Sarvam AI has appointed Sashikumar Sreedharan as President & Chief Business Officer, bringing the former Managing Director of Google Cloud India into the company’s leadership team as it scales its enterprise operations and sovereign AI platform.
In his new role, Sreedharan will contribute to Sarvam AI’s business growth as the company expands the adoption of its generative AI capabilities across enterprises and institutions.
Sreedharan joins Sarvam AI from Google, where he served as Managing Director – Google Cloud India, leading the company’s cloud business in the country. Prior to this, he served as Chief Operating Officer for Google Cloud APAC, gaining regional leadership experience across the cloud technology ecosystem.
Before joining Google, Sreedharan was Managing Director at Microsoft India, where he led the Enterprise Commercial Business. He previously served as CEO & Managing Director at Happiest Minds Technologies, leading its digital technology services business across digital transformation, modern enterprise solutions, infrastructure and product engineering.
His earlier leadership experience includes serving as Vice President & Managing Director at CSC, where he was responsible for its India operations. At SAP, he served as Vice President & Managing Director and was responsible for the global delivery of SAP Consulting Services across delivery centres in India, China and Latin America.
Sreedharan has also held several leadership positions at Microsoft, with responsibilities spanning Premier Field Engineering in Asia, general management, sales and industry verticals. His career additionally includes leadership assignments with Sutherland Global Services, IBM and Wipro Infotech, covering enterprise technology, sales, account management and business operations.
With experience spanning enterprise technology, cloud, digital transformation, global delivery, enterprise sales and business leadership, Sreedharan brings a broad leadership background to Sarvam AI.
As President & Chief Business Officer, he joins Sarvam AI as the company works to scale a full-stack sovereign AI ecosystem designed for governments, enterprises and nonprofits in India.
