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Dr.Swati Piramal is the Vice Chairperson of Piramal Enterprises, one of the leading Pharma companies in India which aims to provide affordable medicines to all.
Dr.Swati Piramal completed her MBBS in Mumbai and followed it up with a Masters at Harvard School Of Public Health. In 1988, Dr.Piramal along with her husband, started their journey into India’s pharmaceutical business. Today, Piramal Entreprises has grown into a multinational conglomerate and a leader in healthcare.
Dr.Piramal believes in innovation and works towards making healthcare reasonably accessible to the public. She is committed to research and development, investing heavily in drug discovery. She has successfully launched several public health campaigns and has been a key figure in spreading awareness about health and hygiene.
Dr.Piramal has several other impressive achievements to her credit. She was the first woman president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) in India. She serves on the Board of Deans Advisors of both the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Business School.
Dr.Piramal has won several prestigious awards including the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite in 2006, the Rajiv Gandhi Award for Outstanding Woman Achiever in 2007 as well as the Padma Shri in 2012.
Why we find her inspiring:
– For being one of the pioneers of modern healthcare
– For using her influence and position to give back to society through Piramal Foundation
– For being one of the most powerful Indian women in business
*Photo source: Pharmabiz.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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