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Aparna Gupta

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Vice President, Global Centre for Innovation & Delivery (GCID) at Microsoft
📍 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Aparna Gupta is the Vice President of Microsofts Global Center for Innovation & Delivery, where she drives customer innovation and cloud growth. With over three decades of experience, she leverages deep techno-commercial skills and holds a Masters degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

She is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, actively volunteering with organizations like NASSCOM and the Anita Borg Institute to promote women in technology. Aparna is dedicated to mentoring, fostering a "pay it forward" energy, and driving a culture of shared, human-centric growth.

Early in her career, she worked in a biotechnology lab focusing on protein sequencing and the development of a vaccine for Malaria.

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Experience
33 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Global Centre for Innovation & Delivery (GCID)
Job Level
Senior
Location
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Aparna shows up

Challenger
Persuasive & Assertive
Hard To Convince

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Priorities

Topics Aparna cares about

Human-Centric AI
Participated in the “Human Flourishing in the Age of AI” panel, emphasizing a shift from technology theory to real-world impact through trust, inclusion, and responsibility.
AI in Development
Actively discusses how Agentic AI and tools like GitHub Copilot are reshaping the software development lifecycle from simple assistance to true human-agent collaboration.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Vice President, Global Centre for Innovation & Delivery (GCID)
Microsoft
7-2025 - 12-2025
Regional Delivery leader, Asia (interim)- Industry Solutions
Microsoft
11-2023 - 9-2025
Global Delivery Centre Leader, Industry Solutions
Microsoft
10-2023
Member Board of Directors
TIH-IoT
7-2019 - 11-2023
Executive Director, Customer Success
Microsoft
In the press

Media appearances

Microsoft appoints Aparna Gupta as Global Delivery Center leader. Featured in Microsoft News (Microsoft Stories India)
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Aparana Gupta – Leading Microsoft Digital Workplace Insight With AI. Featured in YouTube
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Education
Master's degree
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Class XII AISCE
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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