AMD elevates Dasaradha Gude as MD

BANGALORE,INDIA: IT solutions provider AMD today announced the appointment of Dasaradha Gude (known as “GD”), as the managing director for AMD India.

He would be responsible for AMD India R and D operations that include in-region development and management of AMD’s broad and growing portfolio of consumer and commercial platforms and processors.

Prior to this Dasaradha Gude was associated with AMD as managing director of the AMD R and D center, Hyderabad and has rendered his service to the company for the past ten years.

He was also instrumental in establishing AMD’s ‘Centre of Excellence for Audio Technology’, said a press release.

“GD’s new responsibilities form a critical part of our strategy to sustain AMD’s growth in the region. Going ahead, we see India playing a leading role towards strengthening the company’s existing technology leadership through the Indian engineering operations,” said Jeff VerHeul, corporate vice president of Silicon Design Engineering at AMD.

“AMD India has grown significantly since its inception and has turned out to be a critical contributor to the product roadmap of the company,” According to Dasaradha Gude.

“The creation of a centralized engineering organization helps align and focus AMD’s world-class engineers and intellectual property portfolio on the strong business opportunities in front of us. We look forward to taking our engineering activities in India to greater heights,” he added.