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Microsoft India has appointed Irina Ghose, who was so far the executive director for the company’s Cloud Solutions division in India, as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the country. Ghose replaces Rajiv Sodhi, who has spent over 15 years in the company over two separate stints. Sodhi took over the COO role in 2020 and will be moving on to an international role.
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Ghose has been at Microsoft India for over two decades, joining the company in December 2001 after stints at HCL Infosystems and Wipro. In 2010, she founded MyLittleBit, a philanthropic foundation that focuses on providing education and employment for underprivileged girls in India. She is also a trustee at SonderConnect, a non-profit trust supporting women-led startups in the country.
Ghose has been at Microsoft India for over two decades, joining the company in December 2001 after stints at HCL Infosystems and Wipro. In 2010, she founded MyLittleBit, a philanthropic foundation that focuses on providing education and employment for underprivileged girls in India. She is also a trustee at SonderConnect – a non-profit trust supporting women-led startups in the country.
In her new role, Ghose will be responsible for Microsoft’s overall operations and businesses in India. Talking about the scopes of companies in India’s technology landscape, she said, “In India, cloud will be at the heart of the digital innovation journey. As per IDC, the Indian public cloud ecosystem is expected to rise dramatically, reaching $9.5 billion by 2025 at 21.5 per cent growth.”
She added that Indian startups today offer a robust ecosystem that can serve India’s enterprises and governments, coupled with the country’s developers to “digital fuel growth in banking, manufacturing, and retail organisations.”
