Jitendra Chaddah — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

MD & India Country Head for GlobalFoundries, leading strategic direction for India growth and operations.
General Manager of Global FAB Engineering Services (GFES), expanding GF’s Fab capabilities in India, Malaysia, and other countries.
Spent 27 years at Intel in leadership roles across the US, India, and Mexico, developing and ramping R&D sites and managing supply chain operations.
Instrumental in forming India’s first hardware start-up incubator through the MakerLab program.
Past Chairman of IESA (India Electronics and Semiconductor Association), navigating its strategic growth.
Founding member of SFAL (Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab), India’s first fabless start-up initiative.

Biography

Jitendra Chaddah serves as the MD & India Country Head for GlobalFoundries, where he is responsible for leading the strategic direction for the company's overall India growth, strengthening ecosystem connections with government, academia, industry, and the community, and ensuring operational excellence.