Mukesh Khare

Dr. Mukesh V. Khare is General Manager of IBM Semiconductors division and Vice President of Hybrid Cloud research at IBM Research. He leads a global team of more than 1500 researchers and engineers that are re-defining the future of computing for next generation workloads such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing, and their delivery via hybrid multi cloud. His research agenda includes semiconductor process technology, chip design for accelerated computing, system architecture and hybrid cloud software. Throughout his career, Dr. Khare has built and driven collaborative research alliances that lead to breakthrough advances in computing, such as 7nm and 2nm chip technologies. In 2019, he championed the formation of the AI Hardware Center, a USD 2.3B initiative and in 2023 a USD 10B initiative to create High NA EUV research center through public-private partnerships at the Albany Nanotech Complex.

He serves on the Board of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), which manages more than $100 million in funding for the university research as well as key academic-consortium boards such as Purdue, State University of New York. Mukesh was the recipient of the Asian American Executive of the year award in 2021 and SEMI Sustainability Excellence Award in 2023. He is also an industrial advisor to the US Department of Commerce and the India Semiconductor Mission on their CHIPS Acts. Mukesh was awarded IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2024 for his contributions in corporate world. Dr. Khare served as the General Chair of the 2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology, has co-authored more than 100 research papers and holds many U.S. and international patents.

Dr. Khare is a recipient of IBM Corporate Award, IBM’s highest technical award for his leadership in delivering innovative technologies and is also an IBM Distinguished Engineer. He holds a Master of Technology from IIT Bombay and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Yale University. He is a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and sponsors initiatives such as PowerUp for women engineers.