Thursday, July 11, 2013: Dr Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra, president and managing director of TI India, has been appointed worldwide director for TI’s industrial systems, and will relocate to the United States. Dr Mitra has also been named chairman of TI India.
In his new role, Dr Mitra is responsible for managing engineering, and marketing and applications for TI’s industrial systems, with responsibility for creating and marketing system solutions designed to grow TI’s position in the diverse industrial market.
“Over the past several years, Dr. Mitra has effectively led and significantly grown many key activities across multiple businesses of TI that have made TI India a critical R&D center for Texas Instruments,” said Greg Delagi, TI’s Senior Vice President for Embedded Processing. “As he now relocates to the US to lead TI’s focus in the worldwide industrial systems area across multiple regions, his teams will have the benefit of his vast experience in leading semiconductor R&D, as well as sales & marketing. The TI India team will also benefit from Dr. Mitra’s guidance and leadership as he assumes the additional role of Chairman, TI India.”
Dr Mitra joined TI in 1986. After leading several activities in TI India and in Dallas, he was appointed managing director of TI India in 2001 and was named president and managing director in 2009. In this role, he has grown all of TI India’s analog and embedded processing portfolios, successfully led the sales and marketing teams, expanded the impact and reach of the University program and started the Kilby Labs research center in India.
Dr Mitra was elected an IEEE Fellow in 2010. He is a past Chairman of the India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) and a past President of the VLSI Society of India. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering and a Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering, both from India Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. Dr. Mitra also earned an executive MBA from the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Mitra is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Kharagpur and the Dean’s Award for Excellence from the University of Texas, Austin.
