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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sanjay Mehrotra<br />
| image = Sanjay_Mehrotra_-_Micron.png<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|06|27}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| education = [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani|BITS Pilani]]<BR/> [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]])<br />
| spouse = Sangeeta Mehrotra<br />
| children = 2<br />
| title = CEO of [[Micron Technology|Micron]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Sanjay Mehrotra''' is an [[Indian Americans|Indian American]] business executive and the CEO of [[Micron Technology]]. He was the co-founder of [[SanDisk]], where he served as [[president (corporate title)|president]] and CEO until its acquisition by [[Western Digital]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=SanDisk | title= SanDisk announces planned retirement of Chairman and CEO Eli Harari | url=http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2010/2010-07-22-sandisk-announces-planned-retirement-of-chairman-ceo/ | date=2010-07-22 | accessdate=2010-07-22}}</ref><ref name ='micron_job'>{{cite news|last1=Tallis|first1=Billy|title=Micron Hires New CEO: Sanjay Mehrotra, SanDisk Co-Founder and Former CEO|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/11305/micron-hires-new-ceo-sanjay-mehrotra-sandisk-cofounder-and-former-ceo|accessdate=27 April 2017|publisher=Anandtech|date=27 April 2017}}</ref> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:SanDisk CEO Sanjay Mehrotra delivers commencement address at UC Berkeley May 18, 2014.jpg|thumb|alt=Sanjay Mehrotra delivered a commencement address to graduates of the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering on May 18, 2014.|Sanjay Mehrotra delivered a commencement address to graduates of the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering on May 18, 2014.]] --><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mehrotra was born in [[Kanpur]], India, the youngest of four siblings. <ref>{{cite news | work=Computer History Museum | title=Oral History of Sanjay Mehrotra | url=https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2019/08/102740455-05-01-acc.pdf | date=2019-02-14 | accessdate=2021-10-11}}</ref> His father was a liaison officer in the cotton industry, who later moved the family to [[New Delhi]] when Mehrotra was 10 years old. At an early age, Mehrotra began expressing interest in math and science, and he has since said that his father and siblings played a significant role in encouraging him to pursue an education in STEM. As a teenager, he began taking mechanical courses in school and eventually transferred over to [[Sardar Patel Vidyalaya]], a top-ranking high school in New Delhi. <br />
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Mehrotra has said that it was his father’s dream to see him continue his education in the U.S., so he committed himself to applying to American universities. At the age of 18, Mehrotra moved to the U.S., transferring from [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science|BITS Pilani]] to attend the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in [[Electrical Engineering]] and [[Computer science|Computer Science]]. He completed his master’s degree by the age of 21. <br />
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He graduated in 2009 from [[Stanford University]] Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni/contact/alumni-association/about-alumni/sanjay-mehrotra|title=Sanjay Mehrotra|work=Stanford Graduate School of Business|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Mehrotra holds more than 70 patents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/27/micron_looks_to_sandisk_for_new_ceo/|title=Micron looks to SanDisk for new CEO|last=Mellor|first=Chris|date=27 April 2017|work=The Register|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en}}</ref> He has published articles in the area of [[non-volatile memory]] design and [[flash memory]] systems.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}<br />
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==SanDisk==<br />
Mehrotra co-founded SanDisk in 1988 and served as president and CEO from 2011 until 2016. He previously served as executive vice president and chief operating officer, senior vice president of engineering, vice president of product development and director of memory design and product engineering.<ref>{{cite news | work=San Jose Mercury News | title= Q&A: SanDisk CEO Sanjay Mehrotra on flash and its 3-D future | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26295010/q-sandisk-ceo-sanjay-mehrotra-flash-and-its | date=2014-08-08 | accessdate=2014-08-08}}</ref><br />
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He has more than 30 years of experience in the non-volatile semiconductor memory industry, including engineering and management positions at SanDisk, Micron, [[Integrated Device Technology]], [[LSI Corporation|SEEQ Technology]], [[Intel]], and [[Atmel]].{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}<br />
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== Micron ==<br />
