URS-AsiaOne has been steadily showcasing inspiring stories of some leaders who had established global business empires. Some prodigious leaders overcame every difficulty and completely transformed the global dais with their ground-breaking ideas, brilliant operations, and game-changing products and services. Their concerted efforts and incredible focus have helped entire nations write inspiring sagas of business and economic growth. These nonpareil leaders have consistently altered established norms and revolutionized their businesses with their groundbreaking ideas and led their companies to get recognized at many global platforms with various acclaimed brand awards and leader awards such as entrepreneur of the year award.

We present a few of the stimulating stories of the success of such coveted greatest leaders.

Shilpa Mittal
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Shilpa Mittal

Shilpa began her career with a jewelry manufacturing company in Bangkok after completing her degree in jewellery designing from SNDT in Mumbai. She was very clear about the fact that she wanted to pursue jewellery designing over fashion designing because she adores the detailed, delicate, and meticulous handwork that goes into creating jewellery pieces. She relied on her instincts and judgment to put her business ideas into action. She also worked tirelessly to foray into the jewellery design industry, eventually developing her brand and establishing a thriving company based on her passio

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Dr. Republica Sridhar
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Dr. Republica Sridhar

Dr. Sridhar aims at offering ethical service and improving the standards of palliative care in India. She opines that India’s palliative care scenario is transforming dramatically; therefore the leaders in this sector have to gear up to evolve accordingly. After having graduated from Sri Ramachandra University in 1992, she has been practicing as the Medical Director & Founder of RMD Nursing Home for over 25 years. Apart from providing medical care at RMD Nursing Home, she currently looks after the administration of the 120-bedded healthcare facility in four different locations at Chenna

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Kris Puthucode
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Kris Puthucode

A PASSION FOR IT Hailing from a middle-class Indian family, Mr. Puthucode honed his skills working in the IT industry before deciding to pursue business. An entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience, he started SQC in 2001 and has worked with many prominent companies during his career including the Big Five Consulting Firms. A pioneer among Indian tech leaders, he has adopted unparalleled approaches & added new capabilities to SQC. His tryst with computers began in the 1980s when he worked as a part-time teacher at a computer centre. The passion he has for computers continues to this d

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Priya Anand Dakle
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Priya Anand Dakle

Currently, the company has three state-of-the-art workshops of one lac sq. ft. for manufacturing customized FRP tanks and other pollutioncontrol equipment. Priya is also one of the founders of Smt. Madibai Sardarmal Dakle School, Sanjan (Gujarat, India) — the CSR wing of Dakle Industrial Plastics. which is a pre and primary school and aims for imparting high-quality education to her employees’ children at a very subsidized cost. ON AN EXPANSION SPREE A perfect combination of ingenuity, foresight, and agility, Priya aims at taking the company to new heights of success with new produc

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Varis Sayed
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Varis Sayed

Varis grew up in Vadodara, Gujarat (India). In 2011, he moved to Dubai (UAE) – the world’s most dynamic, future-forward business ecosystem. He possesses a Master’s Degree in Commerce & Business Administration, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce. The Certified Financial Planner is also a Wealth Manager, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Manager, Capital Market & Financial Market, Derivative & Securities, Mutual Funds Distributor & Insurance Advisor. Also, he has a CISI certification in UAE for rules & regulations for the Emirates Securities & Commodities Auth

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Prabodh Thakker
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Prabodh Thakker

AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER Mr. Thakker has an illustrious career that spans across three decades and has been marked by his outstanding contributions to the insurance field. He has held various respectable positions such as that of President of Indian Merchants Chamber for 2014-15. He holds an Associate Degree (A.I.I.I.) from the Insurance Institute of India along with being a faculty at numerous other institutions related to insurance and management. Being a member of the Managing Committee of the IndoAmerican Chamber of Commerce along with being on the Executive Committee of the Indo-American

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Ramesh Gopal
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Ramesh Gopal

A prudent risk management leader in the region, Ramesh is majorly responsible for the reduction in credit risk losses for the bank thereby leading to a very healthy portfolio. This has directly contributed to its growth and no wonder, Deutsche Bank is headed for growth in the MEA region. Under his able leadership, the bank registered the lowest NPL (Non-Performing Ratio) in Turkey in the years 2018 and 2019 (Source: SNL) amidst the most turbulent period for Turkish economy in decades. Ramesh possesses a rich experience in Risk Management (Corporate, FI, Sovereigns, Structured financing, In

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Pradeep Lala
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Pradeep Lala

INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY Armed with a team of industry stalwarts, Mr. Lala pursues excellence with values based on integrity & transparency. He has devised remarkable techniques to help clients evolve in critical areas by offering data-centric & technology driven solutions for Integrated Facility Management. He ensures that his teams are exceptionally proficient in handling tasks & designing value-added solutions that foster the client experience. Mr. Lala is also responsible for expanding the firm’s footprint outside of the Embassy Group, establishing themselves in all ver

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Anup Agarwal
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Anup Agarwal

Owing to his boundless dedication to excel and immense passion to make it big, Anup has swiftly climbed up the ladder of success. Bright Diva International is a very young company which was co-founded by him in the year 2015; merely within two years of its operation the firm has achieved 10% of market share within the K-Beauty (Korean Cosmetics) category in Hong Kong thereby emerging as the Top K-beauty distributor in the region. A TRUE VISIONARY Driven by passion to excel in every endeavour he undertakes, Anup is an excellent communicator, and possesses the qualities of decisiveness, f

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Damodar R Katti
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Damodar R Katti

An accomplished professional with extensive experience in specialised architectural and engineering services, including BIM (Building Information Modelling) as well as  project & construction management, he has successfully completed numerous Indian and international projects. He appreciates the fact that India has acquired a position of prominence in the post Covid-19 world under the quintessential leadership of PM Modi. He reposes faith in the immense potential of the country and its people and is looking forward to not only expanding India operations but also making it an Engineer

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