She has received the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the highest civilian honour for women in India.
[3] She then got married and moved to the US in her twenties, gaining a BSc in mathematics and operations research from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, and then a Masters in engineering at Oregon State University.
[2] She was granted permanent visa status as an Overseas Citizen of India the following year by then-President Manmohan Singh.
[2] The previous year, she told The Hindu Business Line "India is the largest R&D house for Intel outside of the United States and we are continuing to grow".
[6] She was recognised for her work in promoting rural broadband internet connectivity and innovations in semiconductor chips.