Poornima Shenoy appointed ISA chief

Poornima Shenoy, head of marketing and strategy of Manipal Education and Medical Group, has been appointed the full time president of the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). Shenoy will start in July, an ISA statement said here on Thursday.

"Semiconductor chip design and ultimately fabrication will be the next big thing coming out of India," Shenoy told Business Standard. ISA, which was set up here by "an extraordinarily proactive group of CEOs", had set in motion several initiatives, she said.