Lekshmy Shekhar,is a Manager, Global Enterprise Systems Support – SAP Finance, Discovery Communications Inc., Washington, DC, USA. She is a qualified as a chartered accountant, who graduated in commerce from the University of Kerala, where she was a rank holder. In 1992, she joined Yokogawa Blue Star, Bengaluru, an Indo-Japanese collaborative company as the Deputy General Manager, Finance, till she left for the US to join Discovery Communications Inc., Washington, DC.