Bhanu Cherukuri
Senior Vice President – Strategy and Head of Hitech
Mr.
Bhanuprakash
Cherukuri
(Bhanu)
is
Senior
Vice
President
-
Strategy
at
Infotech
responsible
for
growth
initiatives
at
the
corporate
level
with
responsibility
for
the
M&A
intiatives.
He
is
also
the
business
unit
head
for
the
Hitech
vertical.
Hitech
vertical
addresses
the
product
engineering
service
needs
in
semiconductor,
telecom
and
computing
markets
and
offers
a
range
of
services
from
ASIC
design,
FPGA/Board
Design
and
Embedded
Software
and
System
design
&
development.
Bhanu
has
extensive
experience
in
the
technology
services
industry.
Starting
his
career
as a
software
engineer,
he
has
a
well
rounded
experience
and
has
held
important
responsibilities
in
engineering,
operations
and
business
development.
Bhanu
joined
Infotech
in
2007
to
manage
strategic
growth
initiatives
and
has
been
instrumental
in
Infotech's
entry
in
the
hitech
markets.
Immediately
prior
to
Infotech,
Bhanu
was
with
Aricent
for
5
years.
Aricent
is
the
largest
communication
software
services
firm
providing
design
&
development
services
to
all
the
leading
telecom
network
OEMs.
At
Aricent
he
held
key
responsibilities
for
the
Japan
operations
of
the
company,
the
China
development
centre
and
strategic
business
development.
Prior
to
that,
Bhanu
has
been
an
entrepreneur
and
has
worked
with
marquee
firms
in
the
industry
like
Tata
Consultancy
Services,
Coopers
&
Lybrand
and
Sasken
Communication
Technologies.
Bhanu
has
a
batchelor's
in
computer
science
&
engineering
from
Osmania
University
and
a
masters
in
management
from
Indian
Institute
of
Management,
Bangalore.