Ms. Chitra Hariharan

Chitra Hariharan is a serial entrepreneur & techno-commercial leader coming with rich industry experience with a unique mix of corporate and start-ups in the Electronics & Semiconductor domain. Currently Chitra is heading Start-up collaborations, University relations and Govt. affairs at Renesas. She serves as the Secretary for the prestigious industry body - VLSI Society of India. 

She had 2 leadership stints at Intel and successfully built 4 Semiconductor & Electronics product start-ups, being part of the founding team carrying out technical, commercial and operational roles. All the 4 start-ups - Intel Micro Electronics, Open-Silicon, Concept2Silicon and SenZopt had successful exits. Chitra is the proud recipient of " Women Achiever Award " by VSI and "Star of GCT" by her alma matter.