Vidya has been with GE for over 14 years. Currently, she is the Executive leader for Advanced Design Tools (ADT) Organization globally as well as for the Advanced Technology Organization (ATO) Organization in Bangalore for Aviation Engineering where her team focuses on specializing in physics based methods & tools development as well as science based analysis and design for building the Future of Flight for the GE Aerospace.

She started her career in GE Global Research in Combustion moving into Aviation in the Services Engineering Organization after 5 years. She moved into an Accelerated Leadership program rotating with GE9x Certification testing, Commercial operations and CFM56 product support engineering. Vidya is passionate about Inclusion & Diversity and is has previously co-lead the GE Women’s Network in South Asia. Vidya graduated from IIT Madras with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering. She completed her Masters & PhD from Washington University in Saint Louis and was a post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University prior to joining GE prior to joining GE.

Vidya is married to Ravi who is an entrepreneur and has two daughters – Kriti (12) and Kavya (8). She enjoys spending her time outside work with her family. They love singing, listening to music, traveling and the outdoors.