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1 / 7Big Tech Shift: From artificial intelligence to digital platforms, women are occupying top decision-making roles in India’s technology sector overseeing policy, enterprise adoption, creator ecosystem, advertising markets and startup engagement, while global tech companies are deepening their presence in the country’s fast-growing digital economy.
2 / 7Human India: Irina Ghosh serves as the Managing Director of Anthropic India with over 30 years of experience in scaling technology businesses. Prior to this, she served as COO and Managing Director of Microsoft India, where she led enterprise AI adoption in BFSI, healthcare, manufacturing and government before leading responsible AI development for Anthropic.
3 / 7OpenAI India: Pragya Mishra is the head of strategy and global affairs for OpenAI India, leading the company’s national strategy, having held prior roles at Truecaller, Meta, EY and the Royal Danish Embassy, and playing a central role in policy navigation, partnerships, regulation and WhatsApp’s 2018 anti-misinformation initiative.
4 / 7Google Digital-Native: Roma Dutta Chobe, Managing Director, Digital Native Industries at Google India, leads the engagement with internet-first companies, having previously served as interim country manager for Google India, and works closely with the country’s startup and scale-up ecosystem as AI spreads across institutions.
5 / 7Meta Platform: Sandhya Devanathan, Meta’s vice president and head of strategy for India and Southeast Asia, takes over the India lead in 2022 after stints at Citi, Standard Chartered and Facebook and is now driving growth in one of Meta’s largest global ad markets.
6 / 7Google India: Country Manager and Vice President, Google India Preeti Lobana, former Vice President, GTech at Google with experience at NatWest, American Express and Standard Chartered, oversees the company’s expansion into India’s growing digital economy.
7 / 7YouTube India: Gunjan Soni, Country Managing Director of YouTube India and former Group CEO of Zalora, with previous roles as EVP at Star India and CMO at Myntra and a McKinsey background in consumer and marketing, seamlessly blends content, commerce and creator ecosystems at scale.