Jaya Jagadish

Jaya Jagadish is the country head of AMD India and senior vice president of silicon design engineering, leading one of AMD’s largest global design centres. Under her leadership, the team has grown from a small engineering team to a design centre of over 9,000 strong engineers.

Jagadish stands as a transformative leader in the global semiconductor industry landscape. At a time when engineering design work in India was limited, Jagadish was a trailblazer, assembling and mentoring a high-performance team at AMD. Under her leadership, the India design centre has expanded significantly, playing a pivotal role in AMD’s global product roadmap across CPUs, GPUs, SoCs, and AI.

Today, AMD is well-positioned to address the AI market with a comprehensive portfolio offering end-to-end solutions that integrate both advanced hardware and optimised software to power AI infrastructure at scale. Under Jagadish’s leadership, there is a strong focus on upskilling employees in AI and emerging technologies, ensuring the workforce is future-ready and aligned with the evolving demands of the industry.

Beyond AMD, she has been actively working with the government of India in shaping the country’s semiconductor policy and ecosystem. As chairperson of the Semiconductor Talent Building Committee under the India Semiconductor Mission, Jagadish collaborated with government and industry stakeholders to position India as a global hub for semiconductor talent.