Her Story
About Yashvi
My journey began in India where I grew up moving around a lot because my dad was in the military. I attended 12 schools across 12 states, which gave me tremendous exposure to different cultures and environments. I pursued my undergraduate degree in metallurgical and materials engineering at the National Institute of Technology, one of India's top colleges, where I graduated as valedictorian and was awarded the President Medal. During my undergrad, I seized every opportunity to gain hands-on experience through internships at prestigious institutions including DRDO (Defense Research Organization), the Indian Academy of Sciences working on superconductors, IIT Madras, and as a Khorana Scholar at Purdue University through a joint program between the Indian and U.S. government. My undergraduate thesis project on IC valve engine materials was awarded the most innovative product by the Indian National Academy of Engineering. All these experiences helped me get into Stanford University, where I completed my Master's in Material Science and Engineering with a focus on semiconductors. At Stanford, I gained invaluable experience in their in-house mini fab and did an internship at Form Factor in California, which was my first real exposure to how the corporate world worked in semiconductors. After graduating, I joined Micron in Idaho as a DRAM process integration engineer, where I've had the incredible opportunity to work globally, living in Taiwan for a year and spending a couple of years in Japan at their facilities. Last year, I transitioned into technology development and procurement, which focuses more on the supply chain and business side of technology. The DRAM chips I've worked on are now in the market, being sold and driving Micron's stock price up, which makes me incredibly proud. I've been honored to receive several awards including Society of Manufacturing Engineers 30 Under 30 for 2025, Society of Women Engineers Trailblazer Award, Institute of Supply Management Rising Star Award, and Semicon West 20 Under 30 award.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Yashvi
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say just be fearless. I've been that kid, that college student, where you're so nervous, you're so scared, you're so underconfident about whether you deserve it or not. Just do it. Don't think too much. Give your best, whatever you think, whether you deserve it or not, just apply for it. The best that can happen is they say no, but until you apply, you don't even know, maybe you would get it. Take all the chances you have. Get your foot in the door, and then don't just get complacent once you are there. Try to judge what you like, was this the right step, have you learned enough, are you learning, if you're not learning more, what's the next step. Just be fearless and take the next step and pivot. Pivoting is one of the most underrated qualities to do better for yourself and just keep growing. Don't listen to anybody's criticism about yourself. Be open to feedback, but never lose confidence just by the way other people think about you. Think you are the best person in the world, and do the best for yourselves.
02What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
In my field, especially in the memory industry within semiconductors, we are seeing unprecedented growth. We are not able to keep up with the demand. There's so much chips the world needs, we just don't have the production capacity. One of the biggest challenges we have is getting to the capacity to meet the demands of the world, which means we need to scale at an unprecedented rate. When you scale at such pace, you are bound to make errors, there's lots of chances of things going wrong. There's so much talk about AI trying to make the work more efficient, but when things are happening at such a fast pace, you more than ever need stronger human glue to keep everything together. Especially when it's all across the world, with fabs in Boise, New York, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, when it's such a global company, human glue with technology is becoming more and more evident and much needed. Scaling at this rate with all the AI features while keeping all the human connections is actually challenging. When you're a small company, it's so much easier to get things done, but at the scale and pace and speed, all these factors are now just coming into friction with each other.
03What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
To me, the most important value is integrity and respect. You have to work with integrity, you have to respect people who are around you so that everybody feels valued. Then, just having your internal guiding principles for yourself, so that you make the right move, whether it's professionally or personally, and just create a very nurturing environment, a growth environment for everyone. That's extremely valuable for me.
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