An Accenture Managing Director and accomplished global leader with passion in Innovation, Technology Strategy and Architecture across various industry domains. A people’s person who believes in helping people realize their true potential and providing the right levers to step them up. Leads by example
Creating a community of High-Tech Women in Accenture Technology Centers in India
Driving the High-Tech Women Initiative for Accenture India, part of Inclusion & Diversity agenda to inspire and grow women as technologists. At a time when STEM careers saw low participation from women and fewer women were opting for roles in technology domains that need deep expertise and architecture skills, the High Tech Women initiative enabled women to take charge of their careers through mentorship and learning opportunities, including during life-changing events such as maternity and helped put the power back in their hands to remain invested in their careers and succeed as technologists.
Accenture Ambassador for Grace Hopper Conference & Anita Borg Institute 2015/2016. Leading the Women Hackathon and panel discussion at Anita Borg Foundation, Grace Hopper in Bangalore.
Pioneered the Accent on HER Tech - Future initiative, which was held on 19th May 2018. The event was conceptualized as a means of reaching out to women skilled in new-age technologies with 5-12 years of experience with the intent of image creation for Accenture as the employer of choice for women as well as for creating a talent pool to hire from.
Fostering the Innovation culture in Accenture Technology Centers in India
Mentored mid and senior career level women to become innovators. Inculcated a culture for men to become mentors for women innovators. Led Innovation for Accenture’s Products Industry Group collaborating with industry practitioners to bring value transformation for clients aligned with market & industry trends. Played an instrumental role in bringing the Innovation culture within the Products Industry Group. Past 2 years, Products Industry Group has consistently been in the top 20 teams of Accenture Global Technology Innovation Contest and in 2019, was Global winner.
led “Data & Analytics” for Accenture’s Innovation Centre working closely with industry practices, alliance partners, start-up and academia.
Won several industry awards for thought leadership and delivery excellence. Awarded patents for solutions using AI and machine learning.
Drives Industry Innovation Partner initiative which has now scaled to support more than 100 client projects across various industries reaping splendid results.
Initiative for the society
Works with Karnataka Fencing Association. Coached girls aged 15 years and above, to code and develop a website.
Mentor to the team in working with Karnataka police on a prototype on the usage of facial recognition technology to effectively track criminals in child trafficking cases
Mentor to the team on engaging in a prototype with Khan Academy to extend educational services to rural areas using the latest technologies.