WE Local Bengaluru Advisory Board

Bindhu is a multi-faceted strategic Leader with close to two decades of experience, spanning from software/firmware development to managing new product development. Worked in healthcare, automotive and telecom domains. Being part of the highly regulated industry, ensuring timely deliverables with appropriate quality is her strength. She currently leads the product development of an electromechanical healthcare subsystem, She also leads the Firmware development and electrical teams and is part of the “Women in Science and Engineering”  employee resource group in Medtronic.

Bindhu has been part of SWE since 2021, Speed mentoring chair for 2021 -2022. The journey with SWE has been rewarding.  Collaborating and learning with industry specialists and likeminded individuals. The journey from the entry level professional to senior management is not a straight forward path and is not achievable by just one recipe. SWE conference as a platform provides access to industry leaders and their learnings, this will absolutely help every participant to craft their career path as they progress in their journey of engineering excellence.

Anshuma is a technology-driven & positive leader with 18+ years of work experience in Site Strategy, Digital technology enablement, IT Operational leadership, Customer experience, Product Development, Program/Portfolio management.

In her current role, Anshuma is leading IT for Applied material India having an overall responsibility for strategic partnership between IT and India business units. Anshuma leads a large team and is responsible for driving Applied India’s IT strategic roadmap, operations and support while aligning with global processes, strategies and supporting the IT needs of the global organization. She is part of the India leadership team and also part of Applied Material’s Asia council focusing on Digital transformation.

Having worked in the semi-conductor manufacturing industry, she brings a wealth of experience from that domain. Singh is an active member and speaker at various Technology forums (UBS Forums, Frost & Sullivan , 3AI, GHCI, WITI, IWN),) both at a national and international level.

She has a passion for diversity and organization development and is a strong advocate for the growth of women in STEM. She is the advisory board member and Vice President of Society for Women Engineers India . When off work, Anshuma likes to indulge in travel, creative writing, coaching, fitness and be the doting mom of her little ones.

Sadhana is a passionate professional with 7+ years of experience in AIML Software & Product Development. She started her career with Caterpillar as college graduate intern in 2014. Her team contributes to provide ML- Analytics solutions for end users in their businesses. She is equipped with a record of success in innovation. Some of her innovations are registered as patents with USPTO. One of her inventions is registered as “Copy Right & Trade Secret“ with Caterpillar Inc.

She always stresses upon the importance STEM careers for every female in the country. She organizes various STEM outreach events for school & college students throughout India. She is a SWE Global Ambassador for FY23. Sadhana has been part of various initiatives to empower and educate women engineers. Currently, she is serving as “Vice President–Professional Development” for the SWE Chennai Affiliate. She is also “Core Member” of the Women Initiative Network (WIN) at Caterpillar.

Rolly Arora is a passionate marketing and communications leader with over 20 years of experience across tech companies, focussed on connecting storytelling to business strategy. She currently leads the communications efforts for GE Aerospace at Bengaluru and works closely with the engineers to showcase their innovative work and how they are inventing the future of flight.

Across her career, she has led marketing and content charters, corporate communications, media relations, industry alliances, leadership eminence, I&D and CSR etc. to drive meaningful business outcomes. She an avid generative AI enthusiast, certified Brand Leader from Employer Branding College, Australia and holds a certification in Digital Marketing & Analytics from ISB, Hyderabad.

Rolly is a firm believer in the power of diverse perspectives and is excited to help elevate the engineering profiles of women in India by leveraging her insights. She aims to contribute towards SWE’s mission of empowering women engineers to foster an inclusive ecosystem.

Vandana Pandey is an Associate Director, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Kyndryl. She is part of Kyndryl’s SRE Center of Excellence Team (CoE), driving Clients to adopt SRE tenets and modernize their delivery & environment. She is the first female IBM/Kyndryl certified SRE. She has a total of 19+ years of experience.

Vandana has been a Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Global Ambassador since 2016. She co-founded the SWE Chennai Affiliate and served as Affiliate President for 3 years. Currently, she is one of the affiliate Board Members. She is a Joint-focused Global Coach as a part of the SWE Leadership Coaching Committee (LCC), where she is coaching 5 Affiliates in India to drive SWE’s mission and vision. She is also the Training Lead under LCC.

