Kanchan Bhonde Keskar
Assistant Vice President
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Tech Mahindra Ltd is one of the leading Indian IT organizations. I head the Product Strategy for the products we build in Makers Lab, the Innovation wing of Tech Mahindra. I also lead the research in the area of 'agritech' - technology for agriculture.
I love that I can remain a STEM person while growing in the organization. I love to explore new areas and build products which will make a real difference to people’s lives
Typically, I have calls with my teams to help them progress their work, as well as with our clients and customers to share what we do. We have design thinking workshops, discovery of new areas by visiting sites, and I also love to spend time learning new technologies.
After completing a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, I joined Tech Mahindra. I have been working here for more than 20 years. In this long journey, I started as a developer, and progressed through roles to design, leading teams as small as 3 members to 300 members, project and program managing large software deliveries, pre-sales, as well as account management for tier 1 telecom customers. I also built a product which brought revenues to our organization. Finally, I landed in the Research and Development group, where I can spread my wings and explore different areas!
I plan to build products for the organization and maybe have my own start-up with a good product!
I love reading, listening to music, writing poetry, and of course, spending time with my teenage kids.
Constantly creating myself; I will never be done!