Krishna Moorthy appointed IESA chief

The India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) has announced the appointment of industry veteran K Krishna Moorthy as president and CEO.

Moorthy has been associated with Rambus India as the Corporate vice president and Managing Director, and led the National Semiconductor India Design centre as Managing Director. He has also held key positions in R&D at Bharat Electronics Ltd. "India with its demonstrated design expertise in systems and semiconductor design is well poised to leverage this strength to create a product ecosystem of high value addition," Moorthy said in a statement.

"Our start-ups and MSME's showed their mettle during the most challenging days of the pandemic creating highly innovative solutions on real-world problems," he added.

IESA represents India's electronics and semiconductor ecosystem and has a member base of more than 400 companies.