A real natural with Arundathi Rao

From Software People Stories by PM Power Consulting

April 18, 2026 · 53 min

About this episode

Arundathi Rao shares her extensive career journey in technology and leadership, emphasizing the importance of innovation and the impact of AI.

Host: Chitra Gurjar 4 decades and counting, always energized to do something, work is my DNA From post and telegraph to giving tuitions to creating her own agency to study An advocate for herself, nurturing her desire to serve Turning away “assured” job offers to join Defence Labs as a Scientist at CABS Moved onto a “lesser assurance” to join HP People and culture at the heart of her 3+decade stay at HP Challenging status quo, try and fail, Innovation has to be a part of one’s daily life Stay focused on problems that you are solving and layer tools and technology to solve your problem Focus on incremental delivery of value Holding a people vision through the course of her work Strong belief that “AI will improve the quality of jobs” Learning is a constant - continue to build Apply training and learning programs intentionally Working on a market analysis - next gen quoter Strong belief on impact of AI on Healthcare and Education Believing that coaching is something everyone should learn, enable people as answers lie within each one Working with a non-profit Daksham skills and Dreams Designs Arundathi has been working in technology and leadership related roles for the last 40+…

People in this episode

Host: Chitra Gurjar

Guest: Arundathi Rao

Topics covered

technology
leadership
AI impact
career development
innovation

Keywords

technology
leadership
AI
career
innovation
healthcare
education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Defence R&D Organisation, Hewlett Packard, Daksham skills and Dreams Designs

Places: India