NewsThe UKESF is delighted to announce Madhuparna Datta has joined the charity’s board as a Trustee. Madhuparna has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years and has amassed a wealth of experience.
“We’re thrilled to welcome a new Trustee to the UKESF board. Madhuparna brings vast expertise to the role, from the UK and beyond. She has been a supporter of our charity for some time. I’m sure Madhuparna will make a valuable contribution as we continue with our mission to inspire more young people to choose Electronics and address the gender imbalance in our sector.”
Neil Dickins, UKESF Chair of Trustees
Madhuparna is an EDA and VLSI expert who has worked in the UK, India and Sweden. She started off with PCB & FPGA design in Telecom at C-DoT, and then moved to the EDA industry at Cadence Design Systems where she worked across Silicon-Package-Board as well as Digital Design and Implementation product lines. Currently, she is an Application Engineer Director for Cadence, working out of Cambridge.
Madhuparna has mentored many engineers over her career and is keen to inspire the future generation interested in STEM. Her passion for STEM led to a Global Ambassador role for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and she founded their first global affiliate in Cambridgeshire.
At the Electronics Weekly Women Leaders in Electronics Awards 2024 Madhuparna was crowned Mentor of the Year and was also a finalist for Leader of the Year & Woman of the Year. She won the Mentoring award at the Cadence Women Conference in EMEA.
“I look forward to strengthening the UKESF board with my VLSI and EDA industry expertise as well as my global leadership within Society of Women Engineers (SWE). I have been a supporter of the UKESF mission of encouraging more young people to study Electronics and there is great alignment with our values and approaches.”
Madhuparna Datta, AE Director, Cadence Design Systems
