Charu leads the Azure Core engineering organization for Compute and Cloud Native technologies driving
impact across Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Migrate, System Center, and Azure Arc. Charu is
also the site leader for the Cloud + AI organization in the India Development Center (IDC) and an active
member of India and IDC leadership teams leading various organization-wide initiatives such as
innovation excellence, diversity & inclusion, and building the next gen of leaders.
Charu Srinivasan holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Anna University and a master’s
degree in computer science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. As a thought leader in
technology and innovation, Charu represents Microsoft in industry and government-led forums. Charu is
a member of the G20 Empower working group on Women in STEM and FICCI Science, Technology, and
Innovation (ST&I) committee. She is a Board member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
National Committee on Technology and helped create the founding vision for CII’s Centre of Excellence
on Digital Transformation.
Charu is on the board of Bryt Learning which partners with budget schools in India to deliver high-quality
premium education. She is passionate about socio-economic change in India through education and
helped found the Asha for Education, Seattle Chapter – a non-profit organization and works with
community partner organizations to amplify their social impact as part of Social Venture Partners,
Hyderabad Chapter.