# Radha Basu

> Radha Ramaswami Basu is the founder and CEO of iMerit Technology, a leading AI data annotation and services company that employs over 7,400 people worldwide - 52% of whom are women, and 80% from underserved communities. With 40+ years in tech spanning Hewlett-Packard (where she built the India software center into a $1.2B operation), Support.com (which she took public on NASDAQ), and now iMerit, she sits at the intersection of AI infrastructure and social impact. She co-founded the Anudip Foundation in 2005, which trained 120,000+ youth from low-income households - and it was those same graduates who became iMerit's first annotators. Today iMerit powers AI pipelines for autonomous vehicles, healthcare imaging, and generative AI at scale.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at iMerit Technology
- **Organizations:** iMerit Technology, Anudip Foundation, Support.com, Hewlett-Packard, NetHope
- **From:** Tamil Nadu, India
- **Nationality:** American-Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy (Chennai, India), Master's degree, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Executive Management Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Built HP India software operations from scratch into a $1.2 billion global business, Led Support.com through IPO on NASDAQ (2000) and secondary offering (2003), Founded iMerit Technology, now employing 7,400+ people with 52% women workforce

## Career timeline

- **1978** — Joined Hewlett-Packard as an engineer after completing Master's at USC
- **1985** — Founded HP's operations in India - established HP's first software center in Bangalore
- **1985-1998** — Grew HP's Electronic Business Software Division into a $1.2 billion global business as General Manager
- **1999** — Became CEO of Support.com (support automation software)
- **2000** — Led Support.com through its IPO on NASDAQ
- **2003** — Led Support.com secondary public offering
- **2005** — Co-founded Anudip Foundation with husband Dipak Basu to train youth from low-income households
- **2012** — Founded iMerit Technology, initially leveraging Anudip graduates for AI annotation projects
- **2014** — Received UN Women-ITU Gender-Equality Mainstreaming Technology Award
- **2020** — Named Business Leader of The Year at World Leadership Congress & Awards
- **2021** — iMerit raised $28.5M in Series C funding; recognized as India's Best Leader in Times of Crisis
- **2022** — Named CEO of the Year at Entrepreneur Awards; Anudip Foundation celebrated 120,000+ trained students
- **2024** — iMerit won AI Tech Solutions Company of the Year 2024 (ASSOCHAM)
- **2025** — Named Impactful CEO 2025 by Economic Times; iMerit won Best Data Annotation Platform for Ango Hub
- **2026** — Received She Shapes AI Award from Persistent Systems at Indiaspora Global AI Summit

## Achievements

- Built HP India software operations from scratch into a $1.2 billion global business
- Led Support.com through IPO on NASDAQ (2000) and secondary offering (2003)
- Founded iMerit Technology, now employing 7,400+ people with 52% women workforce
- Co-founded Anudip Foundation, training 120,000+ youth from underserved communities
- UN Women-ITU Gender-Equality Mainstreaming Technology Award (2014)
- Economic Times Impactful CEO 2025
- She Shapes AI Award, Indiaspora Global AI Summit 2026
- CEO of the Year, Entrepreneur Awards 2022
- Business Leader of The Year, World Leadership Congress & Awards 2020
- Global Thinkers Forum Award for Excellence in Youth Development
- Silicon Valley Business Journal Women of Influence Award
- iMerit named AI Tech Solutions Company of the Year 2024 (ASSOCHAM)
- iMerit Ango Hub named Best Data Annotation Platform, Economic Times Making AI Awards 2025
- Pioneered the concept of using underserved community talent for precision AI data work

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Received She Shapes AI Award from Persistent Systems at Indiaspora Global AI Summit 2026; delivered keynote on 'The Global Race for AI'
- **2025-07** — iMerit announced 'Scholars' program - invite-only global network of cognitive experts (PhDs, MDs, lawyers, linguists, engineers) for advanced AI annotation
- **2025-03** — Spoke at TiE Global Summit Bengaluru Beyond Ceilings session on unlocking AI opportunities in non-tech industries
- **2025-02** — Spoke on 'The Power of Responsible AI in India' at India Abroad event
- **2025-01** — Named Economic Times Impactful CEO 2025; iMerit won Best Data Annotation Platform (Ango Hub) at Economic Times Making AI Awards
- **2024-01** — Spoke at NASSCOM Foundation Tech for Good Conference on Responsible AI
- **2024-00** — iMerit named AI Tech Solutions Company of the Year 2024 by ASSOCHAM

## Links

- Website: https://imerit.net
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/radha-basu-b181225
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/radharbasu
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radha_basu8/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iMeritTechnology/

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Last updated: 2026-05-18