The Group President and CEO, Lupin Pharmaceuticals on expansive mode for the firm

Vinita Gupta, 43, Group President and CEO, Lupin Pharmaceuticals and Director, Lupin, is based in the United States, but has been in India a lot in the past one year.

With an expanding role in Lupin's universe, Vinita has been spending more time outside the US, at times taking her six-year-old son, Krish with her. "He is getting exposure at a much younger age," she says. Gupta herself was exposed to business at the age of 11 by her father Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin's founder and Chairman.

"We almost had a family board at home, discussing work," she says. Currently work goes well indeed, with Gupta taking new initiatives in India and also making the business more global. "I am focusing on drivers for growth in our business for the next five years," she says.

Gupta is married to US-based businessman Brij Sharma.

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