My Parents

My father, Roshan Lal: Learnt the most important values of ‘integrity’, ‘Hard work’

My mother, Raj Kumari: Learnt the importance of ‘Just do it’

My Family

Sonal Arora, my wife: Still learning to build EQ from her

Adya Arora, our daughter: Our hope

Abheek Arora, our son: De-stresses all of us

My Alma Mater

Sacred Heart Convent School, Obra: Learnt the importance of discipline

Inter College, Obra: Helped me build self-confidence

IIT Roorkee: Learnt to balance life with fun, My best time

XLRI, Jamshedpur: Turning point in my professional life

My Laboratory

Tata Steel: My first job, a place where there are no limits to experiment and learn

TQMS, Tata Sons: A fabulous place to learn anything and everything about business management

My Guides

R Ramachandran: Lucky to have a first boss like him, very demanding and appreciative

T Mukherjee: Learnt how to be ‘strategic thinker’ and also ‘execution focus’

B Muthuraman: Taught me about the most important aspect: ‘people focus’

R Gopalakrishnan: Always in awe of his professionalism, Still learning how to ‘dream together’ and the power of ‘simple language’

Sunil Sinha: Benchmark in creating and nurturing networks

My Relatives

Mrs Narendra Gera my mother-in-law: Steel woman; an independent thinker

Rachna Sindhwani, my sister: My fond memories of childhood

Pankaj Arora, my brother: Exhibits ‘Perseverance pays’

My Supporters

Sanjay Verma and Bhavik Gajera: Taught me how to create websites!

Sanjeev Kumar: Source of my confidence!