Chandra Balani

Chandra Balani is working in AWS India out of Hyderabad since 2013. He comes with almost 3 decades of experience in IT Industry. Chandra is currently Head, AWS Industries India since Jan’20. AWS Industries include Global Accounts having GCCs (Global Capability Centers) with huge India presence in various verticals like Financial Services, Manufacturing, Automotive, Life Sciences, Media, High Tech and others. Working as a General Manager leading the team across functions including Account Managers, Solutions Architects, Customer Solutions Managers, Partner Managers responsible for AWS Industries business in India. Before AWS Industries, Chandra led the Geo expansion for AWS in India & SAARC for 7 years. Chandra is a certified AWS AI Practitioner and has helped large enterprises with their digital transformation journeys, helping them move to the cloud and innovate faster with AI/ML/GenAI/AgenticAI. Chandra advises large enterprises on transformation & innovation by helping customers build a culture of innovation and by creating an innovator’s mindset across their organization. Chandra leads the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity initiatives for AWS in India. He is also a Culture Champ, Bar Raiser, certified Culture of Innovation speaker, certified Learnings from Amazon (LfA) speaker, certified EQ evangelist and helps Amazon & Customers on EPIC leadership, leading with Empathy, Purpose, Inspiration and Connection. He is active on Linkedin with 40,000+ followers and uses the social media platform to update his network about the latest innovation from AWS and Amazon. In his free time, he enjoys singing on Karaoke and listens to Bollywood songs.