Nirupa Chander

Nirupa is Senior Vice President of Secure Power & Data Centers, International Operations for Schneider Electric. Nirupa leads a division of more than 700 professionals, supporting customers and partners in their digital transformation journeys and achieving their sustainability goals in an all-electric world across international zones, including East Asia, Japan, Pacific, India, MEA, and South America. A veteran of the energy industry, Nirupa has extensive experience in energy grids, micro-grids, and automation, as well as project management, engineering, service and business development. Beginning her career with India’s largest industrial electrical company, she progressed from project engineering roles through project management, and country manager roles with major engineering firms, such as ABB and Hitachi Energy, in Singapore and Australia before joining Schneider Electric in 2022 as Vice President of Power Systems for the Middle East and Africa.