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In this episode of Corner Office Conversation, we sit down with Sindhu Gangadharan, Managing Director of SAP Labs India and Chairperson of NASSCOM. From being the first woman to lead SAP Labs India to driving its AI-first transformation, Sindhu shares her journey, the bold decisions that shaped her career, and why India has become SAP’s biggest R&D hub outside Europe. Joined by Anirban Chowdhury and ET’s tech expert Beena Parmar, she discusses how the geopolitical turmoil is an opportunity for problem solving, how the AI boom is no bubble and why it’s now about whether India will build its own Anthropic…it’s how soon. 

You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: Twitter and Linkedin

You can follow Beena Parmar on her Linkedin, Twitter profiles and read her Newspaper Articles.

Listen to Corner Office Conversation: Corner Office Conversation with Pawan Goenka, Chairman, IN-SPACe, Corner Office Conversation with The New Leaders of Indian Pharma and much more.


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In this episode of Corner Office Conversation, we sit down with Sindhu Gangadharan, Managing Director of SAP Labs India and Chairperson of NASSCOM. From being the first woman to lead SAP Labs India to driving its AI-first transformation, Sindhu shares her journey, the bold decisions that shaped her career, and why India has become SAP&rsquo;s biggest R&amp;D hub outside Europe. Joined by Anirban Chowdhury and ET&rsquo;s tech expert Beena Parmar, she discusses how the geopolitical turmoil is an opportunity for problem solving, how the AI boom is no bubble and why it&rsquo;s now about whether India will build its own Anthropic&hellip;it&rsquo;s how soon. You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: <a href="https://twitter.com/AnirbanET">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirban-chowdhury-b5067219/">Linkedin </a>You can follow Beena Parmar on her <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/beena-parmar/">Linkedin</a>, <a href="https://x.com/BeenaParmarET">Twitter</a> profiles and read her <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/etreporter/author-beena-parmar-479262712.cms?from=mdr">Newspaper Articles</a>. Listen to Corner Office Conversation: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation/id1827451035?i=1000718205446">Corner Office Conversation with Pawan Goenka, Chairman, IN-SPACe</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation/id1827451035?i=1000720534576">Corner Office Conversation with The New Leaders of Indian Pharma</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation/id1827451035">much more</a>.
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Corner Office Conversation is The Economic Times’ flagship interview podcast featuring unfiltered, one-on-one conversations with some of India and the world’s most powerful business leaders.

Hosted by ET’s top journalists and editors, this fortnightly show goes beyond headlines and press releases to explore how CEOs and founders think, decide, and lead in an era of disruption.

From Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), and Roland Busch (Siemens) to Adar Poonawalla (Serum Institute), Suresh Narayanan (Nestlé India), and Ravi Kumar S (Cognizant), these conversations uncover personal leadership playbooks, global strategy pivots, lessons from failures, and bold visions for the future — across industries like tech, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and consumer goods.

New episodes drop every alternate Monday.

Corner Office Conversation is The Economic Times&rsquo; flagship interview podcast featuring unfiltered, one-on-one conversations with some of India and the world&rsquo;s most powerful business leaders.
Hosted by ET&rsquo;s top journalists and editors, this fortnightly show goes beyond headlines and press releases to explore how CEOs and founders think, decide, and lead in an era of disruption.
From Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), and Roland Busch (Siemens) to Adar Poonawalla (Serum Institute), Suresh Narayanan (Nestl&eacute; India), and Ravi Kumar S (Cognizant), these conversations uncover personal leadership playbooks, global strategy pivots, lessons from failures, and bold visions for the future &mdash; across industries like tech, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and consumer goods.
New episodes drop every alternate Monday.