--> Name: Dr. Shailaja Gada Saxena Who’s she: Head - Molecular Medicine and Regenerative Medicine , Reliance Life Sciences Her leadership mantra: “Leadership is not wielding authority; it's empowering others. Also, When you are passionate about whatever you are doing , nothing can stop you from being successful.” How She executes: Trust people. build leaders within your team. Train them well and then let them perform. Inculcate ownership mindset. Her Tip for work home balance: Tough to do. Easier said than done. Stay focused, work hard. Do whatever you are doing wholeheartedly and happily, whether it is attending an executive management meeting or attending your child’s PTM or be it is cleaning utensils at home. Biggest challenge faced and how did she overcome that: “Everyday life is full of challenges, sometimes on work front, sometimes on home front. One of the biggest challenges was pursuing PhD with a demanding job and 2 years old daughter.
Name : Srinivas Kotni Who’s he : Advocate & Company Secretary His Leadership Mantra : Leadership by example and relationship oriented approach How he executes : By following the goals passionately, by always striving for quality and timely delivery and by ensuring empathy and human values which are the underlying drivers. Biggest challenge faced : Introduction of GST!! Being trade lawyers for the last 17 years the focus has always been on trade and indirect taxation laws. When GST was introduced, the entire indirect tax litigation almost came to a stand still, as the government and the department was not issuing show cause notices, there have been no raids, audits and measures for recovery. . It meant our core practice area has faced a sudden roadblock. In the face of acute circumstantial adversity, instead of getting overawed by the situation, we carefully re-calibrated our approach and developed our other areas of practice like insolvency and bankrupt