From Microsoft Innovation Centers to executing “One Nation One Subscription” at Springer Nature to leading the Royal Society of Chemistry in South Asia. That’s two decades at the intersection of technology, policy, and scientific research.
Venkatesh Sarvasiddhi, Ph.D. has been appointed Managing Director – India & South Asia at the Royal Society of Chemistry.
His career spans technology, policy, academic publishing, and innovation ecosystem building. He began across technology and consulting firms including Birlasoft, HCLTech, Polaris Software Labs Ltd., and Deloitte, before spending a decade at Microsoft leading Innovation Centers and Tech Policy initiatives. There he built one of India’s largest Microsoft Student Partner ecosystems and strengthened collaboration between industry, startups, and universities.
He later worked with NSDC International Limited under the Ministry of Skill Development, gaining experience in national policy frameworks. At Springer Nature, he served as Managing Director for India and helped execute the “One Nation One Subscription” initiative with the Ministry of Education and the Principal Scientific Adviser, expanding nationwide access to global scientific research.
Alongside executive roles, he serves as Independent Director at Panacea Biotec, Governing Board Member at The NorthCap University, and angel investor/advisor to startups including Even, Scaler, and Navars Spacetech.
At the Royal Society of Chemistry, he will focus on strengthening collaboration between global research bodies, academia, industry, and government to advance chemical sciences across India and South Asia.
Dr. Sarvasiddhi holds Electrical Engineering from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, an MSc and Doctorate from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, a Management program from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, an Executive Marketing Program from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, and is a Chevening Gurukul Fellow at King's College London.
He was featured by Business India (2008) as one of the Frontrunners and the youngest AVP in Corporate India at age 27, and as a CNBC Young Turk in 2017 for building innovation centers and strengthening India’s academic entrepreneurship ecosystem.
At Boardroom CXO, we see global research organizations increasingly prioritizing leaders who combine policy understanding, ecosystem building, and corporate–academic partnerships to scale scientific impact.
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