Namita Thapar is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the CEO (since 2022) of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra.
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Namita Thapar was born on Monday, March 21, 1977 (age 46; as of 2023) in Pune, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Aries. He completed his primary and secondary education from a school in Pune. While in school, Namita abandoned all extracurricular activities and focused on academics. He was a bright student and always stood first in his class (during his school days). After graduation, Namita enrolled in Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune to pursue her B. Com. Meanwhile, he also pursued Chartered Accountancy from ICAI. He then pursued an MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in Durham, North Carolina.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 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. His mother’s name is Bhavana Mehta. He has a younger brother, Samit Mehta, who is the President of R&D at Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Namita Thapar with her parents
husband and children
Namita Thapar is married to Vikas Thapar, a businessman. The couple has two sons, Vir Thapar and Jai Thapar, who were named after Namitha’s favorite movie Sholai.
Namita Thapar with her husband Vikas Thapar
Namita Thapar with her family
Career
After completing her MBA, Namita worked briefly at GlaxoSmithKline, a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in London. After that, he was placed with Guidant Corporation, a medical device company in the US. He started working in the financial planning department as a business finance leader. He served the company in various capacities for about 6 years. He subsequently joined Emcure Pharmaceuticals as CFO. Gradually his area of operation expanded in the company and he started looking after the Indian business of the company. Since 2022, he is the CEO of Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Namita Thapar at the Emcure Sales Awards in Malaysia
In 2017, he founded the educational company ‘Incredible Ventures Ltd.’ The company’s goal is to promote youth entrepreneurship by introducing entrepreneurial skills to children aged 11-18. It has branches in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad.
Namita Thapar during one of the sessions at Incredible Ventures Ltd.
Thapar is a member of the Fuqua School of Business Regional Advisory Board. Namita is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization. He is also a Trustee on the Board of Trustees of TiE Mumbai. In December 2021, he appeared as a judge on Shark Tank India, the Indian 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 various new business models and ideas.
Namita Thapar in Shark Tank India
She is also associated with various government initiatives like ‘Women Entrepreneurship Platform’ and ‘Digital Health Task Force’ of NITI Aayog and ‘Champions of Change’. The programs were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of G2B partnership in policy development. Apart from being an entrepreneur, Namita is also an author. In August 2022, he released the book Dolphin and Shark (stories about entrepreneurship). Published by Penguin Random House India, the book traces Namitha’s journey from an overweight Gujarati girl with low self-esteem to a successful entrepreneur who took her father’s business to new heights.
The Dolphin and the Shark book by Namita Thapar
Awards and honors
- The Economic Times Women Ahead List 2017
- The Economic Times’ “40 under Forty” list of India’s most popular young business leaders in 2017
- Barclays Hurun Next Generation Leader Recognition
- World Congress of Women’s Leadership Super Achievement Award
the chosen ones
- Costume Designer: Anamika Khanna
Facts/Trivia
- Namita likes to travel and read in her free time.
- He likes to watch Bollywood movies. During an interview, she said that before her marriage, she used to visit the theater on the first day of almost every Bollywood movie. Namitha also revealed that she named her sons Vir and Jai after the main characters in the Bollywood film Sholay (1975).
- In an interview, Namitha revealed that she grew up with her brother and eight siblings, all of whom were top of the class except Namitha. Namitha came second in her class and her family members have never been congratulated for such a thing.
- Popular Indian banker Naina Lal Kidwai and Indian-American business tycoon Indra Nooyi are her inspirations.
Namita Thapar with Naina Lal Kidwai
- In an interview, Namitha talked about three women who help her to maintain physical and mental balance. She said,
I relax in three ways – massage, movies and meditation. I make sure I schedule time for this routinely so I don’t reach that breaking point.”
- She has been part of many government (India) initiatives including NITI Aayog’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Platform and the Champions of Change programme. The programs were initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his policy formulation for G2B partnerships.
Namita Thapar as part of Niti Aayog program of Govt
- Namita is a public speaker and has addressed 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
- During an interview, when asked about her personal policy regarding gadgets, Namitha replied:
I’m addicted to my phone because a lot of my work is done via email and Whatsapp and I like Twitter and podcasts. However, I make sure I don’t take my phone to meetings. It’s absolutely disrespectful to speakers if you keep checking messages while they’re being presented, and I’m very considerate of my work ethic, which should reflect basic manners and a certain amount of class. My son commented on how much I was on my phone and since then I try to check my messages every hour when I’m home. I try to keep it up every two hours. “
- While he was working at Guidant Corporation, USA, Namita was nicknamed ‘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 videos of her talk show, which aims to provide authentic information and break the stigma and taboo related to women’s health.
- Namita said on The Kapil Sharma Show in February 2022 that Amitabh Bachchan was her favorite actor and she liked no one else after him. namitha said
Mr. Bachchan has ruined my whole life. I have not liked anyone else since him. It’s such a tragedy.”
Namita Thapar with Amitabh Bachchan
- In an interview, when asked about her leadership style, Namita said:
I believe in three mantras – less is more, hire smarter than you and focus on rigor of execution. I try to practice the 3 C’s – Courage, Competence and Compassion.
- Namita Thapar follows a gluten-free vegetarian diet.
- Namita abstains from alcohol consumption.
- In an interview, Namita Thapar admitted that she was an emotional eater for 30 years. He also revealed that he gained weight due to his habit of overeating during high stress times like his Class X and XII matriculation exams, CPA final exam and MBA exams. However, she decided to change her habits and health and made fitness a priority, losing weight and getting in shape.
- A fitness enthusiast, Namita works out six days a week. Her exercise regimen includes a combination of dance aerobics, functional training, yoga and evening walks.
- In a conversation with Chetan Bhagat on his talk show DeepTalk on YouTube, Namitha revealed that she was body-shamed as a teenager because of her excess weight and facial hair. She said,
I was not like that when I was a child. I was very overweight, I had a lot of facial hair and acne, I was very ashamed of my body as a teenager… and I felt very ugly.”
he also said
No boys were looking at me, it was me looking at boys and going crazy, so to speak. When you’re so shy as a teenager, it leaves a lot of scars… I had a lot of facial hair and acne and there was a boy in my class who called me ‘the girl with the moustache’ in Marathi.
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