Namita Thapar is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the Executive Director (as of 2022) of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra.
Wiki/Biography
Namita Thapar was born on Monday, March 21, 1977, in Pune, Maharashtra (46 years; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Aries. She completed her primary and secondary education from a school in Pune. While in school, Namita gave up all extracurricular activities to focus entirely on her studies. She was a smart student and was always at the top of her class. After completing her studies, Namita enrolled in Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, to pursue a bachelor’s degree in commerce. At the same time, she also qualified as a Chartered Accountant from ICAI. She then pursued an MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in Durham, North Carolina.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′5″
Hair color: dark brown
Eye color: black
family
Namita belongs to a Gujarati family.
Parents and siblings
Namita’s father Satish Mehta is an Indian businessman. He is the founder of Emcure Pharmaceuticals. Her mother’s name is Bhavana Mehta. She has a younger brother, Samit Mehta, who is the president of research and development at Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Namita Thapar and her parents
husband and children
Namita Thapar is married to businessman Vikas Thapar. The couple has two sons named Vir Thapar and Jai Thapar, who are named after Namita’s favorite film Sholay.
Namita Thapar and her husband Vikas Thapar
Namita Thapar and her family
Profession
After completing her MBA, Namita worked briefly at GlaxoSmithKline, a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in London. Subsequently, she was assigned to work at Guidant Corporation, an American medical device company. She began working in the financial planning department as a corporate treasurer. She has held various positions in the company for approximately 6 years. She subsequently joined Emcure Pharmaceuticals as Chief Financial Officer. Slowly, her role in the company expanded and she began to look after the company’s India operations. As of 2022, she serves as Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Namita Thapar attends Emcure Sales Awards in Malaysia
In 2017, she founded the education company “Incredible Ventures Ltd.” which aims to promote youth entrepreneurship by instilling entrepreneurial skills in the 11-18 age group. It has branches in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Ahmedabad.
Namita Thapar at a conference at Incredible Ventures Ltd
Thapar is a board member of the Fuqua Business School’s Regional Advisory Council. Namita is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization. She is also a trustee on the Board of Directors of TiE Mumbai. In December 2021, she appeared as a jury member on Shark Tank India, an adaptation of the popular American business reality show Shark Tank. The show features a panel of potential judges, also known as “Sharks,” who listen to and invest in a variety of new business models and ideas.
Namita Thapar, Shark Tank India
She is also involved in various government initiatives such as NITI Aayog’s ‘Women Entrepreneurship Platform’ and ‘Digital Health Working Group’ and ‘Champions of Change’. These programs were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the G2B Policy Development Partnership. Apart from being an entrepreneur, Namita is also an author. In August 2022, she published the book “Dolphins and Sharks” (Entrepreneurship Story). Published by Penguin Random House India, the book follows Namita’s journey from an overweight Gujarati girl with low self-esteem to a successful entrepreneur who takes her father’s business to new heights.
Namita Thapar’s book Dolphins and Sharks
Awards and Honors
- Economic Times Women Leaders List 2017
- The Economic Times’ 40 Under 40 list of India’s hottest young business leaders 2017
- Barclays Hurun Next Generation Leaders Recognition
- World Women’s Leadership Conference Super Achievement Award
net worth
As of October 2023, her net worth was estimated to be Rs. 6 billion rupees.
Favorites
- Costume designer: Anamika Khanna
Facts/Trivia
- In her free time, Namita enjoys traveling and reading.
- She likes to watch Bollywood movies. In an interview, she revealed that before her marriage she used to go to theaters to watch the first day premiere of almost all Bollywood movies. Namita further revealed that she named her children Vir and Jai after the protagonists in the Bollywood film Sholay (1975).
- In an interview, Namita revealed that she grew up with her brother and eight siblings, all of whom were at the top of their class except Namita. Namita came second in her class, but her family never congratulated her.
- Popular Indian banker Naina Lal Kidwai and Indian-American business tycoon Indra Nooyi are her inspirations.
Namita Thapar and Naina Lal Kidwai
- In an interview, Namita talked about the three women who helped her maintain physical and mental balance. she says,
I relax in three ways – massage, movies and meditation. I make sure to schedule time for this regularly so I don’t reach that breaking point. “
- She is involved in many Government (India) initiatives including NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform and ‘Champions of Change’ programme. These programs were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote G2B policy-making partnerships.
Namita Thapar is part of the government’s Niti Aayog scheme
- Namita is a public speaker and has spoken at various prestigious forums such as Harvard Business School, Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Ahmedabad), ET Women’s Conference and FICCI.
Namita Thapar speaks at women’s health conference in Hyderabad
- In an interview, when asked about her personal policy on electronics, Namita responded:
I’m addicted to my phone because I do most of my work via email and Whatsapp, and I love Twitter and podcasts. I made sure not to bring my cell phone to the meeting, though. It’s absolutely disrespectful to the speaker if you’re constantly checking information while the speaker is speaking, and I’m very particular about my professional ethics, which must reflect basic decency and a certain class. My son commented on how long I was on the phone and from that day on I only checked my texts once an hour when I was home. I’m trying to extend this to every two hours. “
- While she was working at Guidant USA, Namita was named “Velvet Hammer” by one of the company’s directors.
- During the Covid-19 pandemic, Namita created a YouTube channel called Uncondition Yourself with Namita Thapar. On the channel, she uploads stand-up videos that aim to provide authentic information and break down stigmas and taboos related to women’s health.
- Namita said on the Kapil Sharma Show in February 2022 that Amitabh Bachchan is her favorite actor and she has never liked anyone else except him. Na Tian said,
Mr. Bachchan has ruined my life. I haven’t liked anyone else since him. What a tragedy. “
Namita Thapar and Amitabh Bachchan
- In an interview, when asked about her leadership style, Namita said:
I believe in three mantras: less is more, hire people smarter than you, and focus on execution rigor. I strive to practice the 3Cs – Courage, Competence and Compassion. “
- Namita Thapar follows a gluten-free vegetarian diet.
- Namita quit drinking.
- Namita Thapar admitted in an interview that she has been an emotional eater for the past 30 years or so. She further revealed that she gained a lot of weight due to her habit of overeating during high-stress times like Class X and XII board exams, Chartered Accountant final exams and MBA exams. However, she decided to change her habits and prioritize health and fitness, and she subsequently lost a lot of weight and kept it off.
- Namita is a fitness enthusiast and works out six days a week. Her workout regimen includes dance aerobics, functional training, yoga and evening walks.
- In a conversation with Chetan Bhagat on the YouTube talk show DeepTalk, Namita revealed that she was shamed for being overweight and having facial hair as a teenager. she says,
That wasn’t the case when I was a kid. I was extremely overweight, had a lot of facial hair and acne, and was constantly body-shamed as a teenager…and I used to feel ugly. “
She further said,
No one was looking at me, it was me looking at them and being obsessed, so to speak. When you are body shamed like this as a teenager it leaves a lot of scars… I had a lot of facial hair and acne and one person in my class called me “the girl with the mustache” in Marathi . “
- In a 2024 episode of Shark Tank India, Namita shared her experience of menopause. She mentioned that she had to take injections for five months.
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