Sarvam AI appoints Sashikumar Sridharan as President and Chief Business Officer

According to a report by Business Standard, Indian artificial intelligence company Sarvam AI announced on Monday the appointment of Sashikumar Sridharan as the company's President and Chief Business Officer. Sashikumar Sridharan previously served as the Managing Director of Google Cloud India. In this new role, he will also serve as a member of the company's Board of Directors.

Sridharan will now manage Sarvam AI's enterprise and government sector businesses. Additionally, he will be responsible for expanding the company's reach with digital-native companies, developers, and partners. Key departments such as marketing, finance, forward deployed engineering, service delivery, and commercial operations will also function under his leadership. According to the company, more than 100 enterprise and government organizations are currently using Sarvam AI's full-stack platform.

Regarding his new responsibility, Sashikumar Sridharan stated that India should become a creator of the intelligence that runs the world, and joining this opportunity is a commitment. Sarvam AI has once again expressed its view that enterprises should have ownership of their AI systems, where data, models, and agents remain in-house so that the resulting value also stays with them. The company is now focusing on advancing research more deeply, developing attractive products on a global scale, and building an organization capable of operating at a large scale.

Sashikumar Sridharan possesses over three decades of experience in the technology sector. Prior to working at Google Cloud, he led the enterprise business of Microsoft India as Managing Director for more than five years.