vGHCI Leadership and Program Committee
The vGHCI leadership and program committees are comprised of a high energy team of experienced leaders and professionals from the technology industry and academia. They have a strong passion for technology and a deep commitment to support and mentor fellow women technologists to grow in their careers. Many of them have been associated with GHCI since its inception, seeing the conference grow from 300 to over 5,000 attendees in 10 years.
The team collaborates on coordinating overall content for the tracks, spread the motivation to participate in “Call For Submissions”, work on submission reviews, interact with speakers and brainstorm on the program design. Program design includes content, session topics, and provide the resources to oversee and ensure all processes and timelines are followed for planning and execution of the Celebration. All of this brings the research and career interests of women in computing and technology to the forefront.
The vGHCI team brings out a successful Celebration each year with a huge positive impact and a difference in our attendees’ education and future!
Grace Hopper Celebration India (GHCI) Leadership and Program Committee
Program Chairs
Arati Deo, Google
Meenakshi Iyer, Standard Chartered
Krithika G, SAP
Maheshwari Dhandapani, Redhat
GHCI Track Chairs
Track: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science
Manjira Sinha, IIT Kharagpur
Tulasi Menon, Microsoft
Track: Cloud Computing
Sreedevi, Amazon
Pushpalatha G.P., VMware
Track: Career 360
Sushma Chakkirala, IBM
Sowmya Venugopal, Epsilon
Track: Design for Digital Experiences
Ashu Thangaraj, Opentext
Jaya Sharma, Walmart Labs
Track: Emerging Technologies and Industry Trends
Jaya Srivastava, Microsoft
Kanika Jain, PayPal
Shobika Shivakumar, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Expert Meetups/Networking Circles/Speed Mentoring
Sowmya Vijayalakshmi, Cisco
Track: Hardware, Internet of Things, and Edge
Divya Anand, Cisco
Ruby Tomar, HPI
Track: Open Source
Krithika Surianarayanan, Standard Chartered
Manidipa Mitra, ValueLabs
Track: Original Research
Laxmi Mukund, Cisco
SaiSheela Rajan, PayPal
Posters
Soundari Arunachalam, Honeywell
Poonam Garg, Western Digital
Track: Security and Privacy
Sreedevi, Amazon
Pushpalatha G.P, VMware
Track: Student Scholarships
Kanchan Joshi, ANZ
Zainab Hyderi, Genpact Digital
Track: Technology Driving Social Impact
Annie Thomas, Tata Consultancy Services
Shilpa Gite, Qualys
Tech Pathways Program
Hima Patel, IBM
Yamuna T N
Track: Tech Talks
Harini Seshadri, Morgan Stanley
Neelam Thakur, Standard Chartered Bank
Tech Workshops
Lakshmi Gayatri, VMware
Swapna Viswanath, Philips
Track: Transform Service Operations
Anu Ravi, ANZ
Mahati ChandraMohan, Paypal
Women in Leadership (By-invite session)
Nivedita Aggarwal, Google
Sindhu kurup, Wellsfargo