India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier industry body representing the Indian Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, today announced its new Executive Council (EC) for the year 2015-16.

Vinay Shenoy, Vice President & Managing Director, Infineon Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. has taken over the role of Chairman for 2015-16. He was Vice Chairman for 2014-15. K. Krishnamoorthy, Managing Director, Rambus Chip Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd., will be the new Vice Chairman of IESA and Santhanakrishnan Raman, Managing Director, LSI India R&D Pvt. Ltd., an Avago Technologies Company will serve as the Treasurer.

Shenoy has more than two decades of experience in Semiconductor and Electronics Industries. He has been associated with the sector since its nascent stages.

His experience spans Telecom, Digital Broadcasting and Consumer Electronics markets. In the past, he has worked with some of the major players in India’s semiconductors and Electronics such as Texas Instruments, NXP, Philips Electronics and SemIndia at senior levels.

The newly elected Executive Council members are Ashwini Aggarwal, Director - Govt. Affairs, Applied Materials India Pvt. Ltd., Guru Ganesan, President & Managing Director, ARM Embedded Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Vikram Labhe, Sr. Managing Director, India, PMC –Sierra India (P) Ltd.

Ashok Chandak, Senior Director, Global Sales and Marketing at NXP Semiconductors, who was the previous Chairman at IESA will continue on the Executive Council in his capacity as Advisor.

Other members who continue to be on the Council are Ganesh Guruswamy, MD, SanDisk India, Jaswinder Ahuja, MD, Cadence Design Systems, Kumud Srinivasan, President, Intel India, and Dr. Satya Gupta, Founder and CEO, Concept2Silicon Systems.