Gnanapriya Chidambaranathan

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ABOUT GNANAPRIYA CHIDAMBARANATHAN

Priya has 32+ years of experience in Telecom & IT. She contributes to CMT unit strategy, drives technology adoption for business solutions across varied programs globally. She has been driving Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, IT roadmap, Micro Services, Cloud migration, Open Source Adoption, AI Strategy, 5G / Edge, 5G Use Cases & Industry solutions, emerging technologies themes like Blockchain solutions & Software Marketplaces, Data Modernization, Legacy & Technology Modernization, Innovation, guiding varied transformation & modernization programs for ECS global clients and part of Infosys Technology Council. As part of 5G Eco System integration, her focus areas include, 5G Network slicing, 5G & Edge vertical industry use cases, Telco Cloud automation, Software Marketplace that looks at bundling of Connectivity, Compute, technology & business assets, vertical business platforms, As A Service model. She focuses on powering digital transformation leveraging 5G, Edge, AI / ML, IoT and emerging technologies.She recently received \'DE & I in Tech Leadership Award 2024\' by Analytics India Magazine,\'Technologist of the Year Award\' at International Conference for Women in Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICWITE - 2022) organized by Women in Engineering Bangalore Affinity Group. She received ‘Women Icons Asia Technology Award 2022’ by Women Icons Network, Singapore, ‘Top 10 Women Tech Leaders India Award 2022’ by REVA University, RACE & Terra Logic. Previously received ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Award under Disruptor category of “Global Women in Telco & Tech” Awards for 2020 She holds Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Masters degree specializing in Communications Engineering, Business Administration. Under her guidance & drive, Infosys has won 16 Outstanding Catalyst Team Awards in TM Forum, she received Individual Recognition Award @ Industry TM Forum, serving as TMF Collaboration Sub-committee member. She had contributed to TMForum OpenAPIs, ODA, Edge, Software Marketplaces, Blockchain, technology reports, reference architectures. She is a speaker in multiple Industry and Technology Forums. She received ‘Best Technical Presentation’ award in SPE. She is a Senior member, ComSoc Bangalore Chapter Vice Chair, WIE member, IETE Fellow, The Institution of Engineers (India) Fellow, Governing Board of LF Networking. She has co-authored book on Digital Signal Processing I, II editions published by McGraw Hill, International edition and translated to Mandarin.