JK Lakshmi Cement's Vinita Singhania on many her many firsts

Vinita Singhania, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, JK Lakshmi Cement

My first role model
My eldest brother-in-law Hari Shankar Singhania. He was the most powerful uniting factor in the Singhania family. He taught me to take up challenges

My first job
Destiny pushed me into business. After my husband Shripati Singhania's untimely demise, I joined Straw Products Ltd, a JK Group company, as an executive in early 1989

My first boss
Hari Shankar Singhania

My first promotion
As a reward for a few bold decisions I had taken since my induction into the company, I was redesignated a Whole Time Director

My first disappointment
I accept things as they happen so that leaves very little room for disappointments

Photo by Shekhar Ghosh
As told to Ajay Modi