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have always been deeply interested in arts, literature, languages, Indian heritage, and culture. My mother, Dinesh Nandini Dalmia, was an eminent Hindi writer and a Padma Bhushan awardee, who wrote…

I was very excited to be recruited fresh out of college into Eternit Everest, a building construction multinational. I thought I had made it, but soon realised that what really got me excited was t…

I am a Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s in Business Administration. I have spent 40+ years mostly in the engineering industry, across organisations like Eicher Group and M3M India, in leadership…

“Soon after we got married in 1976, my husband went to construct a Thermal Power Station in a god-forsaken place called Sarni in the interiors of Madhya Pradesh. Those were the days of no internet.…

Today as I look back at my life, from the vantage point of my senior years, I marvel at the appropriacy of how life unravels for all of us! When young, the bounty of physical energy allowed us to f…

I was born and raised in Delhi and never left the city till my career took me to the Middle East shortly after I became a qualified Chartered Accountant. I learnt the value of working with differen…

I started my career in Standard Chartered Bank, before moving to ABN Amro (taken over by Royal Bank of Scotland). This was followed by a stint at Dresdner Bank AG, India as their CEO designate. I w…

I pursued Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani and went on to study Rural Management from Institute of Rural Management as part of their first batch. My turning point was when I moved from engineerin…

“I started my professional journey as a lecturer in an Engineering College and wanted to pursue research. As luck would have it, I got selected as a Scientist in Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) whe…

I started my career in consulting with an engineering company, and later went to Jamaica to work on environmental education with UNDP, to build a 3-year curriculum on environmental technology. Succ…

I discovered HR and its strength when I joined Pepsi Foods, where I witnessed the impact of this function first-hand in building the organisation. Talent Acquisition became my natural choice in Ush…

“I joined the Defence forces very early. While I was in 12th grade, I got selected for National Defence Academy. I was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1983 and took premature retirement in 200…

“I’m a mother, a grandmother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, and a friend to many! Much like most women in our society, I wear various hats and much like them, I’ve lost a bit of myself as I’ve stum…

I am a thoroughbred Marketing, Advertising and Branding professional with an eye for ideas, concepts, and talented team members. What everyone thought I was meant to do is not what I ended up doing…

Qualifying for the IPS was a turning point in my life because I had been brought up in a sheltered environment. Unforeseen circumstances led me to a career in the first place, and that too, one as…