Role Players 2012
SONIA SHRIVASTAVA
Head CSR
Intel
Sonia Shrivastava heads CSR for South Asia at Intel. She has an Honours in Systems Management and an MBA in International Business along with formal training in CSR from the World Bank Institute. Over a career spanning a decade and a half, Sonia has had a unique and rich cross sectoral as well as entrepreneurial experience across both Indian and multinational companies as well as NGOs.
Prior to joining Intel, she headed CSR at Moser Baer and ABB. She has also worked with the NGO sector on a variety of cross sector projects and lead Indian delegations on CSR to Europe. She was instrumental in the formulation of the South Asian Forum for Responsible Business and has co-authored a book on Corporate Foundations in India.
At Intel, Sonia is responsible for crafting and driving Intel's CSR strategy and programs across South Asia as well as partnerships in new evolving areas around energy and environment. Her recent inputs include spearheading a study on the impact of ICT on the National Action Plan for Climate Change as well as driving the development of energy efficiency standards for computers in the country.
Her passion is inclusive development, and she has done path-breaking work in social and economic empowerment specially focused upon the most disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of society.
Prior to joining Intel, she headed CSR at Moser Baer and ABB. She has also worked with the NGO sector on a variety of cross sector projects and lead Indian delegations on CSR to Europe. She was instrumental in the formulation of the South Asian Forum for Responsible Business and has co-authored a book on Corporate Foundations in India.
At Intel, Sonia is responsible for crafting and driving Intel's CSR strategy and programs across South Asia as well as partnerships in new evolving areas around energy and environment. Her recent inputs include spearheading a study on the impact of ICT on the National Action Plan for Climate Change as well as driving the development of energy efficiency standards for computers in the country.
Her passion is inclusive development, and she has done path-breaking work in social and economic empowerment specially focused upon the most disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of society.