India Post News Service

CHICAGO: Padmasree Warrior, an Indian American businesswoman, was accorded one of the prestigious awards here. YWCA Metropolitan Chicago announced its 2007 recipients of the Leader Luncheon Outstanding Achievement and Racial Justice Awards to outstanding women. Padmasree Warrior is Motorola's executive vice president and chief technology officer responsible for the company's $3.7 billion research and development investment.

Padmasree leads Motorola's global team of 26,000 engineers and direct Motorola Labs, Motorola's software, emerging early-stage businesses and the corporation's intellectual property portfolio. Under her leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States.

She also serves on the boards of Chicago's Joffrey Ballet and Museum of Science and Industry, the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), the Chicago Mayor's Technology Council, Cornell University Engineering Council and advisory council of Indian Institute of Technology. In 2001 she was one of six women nationwide selected to receive the "Women Elevating Science and Technology" award from Working Woman Magazine.

Recently, The Economic Times ranked Warrior as the 11th Most Influential Global Indian and she was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.