Ashok Chandak is the new Chairman and Vinay Shenoy is the Vice-Chairman of IESA
India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), industry body representing the Indian Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, has announced its new Executive Council (EC) for the year 2014-15.
Ashok Chandak, Senior Director, Global Sales and Marketing at NXP Semiconductors, who was earlier the Vice Chairman for 2013-14, has taken over the role of Chairman for 2014-15. Vinay Shenoy, Managing Director, Infineon Technologies would be the new Vice Chairman of IESA and Krishna Moorthy K, MD, Rambus Technologies will serve as the new Treasurer.
The newly elected Executive Council members are Ganesh Guruswamy, MD, SanDisk India, Jaswinder Ahuja, MD, Cadence Design Systems, Krishna Moorthy K, MD, Rambus Technologies, Kumud Srinivasan, President, Intel India, Santhanakrishnan Raman, MD, LSI India and Dr. Satya Gupta, Founder and CEO, Concept2Silicon Systems.
Sanjeev Keskar, Managing Director, Sales, PMC-Sierra, who was the previous Chairman at IESA would continue on the Executive Council in his capacity as Advisor. Other members who continue to be on the Council are Mr. BV Naidu, Chairman and CEO, Sagitaur Ventures India, Mr. Rajendra Kumar Khare, Chairman and Managing Director, SureWaves MediaTech and Mr. Vinay Shenoy, Managing Director, Infineon Technologies.
Speaking on his appointment, Ashok Chandak, Senior Director, Global Sales and Marketing at NXP Semiconductors said, “This is an exciting phase for developing an indigenous Electronics and Semiconductor industry and I look forward to taking on this role and continuing IESA’s momentum in working with the government and other stakeholders to enable the industry ride the next wave of growth with Innovation Led Design and Design Led Manufacturing.”
