Srikanth Chandrasekaran Sr. Director & Practice Lead, IEEE SA Head - India Biz Operations, IEEE Sri has been associated with the IEEE for the past 10 years focused on developing key standardisation programs that address core issues of security, identity, trust and building end-to-end trustworthy devices and systems across emerging areas such as IoT/Smart Cities, Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Sensors and Blockchain. Sri also heads the standardization efforts for IEEE SA for the Asia Pacific region and has recently taken additional charge of leading the IEEE India Business Operations. As part of the programs in India, Sri leads the IEEE Blended Learning Program initiative, an eLearning platform, focused on bridging skills for students in emerging technologies and lateral skilling of industry professionals. Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (formerly Motorola Inc.) for 17 years, managing a global Electronic Design Automation R&D team based out of Adelaide Australia. Sri received the Accellera Technical Excellence Award in 2009 for his leadership and contributions to design automation standardisation. . Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and Master’s degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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