Leadership Team

Shoma Bakre

Managing Partner

Shoma Bakre is the co-founder and managing partner of EmPower Research. At EmPower, she heads the media practice, and the overall India operations - Human Resources, Finance, IT Support, Facilities and Administration.

Shoma has over 16 years of experience in diverse areas - media, human resources, business development, and teaching.  She spent several years in the U.S., working with companies such as Applied Materials and N-Media, Inc., a start-up, before returning to India where she set up EmPower’s Global Research Center.

As a managing partner, she continues to transform the India office into a best-in-class delivery center. Shoma also guided EmPower Research to attain ISO 9001 certification and pass on the benefits of global best practices to both customers and employees.

Shoma is active on the various leadership forums of NASSCOM. She was featured in the “My Mentor” series launched at NASSCOM in 2009 sharing the stories of successful women achievers, whose stories are meant to inspire and motivate upcoming women leaders. She has also delivered her leadership story at the inclusivity initiatives in NASSCOM.

She is on the Board of a prestigious B-School to provide her entrepreneurial wisdom to a progressive educational institution and its aspiring students. Shoma has delivered several lectures on media and its changing role in businesses today and has also published many write-ups on diverse subjects such as the evolution of new media, role of women in today’s world, and HR practices/issues.

She has a MBA from the San Jose University in California, U.S.

Shoma is based out of Bangalore, India where EmPower Research’s Global Research Center is located.