January 2018

A Commerce Honors graduate from Delhi University, I started working in the corporate sector in 1994. Since then, I have grown to have a very successful career to now lead the client servicing and business development effort for a few key clients of HGS. A few years ago while I was expecting my second child, […]

On 20th July 2000, I made the decision to accept an offer from Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) to support my family and dropped out of ICWAI course. It was an amazing experience to be part of the pilot batch (23 members) for an international project, and that too the company’s first client. The first few

When I received the topic of the month, I was traveling in India. Sometimes, a place triggers a memory of events that would otherwise lie buried in the recesses of time. Call it happenstance but at least for this topic, I was in the right place! The minute I read the theme, the memory of

The first major break of my career came when I was newly married and had finished five-and-a-half years of work. My immediate supervisor was uncooperative, and my mother wasn’t keeping well. These circumstances compelled me to resign. In retrospect, it was a good decision, though at the time I braced myself for tough times ahead.

All of us present here, claim ourselves to be a part of modern society. However, do we really understand the meaning of what it is to be called as ‘modern’? It signifies that we are an open-minded citizen and take up pride in having our own choice. Unlike the conservative society, we believe that achievement

“TTTTRRRINGGG!! The alarm goes off at 7 am. Wake up, have a shower, go to work. Come back from work at 10 pm, sleep. Work- Home- work- home. No job satisfaction,demanding work, no leisure hours (or me time), constant pressure to learn new skills to stay relevant, super stressful! This was my life for four

I was brought up in a household with a lot of emphasis on quality education. I pushed myself at all levels to do better at academics. After my graduation in English Literature from Jesus and Mary College, a prestigious college of Delhi University, I pursued Masters in Advertising and Marketing Management from Amity University. I

It is indeed alarming that most of us spend a large part of our daily lives in our workplaces. My demanding job was really stressful because of which I was not able to concentrate on my family at all. After working for 6.5 years in the IT industry, I reached my tipping point and wanted

As an Indian, my parents have never ceased to insist on the importance of education for girls and women. Right from my childhood, education always came first in my household. Luckily my parents were not hell-bent on scoring ranks. Instead, they were hell-bent on my interest in books. My father would come back from his

“They say that when an opportunity knocks on your door, be willing to take a chance, because you never know how perfect something could turn out to be. SAP’s initiative “Back to work” was my golden opportunity and a blessing in disguise. I am an MBA graduate with specialization in marketing, and worked for close