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Ambica Rajagopal, PHD

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Senior Fellow at Asia Human Capital Center, The Conference Board
📍 France

As Group Chief Data and AI Officer at Michelin, Ambica Rajagopal leads enterprise-wide AI transformation, focusing on driving business impact. A holder of a PhD from Purdue University, she is described as super smart with deep technical expertise. Her passion is guiding companies through the cultural shift required to adopt new technologies.

Ambica is a self-described "journey person" who focuses on continuous evolution rather than fixed goals. She champions empathy as a critical technical skill and believes in building cultures where people and technology grow together. She takes personal pride in her brothers work in sustainable design, sharing his accomplishments publicly.

She holds a patent for a system designed to predict and manage the impacts of catastrophic events.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Senior Fellow
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
France
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Priorities

Topics Ambica cares about

Enterprise AI Adoption
She emphasizes that empathy is the key to successfully deploying AI within large organizations and changing how people work.
AI in Manufacturing
She leads over 200 AI use cases at Michelin, including systems for visual defect inspection in tire manufacturing and supply chain forecasting.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Senior Fellow
Asia Human Capital Center, The Conference Board
5-2023
Expert Advisory Panel
Dallas Venture Capital
9-2022
Group Chief Data and AI Officer
Michelin
2-2021 - 8-2023
Member, NASSCOM AI Industry 4.0 Forum
NASSCOM Centre of Excellence IoT & AI
8-2020 - 9-2022
Group Chief AI Officer
Michelin
In the press

Media appearances

Where AI Meets the Road | Ambica Rajagopal, Michelin (CAIO Connect Podcast). Featured in Spotify
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Reframing India's AI Future: Insights from Ambica Rajagopal on the CAIO Connect Podcast with Sanjay Puri. Featured in Asheville Citizen‑Times (EIN Presswire)
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Education
2000 - 2006
Phd
Purdue University
1996 - 2000
BS
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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