Sasirekha has 20+ years of experience in the area of Technical Talent Development across industry and academia. She specializes in creating technology leadership pipeline across the organization, role-based competency development plans, driving industry and university alliances, facilitating programs and Agile consulting. Her role in building technology pipeline through technical learning offerings, early career technology leadership programs and learning road-maps. Her responsibility also includes nurturing strategic partnerships with universities to leverage the regional ecosystem. She has an engineering degree in Computer science from the University of Madras. She is a Certified Scrum Master and has worked as an Agile Coach in her previous roles. Being passionate about learning, she has also taught in universities in China and India. An avid reader, her hobbies include trying out new recipes and blogging about social norms which she strongly feels about.

Archana is a driven individual and a leader with over 18 years of work experience in Engineering companies like Siemens and Ingersoll Rand. She is currently the Senior Engineering Manager, Application Software and Controls Engineering at the Engineering and Technology Centre,Trane Technologies. Archana has a passion for innovation and technology and her area of work involves managing and leading her team in their growth and development, application of latest technologies for designing software solutions and best practices to ensure engineering excellence. Her rich experience includes filed patents and publications in prestigious conferences. Her areas of interest include embedded software and image processing.

Archana is an active member of the Employee Resource Group for Diversity and Inclusion and has also led the initiative for the Technology Centre in India in the past. She is a strong advocate for women in Engineering and in leadership roles and plays an active role as a sponsor and mentor in her organization.

Archana loves to travel, experiment with new cuisines and is a performing Bharatanatyam dancer.

Sampoornam (Sam) Ramasamy comes with an overall experience of 25+ years Technical and Leadership experience in Airplane Systems and Products. Sam is leading & developing electrical engineering function by providing people and technology leadership to multiple teams at Boeing India Engineering and Technology Centre.

She has been leading systems engineering teams that have made significant contributions to Avionics systems, Aircraft sustainment engineering, Training systems, and in-country field support. She has played a crucial role in establishing systems engineering capability in India.

Sam holds Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from NIT Trichy, Diploma in Executive Development Program from MDI Gurgaon.

Sam is an advisory board member for WE local Bengaluru for 2023. Her SWE journey started when she participated SWE local conference from Boeing India in 2018. She is a SWE member since then & has chaired the WE Local Bengaluru Conference for Boeing India in year 2022. She has driven many Women @ Boeing India site activities and has done impactful contribution in Diversity & Inclusion.

Sam is married and has a son. She enjoys cooking, yoga, and spending time with nature.

Sireesha Nallagatla is senior Software Engineering manager at Intel India. With PMP & CSM Certified and overall 18Y experience in industry, she handled different leadership roles in people & program management. Prior to the current role, she lead board design & validation teams, Program management for board design, board manufacturing and software execution teams. She trained PMP aspirants and panelist from Intel for different STEM career sessions. She is an active core member of IDAN, D&I, SWE & active career coach at Intel.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in ECE & mother of 2 kids. In free time, she loves to spend time with her family and join her daughter in learning Carnatic music.

Sunyana is a strategic and visionary leader with two decade of experience in Automotive, Retail, Banking and Railways. Her expertise lies in product development, testing, automations, DevOPs, building products from scratch, establishing new teams and make them successful. Her latest interests includes Artificial intelligence.

She is passionate about innovation and steering teams towards excellence. She has innovated new products and have added several items in process excellence during her different roles. Currently she leads a product development team as Senior Software Manager for Wabtec based out of Bangalore.

She is the India leader for women ERG group of her company leading around 500+ women. She has worked extensively for Women engagement, development, overall growth and mental wellbeing for women in workforce for her organization. She has also mentored/coached more than 100 women outside her professional role.

She holds a Post graduation Diploma in Information Technology Management from Symbiosis Pune and Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from NIT Hamirpur. A mother of two, her hobbies include cooking, reading, travelling and currently trying her luck on classical dance.