Neerja is the product manager for the Healthy Buildings & Sustainability portfolio at a renowned global multinational conglomerate. Prior to that she was the global product manager for the Environmental Sensing portfolio in the electronics division of the same company. She is extremely passionate about using innovation and technology to help humans and the environment. In her current role she focuses on developing strategies and products to help make buildings and infrastructure smarter and healthier for inhabitants through air quality, sustainability and other improvements.

Neerja graduated from the Master of Engineering Management program, a collaborative program between Thayer and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Her research focused on the development of the IoT and industrial platforms, as well as their impact on long standing industries like manufacturing. Prior to that, she received a BE in Industrial and Production engineering from Manipal University (of Satya Nadella fame) and had a brief stint at Goldman Sachs in the securities arm.

She loves to read, write, paint and learn new things. You will often find her travelling to new places and getting lost in art museums and on old, paved streets. She is currently most excited about creating strategies and roadmaps for innovative, new products, leading the local Women in Tech chapter at her company, and looking for more ways to help improve the planet. Always open to talk and connect - reach out to her with the link on her website!