India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) announced Mr. Anilkumar Muniswamy, Managing Director, SLN Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as Chairman of the Board of Director & Executive Council (EC) effective immediately. The new chairperson and EC are dedicated towards IESA’s vision of ‘making India the global hub for design and manufacturing’ with special emphasis on ‘innovation and entrepreneurship’, for revamping the landscape of the ESDM ecosystem in India.
Speaking about his current role at IESA, Mr. Anilkumar Muniswamy, Chairman, IESA, said, “It’s a great honour for me to be appointed as IESA Chairperson. IESA has been a frontrunner in policy recommendations, industry connect and creating initiatives for the growth of Electronics System Design Manufacturing (ESDM) ecosystem in India. My vision is to ‘make India the central hub of ESDM industry’ and IESA is best positioned to be the catalyst for realizing this vision. A collaborative effort will help accelerate the process and I am looking forward to working closely with the new executive council, the leaders of the member companies, government (centre and state), organizations, academia, media and our international partners to ensure that both electronics design and manufacturing see a substantial growth in the coming years.”
“In addition to helping grow the existing ESDM ecosystem, we will be also focussing on nurturing areas like ‘fabless design houses, global market access to Indian design companies, ESDM ready workforce, support innovations’ that can lead the future of electronics design and manufacturing. I look forward to a continued collaboration with all the stakeholders with one goal of creating a thriving design and manufacturing capability in India,” added Mr. Anilkumar Muniswamy.
The IESA Executive Council would also comprise of Jitendra Chaddah, Senior Director, Strategic Relations and Operations, Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd., the Vice Chairman and Rahul Arya, Vice President Sales for APAC and Europe region, e-Infochips Ltd., the Treasurer of IESA for 2018-19.
In addition to the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Treasurer, the other newly elected EC are Giri KK, Global Delivery Head – Semicon & HiTech, L&T Technology Services Limited; Veeresh Shetty, Senior Marketing Manager, Mentor Graphics Sales & Services Pvt. Ltd.; Poornima Shenoy, CEO, The Gain Global Accelerator, Sagitaur Ventures India Pvt. Ltd.; Dr Satya Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO, Senzopt Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.; Ashok Mishra, Managing Director, Si2Chip Technologies; Veerappan V, Co-Founder & Director and Tessolve Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. The IESA Executive Council will collectively work to deliver on-ground activation for enabling innovation, investment and industry – the collaborative effort being the mantra for the mission to be a success.
