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QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, has announced that Sindhu Ramachandran, General Manager with the company, has been recognised as Woman Role Model in ER&D in the ESP segment at the NASSCOM Engineering & Innovation Excellence Awards, 2021. The award recognises women in positions of technical leadership who serve as a role-model for their organization and the entire ER&D ecosystem.
Speaking on the development, Sindhu Ramachandran, said, “I am delighted to be recognised as a Woman Role Model in ER&D by NASSCOM. Apart from recognising my effort, this award is an endorsement of the best-in-class services we provide to global clients from India as a team. This award reflects NASSCOM’s commitment towards increasing opportunities for women in Engineering and will inspire women to join the sector. I would also like to thank QuEST for giving me opportunities to create impact for customers globally.”
Sindhu completed her BTech in Computer Science & Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum, and MTech from University of Kerala and joined QuEST Global in 2008. She was interested to work in medical image processing. She has been working on projects involving the implementation of image processing algorithms and their optimisation, medical imaging and other such areas. Her experience in image processing and computer vision made her transition to the execution of AI projects easier and faster. As the relevance of AI increased, Sindhu successfully was able to match industrial technologies with AI to add pertinent value to the various customers across industries. She conceptualised and positioned AI technologies as a strategic differentiator with the potential to scale across industries.
Currently, she leads the AI Center of Excellence at QuEST Global. Sindhu makes QuEST an AI-aware organisation internally by conceptualising the competency framework for AI-related technologies and identifying the skills, competencies, and levels of expertise to be mapped to organisational roles.
“ER&D has become one of the fastest-growing segments in India as the country emerges as an engineering and design hub for automobiles, aerospace, consumer electronics, machinery, and semiconductors. Women generally bring diverse sets of experiences and will play a crucial role in the growth of the sector. Women leaders such as Sindhu are setting new benchmarks in the sector. I want to congratulate her and all the other awardees for their contributions to the Indian ER&D industry,” said K S Viswanathan, VP, Industry Initiatives, NASSCOM.
“We are very proud of Sindhu’s contributions to the ER&D sector. Her ability to solve complex engineering challenges and drive innovation within the company had led to a positive impact for many of our customers. This recognition acts as an inspiration for more women to join the ER&D sector and take it to new heights. At QuEST, we pride ourselves in being a boundary-less organization and have an innovation-friendly atmosphere that has encouraged many amazing women in engineering to become role models in the last two decades. We will continue to provide a productive workplace to women across engineering streams,” added Shrikant Naik, Global Delivery Head, QuEST Global.
The first edition of NASSCOM Engineering & Innovation Excellence Awards in 2021 recognised and felicitated the stellar performances of the Indian ER&D industry. These awards included key themes such as Futuristic Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, and Technical Prowess to showcase breakthrough solutions, honor disruptive leaders and recognize technical capabilities among Indian enterprises, respectively.