A Role Model in Tech: Harthy Devarajalu Recognized Tech Leader and Mentor in Hyderabad

Most of us never stop to think about the systems that let thousands of employees across the world log in, collaborate, and stay protected every single day. Harthy Devarajalu thinks about them for a living. This year, Forever Star India Awards recognized that work by presenting her with the Super Woman 2026 Award in the Technology Category, naming her the Best Technology Leader in Hyderabad.

It is the kind of recognition that rarely goes to someone who simply holds a senior title. It goes to someone whose work has made a visible difference, and her story shows exactly that.

Who Is Harthy Devarajalu

Harthy is the GCC Head - Modern Workplace at ArcelorMittal Global Business and Technologies, where she is responsible for how a worldwide workforce experiences technology at work. Her remit covers digital collaboration, endpoint management, Microsoft 365, workplace security, and the growing role of AI in everyday tasks.

She brings more than 16 years of international experience to the job. Her path took her from hands-on technical work into senior leadership, and that technical grounding still shapes how she makes decisions. She understands the technology deeply, but she never loses sight of the people who use it.

Her guiding belief is easy to state and hard to live by- technology creates its greatest impact when it empowers people, enables innovation, and transforms businesses.

Education and Academic Journey of Hyderabad’s Best Technology Leader

Her education says a great deal about her character. Harthy completed her M.Sc. in Information Technology, which gave her a strong academic base. She then went on to take executive education in Cybersecurity for Leaders at the Indian School of Business (ISB), and she is currently enrolled in ISB’s Senior Management Programm.

Many professionals slow down their studies once they reach the top of their field. But she did the opposite. She treats learning as a habit rather than a phase, and that curiosity about emerging technologies has been a quiet engine behind her career.

16+ Years of Digital Transformation Leadership

Harthy’s journey did not happen overnight. She began with a strong technical background and steadily moved into strategic roles by combining technology expertise with business understanding, innovation, and people leadership.

Along the way she has led complex digital transformation programs that reshaped enterprise technology environments for global organizations. Each step added to her ability to connect what a business wants to achieve with what technology can realistically deliver. That skill is why she is widely seen as a digital transformation expert in Hyderabad and a trusted enterprise technology leader.

Modern Workplace, Microsoft 365 and AI Innovation

Think of her role as keeping a very large machine modern, safe, and pleasant to use. In practice, that means:

• Planning and rolling out Microsoft 365 strategy and adoption across a global organization
• Moving enterprise systems and platforms to the cloud
• Bringing AI and automation into daily work
• Managing endpoints and enterprise collaboration platforms
• Protecting people and data through identity management, endpoint protection, and cloud security
• Improving the digital employee experience so technology helps people instead of slowing them down
• Running global IT operations with strong technology governance
• Leading cross-functional teams across regions

What ties all of it together is her ability to line up business strategy with technology innovation, so that the workplace becomes more productive, more collaborative, and more resilient.

A Trusted Cybersecurity Leader in Hyderabad

As organizations become more digital, security can no longer be an afterthought, and Harthy has built it into her leadership approach. Through executive education and hands-on implementation, she has led work in enterprise cybersecurity strategy, cloud security, secure Microsoft 365 environments, endpoint protection, identity and access management, risk mitigation, and secure digital collaboration.

This focus has made her a respected cybersecurity leader in Hyderabad and a trusted advisor for companies that want to modernize without taking on unnecessary risk.

Why Harthy Devarajalu Deserves the Super Woman Award

Awards are easy to hand out and hard to earn, so it is worth looking at what makes Harthy stand out.

• Scale of impact - She leads enterprise-wide programs, not small pilots. The people affected by her decisions number in the thousands, across different countries and time zones.
• Security as a priority - She treats cybersecurity as part of every transformation, not a separate checklist at the end.
• Strong teams - Behind every successful project is a team, and Harthy knows it. She has built global teams that deliver strong results, and she has guided many professionals along the way. 
• Constant growth - Her ongoing studies at ISB show a leader who keeps raising her own standard.
• Giving back - Her work with universities, her leadership sessions, her public speaking, and her mentoring of young professionals show a leader who thinks about who comes next, not just about what she has achieved herself.

Empowering Women in Technology and STEM Education

Ask Harthy what matters most to her and the answer may not be a platform rollout at all. She is a committed advocate for women in technology and STEM education. She regularly speaks with students and young professionals, and she encourages women to pursue careers in technology, build their leadership skills, embrace innovation, grow in confidence, keep learning, and challenge stereotypes.

Her larger mission is to help create a technology ecosystem where talent, diversity, and inclusion drive innovation. For a young woman who is still wondering whether there is a place for her in this field, her career offers a clear answer: there is, and she can lead.

Key Achievements of Harthy Devarajalu

• Super Woman 2026 Awardee by Forever Star India Awards, as Best Technology Leader in Hyderabad
• Over 16 years of global technology leadership experience
• Successfully led enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives for global organizations
• Delivered cloud modernization and Microsoft 365 transformation programs
• Led AI-enabled workplace innovation and enterprise automation initiatives
• Strengthened cybersecurity and secure digital workplace strategies
• Built and mentored high-performing global technology teams
• Completed executive education in Cybersecurity for Leaders at ISB
• Currently pursuing the Senior Management Programme at ISB
• Active Women in Technology and STEM advocate

Technology Leadership, Mentoring and Inclusive Culture

For Harthy, leadership goes well beyond systems and strategy. She believes great leaders empower people, encourage innovation, build inclusive cultures, mentor future leaders, create lasting impact, and lead with integrity and purpose. That philosophy has helped her build global teams that value collaboration and continuous learning, and it is a big part of why colleagues and peers hold her in such high regard.

Super Woman Awardee 2026

This award is about more than one person’s success. Her journey shows that great tech leadership is judged by two things: what you deliver and who you help grow. She has delivered on both, and she’s still going, bringing fresh ideas in digital transformation, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity while guiding the next generation of leaders.