CIO OPINION

A long-term career path requires a lot of investment of time and effort , and when you ’ ve got conflicting responsibilities it ’ s hard .

With years of experience in the tech industry , Nirupa Chander , Senior Vice President , Secure Power Division , International Operations , Schneider Electric , shares insights into her career progression from her early days as an engineer to her current role leading a global team of over 700 individuals . She also discusses the challenges and opportunities she has encountered and her vision for the future .

Congratulations on the new role as Senior Vice President . Please tell us a bit about yourself and your career to date , and how you came into this industry .

I ’ m an engineer , first and foremost . I ’ ve worked for over 20 years in the electrical industry .

I graduated from Gujarat University with an Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications , then worked in India for five years , Australia for 10 , and five in Singapore before moving to the Middle East . And I have now been in Dubai for two-and-a-half years .

I ’ ve worked across a lot of the geographies that I will be covering now leading Schneider Electric ’ s Secure

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