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Host Pavan Srinath talks to business leader & author Hema Hattangady about growing a manufacturing company in Bengaluru in the 1990s and 2000s.
Hema Hattangady shares her personal and professional journey, from a college education in Dharwad to becoming the CEO of Conzerv in 1996, a family-owned hardware electronics-based energy management firm, to successfully leading and growing the firm and eventually selling the business to Schneider Electric in 2009.
Hema talks about how she established herself in a male-dominated world of engineers, business sales, and endless private and public sector corruption. She discusses how she was able to institute a culture of service and excellence in her company, gives us glimpses into the madness of running a manufacturing company in Bengaluru in the 1990s.
Hema authored the book LiftOff: Transforming Conserv along with Ashish Sen, chronicling her personal and professional journey. It is available on Amazon on Hardcover and Kindle ebook, you can find it at: https://amzn.to/394nyy4 . The book is being translated into Kannada and should be available in the coming months.
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