Himani Agarwal

Himani Agrawal is the Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft India and South Asia, where she is responsible for driving revenue growth by aligning business priorities across the organisation and advancing strategic innovation, operational excellence, and business transformation across the region.

With more than 25 years of experience, Agrawal has held several leadership roles at Microsoft. Most recently, as Chief Partner Officer, she strengthened Microsoft’s network of more than 20,000 partners across 850 Indian cities, helping accelerate cloud and AI adoption among enterprises, startups, and public sector organisations. Prior to that, she served in key leadership positions, including Chief of Staff and Country Head for Azure and Business Applications, where she built high-performing teams and led large-scale growth initiatives.

Agrawal has been closely involved in Microsoft’s AI and cloud strategy and believes artificial intelligence is evolving from a technology tool into a core business capability. She views AI, cloud, and data as the foundational pillars of a new era of enterprise transformation, enabling organisations to make faster decisions, improve operational efficiency, and unlock new growth opportunities. She has also emphasised the growing role of human-AI collaboration in redefining productivity and helping businesses become more agile and resilient.

An advocate for responsible and scalable AI adoption, Agrawal sees Microsoft’s investments in expanding its data centre infrastructure in India as a key enabler of the country’s digital and AI ambitions. She believes access to secure, local, hyperscale cloud infrastructure will help enterprises, startups, and public sector organisations accelerate innovation while meeting evolving data and compliance requirements. Through her leadership, she continues to support Microsoft’s efforts to help customers build AI-enabled, future-ready businesses.