud infrastructure and services business, which outperformed the market and took share from competition. Previously, Nadella led R&D for the Online Services Division and was vice president of the Microsoft Business Division. Before joining Microsoft, Nadella was a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems.
Originally from Hyderabad, India, Nadella lives in Bellevue, Washington. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Mangalore University, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Nadella serves on the board of trustees to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and his alma mater the University of Chicago, as well as the Starbucks board of directors. He is married and has three children.
Most recently, Nadella was executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. In this role he led the transformation to the cloud infrastructure and services business, which outperformed the market and took share from competition. Previously, Nadella led R&D for the Online Services Division and was vice president of the Microsoft Business Division. Before joining Microsoft, Nadella was a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems.
Originally from Hyderabad, India, Nadella lives in Bellevue, Washington. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Mangalore University, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Nadella serves on the board of trustees to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and his alma mater the University of Chicago, as well as the Starbucks board of directors. He is married and has three children.
Puneet Chandok
President
Puneet Chandok is President, Microsoft India & South Asia and is responsible for Microsoft’s overall presence and business in the area. He leads the company’s digital transformation in the era of AI and intelligent cloud.
At Microsoft, Puneet drives the company’s mission of ‘empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more’, aligned with India and South Asia’s inclusive growth agenda. He leads a team that is committed to accelerating India & South Asia’s growth with AI and cloud at its core; and helps businesses reimagine how they bring intelligent data and technology to create value for their customers in a digital-first world.
Puneet has built and scaled several high growth technology businesses, in leadership positions at AWS, McKinsey and IBM. Puneet is passionate about ‘Performance with Purpose’, using technology to deliver impact at scale, and leading with empathy and from the heart.
Puneet has received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) from Bennett University, acknowledging his achievements. He chairs the CII AI Council, is a part of the Executive Council at NASSCOM, and on Advisory Councils of Penguin Random House and NAMTECH.
At Microsoft, Puneet drives the company’s mission of ‘empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more’, aligned with India and South Asia’s inclusive growth agenda. He leads a team that is committed to accelerating India & South Asia’s growth with AI and cloud at its core; and helps businesses reimagine how they bring intelligent data and technology to create value for their customers in a digital-first world.
Puneet has built and scaled several high growth technology businesses, in leadership positions at AWS, McKinsey and IBM. Puneet is passionate about ‘Performance with Purpose’, using technology to deliver impact at scale, and leading with empathy and from the heart.
Puneet has received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) from Bennett University, acknowledging his achievements. He chairs the CII AI Council, is a part of the Executive Council at NASSCOM, and on Advisory Councils of Penguin Random House and NAMTECH.
Rajiv Kumar
MD and President
Rajiv Kumar is Managing Director and President of the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) and Corporate Vice President of the Experiences and Devices (E+D) India Group.
Under Rajiv's leadership, IDC has become one of Microsoft's largest development centers globally. He leads large teams dedicated to reinventing productivity and collaboration through AI and intelligent cloud solutions, addressing some of the most pressing business and societal challenges. Over his 30-year career at Microsoft, spanning both the US and India, Rajiv has made significant contributions to landmark products (such as Compiler, SharePoint, MS Office) across productivity suites, developer tools, distributed systems, and consumer applications, positively impacting billions of people worldwide.
Rajiv envisions IDC as a hub of innovation, driving India's global AI leadership. He is deeply committed to creating inclusive technology that addresses planet-scale challenges and aligns with Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization worldwide to achieve more.
Rajiv holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from IIT Roorkee and a master's degree from the University of Texas, Austin. With more than 25 patents to his name, he continues to drive innovation and inclusivity in technology.
Under Rajiv's leadership, IDC has become one of Microsoft's largest development centers globally. He leads large teams dedicated to reinventing productivity and collaboration through AI and intelligent cloud solutions, addressing some of the most pressing business and societal challenges. Over his 30-year career at Microsoft, spanning both the US and India, Rajiv has made significant contributions to landmark products (such as Compiler, SharePoint, MS Office) across productivity suites, developer tools, distributed systems, and consumer applications, positively impacting billions of people worldwide.
Rajiv envisions IDC as a hub of innovation, driving India's global AI leadership. He is deeply committed to creating inclusive technology that addresses planet-scale challenges and aligns with Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization worldwide to achieve more.
Rajiv holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from IIT Roorkee and a master's degree from the University of Texas, Austin. With more than 25 patents to his name, he continues to drive innovation and inclusivity in technology.
Charumathy Srinivasan
Corporate Vice President of Engineering, Azure Core and Cloud and AI IDC Site Leader
Charu leads the Azure Core Engineering organization for Compute and Cloud Native technologies driving impact across Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Migrate, System Center, and Azure Arc. Charu has been at the forefront of advancements in cloud computing, database replication, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud management. Her work emphasizes privacy, data security, and trustworthy computing, positioning Microsoft’s Zero Trust platform as a leader in safeguarding data in an increasingly AI-first landscape. Charu is a passionate advocate for making technology, especially AI, accessible to everyone.
Charu is also the site leader for the Cloud + AI organization in the India Development Center (IDC) and an active member of India and IDC leadership teams leading various organization-wide initiatives such as innovation excellence, diversity & inclusion, and building the next gen of leaders. As a thought leader in technology and innovation, Charu represents Microsoft in several industry and government-led forums. She is a member of the G20 Empower working group on Women in STEM and FICCI Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I) committee. She is also a Board member on the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Technology and helped create the founding vision for CII’s Centre of Excellence on Digital Transformation.
Charu is on the board of Bryt Learning that partners with budget schools in India to deliver high-quality premium education. She is passionate about socio-economic change in India through education and helped found the Asha for Education, Seattle Chapter - a non-profit organization and works with community partner organizations to amplify their social impact as part of Social Venture Partners, Hyderabad Chapter. Charu Srinivasan holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Anna University and a master's degree in computer science from University of California, Santa Barbara.
Charu is also the site leader for the Cloud + AI organization in the India Development Center (IDC) and an active member of India and IDC leadership teams leading various organization-wide initiatives such as innovation excellence, diversity & inclusion, and building the next gen of leaders. As a thought leader in technology and innovation, Charu represents Microsoft in several industry and government-led forums. She is a member of the G20 Empower working group on Women in STEM and FICCI Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I) committee. She is also a Board member on the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Technology and helped create the founding vision for CII’s Centre of Excellence on Digital Transformation.
Charu is on the board of Bryt Learning that partners with budget schools in India to deliver high-quality premium education. She is passionate about socio-economic change in India through education and helped found the Asha for Education, Seattle Chapter - a non-profit organization and works with community partner organizations to amplify their social impact as part of Social Venture Partners, Hyderabad Chapter. Charu Srinivasan holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Anna University and a master's degree in computer science from University of California, Santa Barbara.
Priyanka Vergadia
Senior Director of Global Developer Engagement
Priyanka Vergadia is a Senior Director of Global Developer Engagement at Microsoft with over 15 years of industry experience. She authored the best-selling cloud computing book "Visualizing Google Cloud" and has 200K+ followers on social media. Known for her visual storytelling in tech, she is passionate about making cloud and AI accessible to everyone. She teaches a Cloud Computing course and serves on the board of University of Pennsylvania and runs a popular YouTube channel and blog focused on Cloud and AI.