Rachana Krishna (Prasidh Krishna’s

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rachana Krishna

• Rachana Krishna is an IT professional, who is the wife of the Indian cricketer Prasidh Krishna. She works as a product manager at Dell Technologies.

• She belongs to Bengaluru.

• While studying at VIT, Rachana actively participated in the student council. She did an internship as a marketing business development intern, where her primary responsibility was to establish and promote the OYO rooms brand in Vellore.

• She received Ishan Goel Gold Medal and Best Outgoing Student Award at VIT, Vellore.

  

• Rachana became the University topper in computer science engineering and received the gold medal for her outstanding performance at VIT College.

• During her time at Questrom School of Business, she held leadership positions in various student-led clubs. As the vice president of the BizTech Club, she played a crucial role in its activities and initiatives. Additionally, she served as a graduate advisor for the Product Vision Club, providing guidance and support to fellow students involved in the organization.

• From December 2015 to May 2016, Rachana worked as an intern student at Microsoft for six months.

• In May 2016, she joined Mahindra Comviva as an Android development summer intern. Her focus was on working with the Zerch app, which offered online coupons.

• In January 2018, she began to work as an intern at Cisco in Bengaluru. In June 2018, she joined Cisco as high touch operations manager – customer experience 1. She was appointed as a product manager in February 2019. In April 2020, she was promoted to high-touch operations manager – customer experience 2. In September 2020, she left her job at Cisco.

• She became the founder of DigiZine, an EdTech company in January 2019. According to her LinkedIn profile, DigiZine dissolved in December 2020.

• In September 2020, Rachana began working part-time as a venture scholar at G51, a boutique venture firm located in Boston, Massachusetts.

• In June 2021, she completed a three-month internship as a digital product intern at CVS Health.

• In January 2022, she worked as a corporate strategy and M&A intern at BitSight.

• She joined Dell Technologies in Austin, Texas, taking on the role of a product manager in July 2022.

• She won the You Inspire Award while working at Dell Technologies.

• Several Indian cricketers such as Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Devdutt Padikkal, and Krishnappa Gowtham, were present at Rachana’s wedding ceremony in 2023.

  

• In 2023, Rajasthan Royals purchased her husband, Prasidh Krishna, for Rs 10 crores in the mini auction for IPL season 16; however, he had to be ruled out of IPL 2023 due to a stress fracture.