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Mankiran Chowhan

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Managing Director & SVP - India, Sales & Distribution at Salesforce
📍 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Mankiran Chowhan is the Managing Director for Sales & Distribution at Salesforce India, where she focuses on building high-performance teams and driving growth. With over two decades in enterprise technology at firms like SAP and Gartner, she has a proven track record in digital transformation and holds an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies.

Outside of work, Mankiran is a passionate advocate for social responsibility, serving as Vice-President of the Latika Roy Foundation, an NGO for children with disabilities. A mother of two, she enjoys travel, adventure sports like skydiving and scuba diving, board games, and library visits with her family.

Peers and colleagues recognize her for a collaborative and inspiring leadership style, with a clear vision for driving purposeful and inclusive technology adoption.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Managing Director & SVP - India, Sales & Distribution
Job Level
Senior
Location
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Mankiran shows up

Friendly Yet Blunt
Hard To Convince
Fast Follower

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 They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Priorities

Topics Mankiran cares about

AI in Business
She frequently speaks on scaling AI-first CRM offerings and believes AI agents will resolve 50% of enterprise service issues by 2027, working collaboratively with human teams.
Leadership & Mentorship
Inspired by her father, an army veteran, she focuses on empowering employees with the right tools and confidence to help them succeed and grow professionally.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Managing Director & SVP - India, Sales & Distribution
Salesforce
2-2024 - 7-2025
VP & Business Head: Financial Services & Consumer Industries (FCI)
Salesforce
2-2022 - 1-2024
VP, Enterprise Business, India
Salesforce
10-2020
Board Member
Latika
7-2020 - 1-2022
Board Member
Concur Technologies (India) Private Ltd
In the press

Media appearances

Salesforce' Molly Ford and Mankiran Chowhan on how to … (YouTube interview). Featured in YouTube
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Celebrating Mankiran Chowhan: Salesforce India's trailblazing leader. Featured in Exchange4Media
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Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
Social presence
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DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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