Following the announcement of [[Mark Durcan]]'s retirement in February 2017, Mehrotra was named chief executive officer.<ref name="micron_job" /> His appointment became effective May 8, 2017, with Durcan serving as an adviser to the company until early August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/micron-ceo-sanjay-mehrotra/|title=Chipmaker Micron Picks SanDisk Co-Founder as New CEO|date=27 April 2017|work=Fortune|access-date=19 September 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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While CEO at Micron, Mehrotra was appointed 2019 chairman of the [[Semiconductor Industry Association]], the primary advocacy organization for the U.S. semiconductor industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/micron-president-and-ceo-sanjay-mehrotra-elected-chair-of-semiconductor-industry-association-300758025.html|title = Micron President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra Elected Chair of Semiconductor Industry Association}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Mehrotra has received the following awards and honors:<br />
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* "IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award" (with SanDisk co-founders Ei Harari and Jack Yuan) for "leadership in the development and commercialization of Flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory-based data storage products", 2006.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=IEEE | title= IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award | url=http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/datastorage.html | date=2006-06-01 | accessdate=2006-06-01}}</ref><br />
* "CEO of the Year" from the Entrepreneur's Foundation of Silicon Valley in recognition of his leadership in advancing SanDisk's community service activities, December 10, 2013.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=Silicon Valley Community Foundation | title= Silicon Valley Community Foundation recognizes Five Award Winners at Annual Powered by EF reception | url=http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/press-release-january-7-2014 | date=2013-12-10 | accessdate=2014-01-07}}</ref><br />
* "Distinguished Alumni Award in Electrical Engineering" from the University of California, Berkeley, 2013.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=University of California, Berkeley | title= Berkeley EECS Distinguished Alumni | url=https://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/alumni/distinguished.shtml#outstanding | date=2013-06-01 | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref><br />
* "Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award" from the [[Chinese Institute of Engineers USA]] at the 13th annual Asian American Engineer of the Year Award ceremony March 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=India West | title= Lifetime Achievement Award for SanDisk's Sanjay Mehrotra | url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/business/lifetime-achievement-award-for-sandisk-s-sanjay-mehrotra/article_c292f2a3-0560-5b01-b362-70f8f347a2b4.html?mode=jqm | date=2014-03-01 | accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref><br />
* Mehrotra was honored by the [[American India Foundation]] for "personal philanthropic efforts and for leading SanDisk's programs to advance educational opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, March 21, 2015.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=American India Foundation | title= Annual Bay Area Gala 2015 | url=http://aif.org/event/annual-bay-area-gala-2015/ | date=2015-03-21 | accessdate=2015-03-21}}</ref><br />
* "Philanthropic CEO of the Year" from the American Red Cross Silicon Valley for his "remarkable impact toward fulfilling [the] mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering locally, nationally and internationally," October 24, 2015.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=The Mercury News | title= Sandisk’s Sanjay Mehrotra named American Red Cross’ Philanthropic CEO of the Year | url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/10/08/sandisks-sanjay-mehrotra-named-american-red-cross-philanthropic-ceo-of-the-year/ | date=2015-10-08 | accessdate=2021-09-30}}</ref><br />
*2019 Flash Memory Summit Lifetime Achievement Award for “co-founding SanDisk, advancing the architecture that enabled the industry and market for flash memory, and leadership of Micron Technology, Inc. and the Semiconductor Industry Association.” <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flashmemorysummit.com/English/News_Info/Lifetime_Achievement_Award/Lifetime_Achievement_Award_2019.html|title=Flash Memory Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 - Sanjay Mehrotra}}</ref><br />
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==Activities==<br />
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On April 18, 2014, Mehrotra along with [[S. Shankar Sastry]], Dean and Carlson Professor of Engineering at UC Berkeley, opened the SanDisk Computing Lab College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. The lab was funded by a $1 million donation by SanDisk to the College of Engineering. The donation also funded recently completed renovations to Cory Hall, home of the College's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}<br />
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Mehrotra currently serves on the board of directors for [[Micron Technology]], [[CDW]], Stanford Health Care, [[Semiconductor Industry Association]], and the Engineering Advisory Board at the [[University of California, Berkley]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cdw.com/content/cdw/en/about/overview/our-leadership/sanjay-mehrotra.html|title=Sanjay Mehrotra}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=209278&privcapId=289030 Executive Profile, Sanjay Mehrotra]<br />
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