Sandhya Shekhar
Independent Director, Advisor Digital and Business Strategy
- Role
- Independent Director at Uno Minda
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sandhya Shekhar
Distinguished Alumni awardee from IIM Bangalore and a PhD from IIT Madras with an outstanding doctoral research award from EFMD. • Currently work with the industry, the start-up ecosystem and a few educational institutions• Work with corporates on digital transformation and business strategy. Competency areas include Virtualisation and Digital Strategies, Business Strategy, Knowledge Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Enterprise Solutions, Business Process Optimization and E-learning. Serve as an Advisor for Digital Initiatives in the Simpson\'s group.• Independent director on the Boards of Uno Minda Ltd, UCAL Ltd, MI Torica India, MITIL Polymer, Minda Onkyo Pvt Ltd, Uno Minda Tachi-S Seating Pvt. Ltd. and Minda Westport Ltd. Also on several advisory boards for Educational Institutions and Not-for-Profit Organisations, including SOIL Institute of Management and the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. Have completed two terms as independent director on the boards of Simpson & Co. Ltd, IP Rings Ltd, Bimetal Bearings Ltd. and Amco Batteries.• Serve on the Expert Committee and Selection Committees constituted by BIRAC to scale the bio-tech incubators nationally into a robust innovation ecosystem.• Associated with educational institutions both in an advisory capacity as well as a visiting faculty • As the founding CEO of IIT Madras Research Park (India\'s first university research park), have steered the setting up and scaling of innovation ecosystems, driving collaborative research, innovation and entrepreneurship• Have served on several policy committees including a consultative group for the formulation of the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy - STIP 2020 for India• Have served on the IT Advisory Council for State Bank of India for digital transformation• A recipient of several excellence awards and commendations from organizations including Gartner, Aptech and NIIT. Felicitated as an Outstanding Woman Achiever during the 100th International Women’s Day. Award for outstanding doctoral research from the European Foundation for Management Development and Emerald• Author of several books, papers and articles. Book on Knowledge Management (McGraw Hill) was the first Indian book on the subject. Latest book titled ‘Managing the Reality of Virtual Organizations’ (Springer) has received worldwide acclaim. • Active speaker at international and national forums including TeDx.
Experience
Independent Director
Sep 2024 — Present
Education
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration
1982 — 1984
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Management
2004 — 2007
QUEEN MARYS COLLEGE
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics
1979 — 1982
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