Ashok Chandak appointed IESA Chairman

Electronics industry body IESA today appointed Senior Director of NXP Semiconductor Ashok Chandak as its new Chairman
"Ashok Chandak, Senior Director, Global Sales and Marketing at NXP Semiconductors, who was earlier the Vice Chairman for 2013-14, has taken over the role of Chairman for 2014-15," India Electronics and Semiconductor Association said in a statement.
IESA has been providing crucial policy inputs for pushing electronics and semiconductor manufacturing growth in the country.
"With the manufacturing too taking shape, we foresee India playing a significant role in the global electronics sphere. This is an exciting phase for developing an indigenous Electronics and Semiconductor industry," Chandak said.

Electronic chip designing firm Infineon Technologies' Managing Director Vinay Shenoy will be the new Vice Chairman of IESA. Rambus Technologies MD Krishna Moorthy K will serve as the new Treasurer.
The newly elected Executive Council members are SanDisk India MD Ganesh Guruswamy, Cadence Design Systems MD Jaswinder Ahuja, Intel India President Kumud Srinivasan, LSI India MD Santhanakrishnan Raman and Concept2Silicon Systems Founder and CEO Satya Gupta.
IESA's previous Chairman Sanjeev Keskar will remain on the Executive Council as Advisor.