Sashikumar Sreedharan, former Managing Director for India at Google Cloud, has joined Indian AI startup Sarvam as President and Chief Business Officer — and board member, effective Monday, November 9, 2026. The appointment was confirmed by Sarvam in a blogpost and reported by YourStory at 11:07 a.m. IST the same day.
He will oversee enterprise and government sales, digital-native company partnerships, developers, marketing, finance, forward-deployed engineering, service delivery, and commercial operations. No salary, equity stake, or reporting structure beyond his board seat is disclosed. No Indian or global pricing for Sarvam’s products is mentioned in the source, the company offers a full-stack AI platform, but no public price list, tiered plans, or launch dates for specific services are cited.
Sarvam says more than 100 enterprises and government institutions are already building on its platform. Its stated mission remains unchanged: enterprises must retain ownership of their data, models, and AI agents, all kept on-premises or in sovereign cloud environments. Sreedharan called his move “a commitment” to the idea that “India should be a maker of the intelligence the world runs on.” His background includes over five years as Managing Director of Microsoft India’s enterprise business before joining Google Cloud.
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