Shampa Banerjee is Chief Product Officer at Silicon Valley-based Eros Digital, which is the digital arm of Eros International, the world’s largest integrated studio for Bollywood films. We were curious to find out how she developed an interest in math and science and came to work in Silicon Valley.
Growing up in India Banerjee developed a deep interest in science. Physics was her favorite subject. After doing her undergraduate degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur, she came to the US for graduate studies. Banerjee was pursuing a post doctoral in physics when a chance conversation with a friend in Silicon Valley changed her career path. Banerjee knew how to write code, which was a much sought after skill in Silicon Valley in the 1990s. It was not her Phd and post-doc work in Physics that brought her to Silicon Valley, but her ability to code and write software programs.
SHAMPA BANERJEE, CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER OF EROS DIGITAL
As part of her work in the world of academia Banerjee had learnt to code. Coding was a tool, a means to an end for her research work points out Banerjee. Tune in to find out how Banerjee came to work in Silicon Valley and if she thinks differently from an engineer when she architects and writes code. What is her role at Eros Digital that streams Bollywood films and other Indian programs. Tune in to find out.
This interview was originally aired on TV in the US. This is part of our Women in Science and Tech series sponsored by Zoho.
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