What Happened?
Arlington, VA-based Tata Sons has Appointed Gopichand Katragadda as Group Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Tata Sons is the promoter of the major operating Tata companies and holds significant shareholdings in these companies. Tata companies are commonly referred to as the Tata group and the Chairman of Tata Sons as Chairman of the Tata group. About 66 percent of the equity capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family. The largest of these trusts are the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, which were created by the families of the sons of Jamsetji Tata, the Founder.
About the Person
Prior to joining Tata Sons, Gopichand Katragadda has served as Managing Director of the GE India Technology Centre, leading GE’s India technology team of over 5,000 engineers and scientists. In his 12 years with GE, based at the John F. Welch Technology Center in Bangalore, Dr. Katragadda built new technology teams, facilitated funding of cross-business innovation, championed the commissioning of new research labs, and helped create what is today GE’s largest integrated multidisciplinary R&D centre. Before joining GE, Dr. Katragadda worked with Karta Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, as Vice President – R&D. He also was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas and served on the Board of Directors of Texas Public Radio. Dr. Katragadda has over 30 publications and 5 patents. He has authored a book on innovation, titled ‘SMASH’, published by Wiley. A champion of innovation across India, he serves as a member of various important forums, like the Government of Karnataka’s Vision Group on Information Technology, and is an advisor to various industry bodies. Dr. Katragadda has also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of GE-BEL, and is on the Industry Advisory Board ofthe King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. An active volunteer in community programmes, Dr. Katragadda has also founded an NGO, the India Literacy and Leadership Trust. Dr. Katragadda holds MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. His graduate studies at Iowa State University were funded by grants from NASA and the Gas Research Institute. He was selected as a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2014. He is also a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
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