A break from the past

The door to a job in the family concern, Dabur India, was bolted when he was in his late teens: the Burman family decided to get their family business run by professionals. But Aditya Burman—the oldest in the fifth generation of the Burman family tree—has few qualms: "It happened at the right time. I could plan my education and career path at the right time," he says. He opted to join OncQuest Laboratories, an independent venture run by his father, Dr Anand C. Burman, which is into high-end research, clinical trials and research documentation, among other things.

Any plans of going back to Dabur's roots with Ayurvedic solutions? "Well, the way herbs are being used in allopathy, there could be something down the line that helps me find that fix," he says. And family heritage does have a way of sinking its teeth: "I used to rebel when I was in my late teens and use other brands. But now, I am fully into Dabur's red toothpaste, Vatika shampoos—the works," he says.