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Ms. Amrita Verma Chowdhury

By Administrator , 9 June 2026
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She is presently the Director of Gaia, an Urban Tech firm providing insights-as-a-service for Smart Sites & Smart Cities. She is a business strategist, engineer & innovator. She brings a unique understanding of business growth, technology, digital spaces & branding.

Previously, she has served as President & CEO of DY Works (Future Group); Country Head South Asia for Harlequin (Torstar); & Associate Director, Education for South Asia for Harvard Business School. She has provided Board advisory & strategy consulting for Fortune 100 clients with AT Kearney in USA & Oppeus in Australia. She started her journey in innovation & product development with Applied Materials in California.

Amrita has been an Independent Director on the Board of Simmonds Marshall, a BSE listed auto ancillaries firm, since 2015, where she serves on the Audit & CSR Committees. She is on the Board of Drishtant, a tech startup for the social sector.

She holds degrees in B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, MS from UC Berkeley, & MBA from Carnegie Mellon - Tepper Business School. She holds 7 US patents for semi-conductor manufacturing & is also the author of two books.

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