Namita Thapar is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals (until 2022), an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra.
Wiki/Biography
Namita Thapar was born on Monday, 21 March 1977 (age 46 years; in 2023) in Pune, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Aries. He completed his primary and secondary education in a school in Pune. While at school, Namita abandoned all extra-curricular activities and devoted all her attention to academics. He is a smart student and always comes first in his class (school day). After completing her schooling, Namita enrolled herself in Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, to pursue her B. Com. Meanwhile, he also studied Chartered Accountancy from ICAI. After that, he continued his MBA studies from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Black
Family
Namita belongs to a Gujarati family.
Parents & Siblings
Namita’s father, Satish Mehta, is an Indian businessman. He is the founder of Emcure Pharmaceuticals. His mother’s name is Bhavana Mehta. He has a younger brother, Samit Mehta, who is the R&D President of Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Namita Thapar with her parents
Husband & Son
Namita Thapar is married to Vikas Thapar, a businessman. The couple have two sons named Vir Thapar and Jai Thapar who are named after Namita’s favorite movie Sholay.
Namita Thapar with her husband, Vikas Thapar
Namita Thapar with her family
Career
After completing her MBA, Namita worked briefly at GlaxoSmithKline, a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in London. After that, he was placed at Guidant Corporation, a medical device company in the United States. He started working there in the financial planning department as a business finance lead. He served the company in various capacities for about 6 years. After that, he joined Emcure Pharmaceuticals as CFO. Slowly, his area of operation expanded in the company and he started looking after the company’s Indian business. Until 2022, he served as Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Namita Thapar in Malaysia at the Emcure Sales Awards
In 2017, he founded the education company ‘Incredible Ventures Ltd.’ The company aims to promote youth entrepreneurship by instilling entrepreneurial skills in children aged 11-18. It has branches in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, and Ahmedabad.
Namita Thapar during one of Incredible Ventures Ltd.’s sessions.
Thapar is a Board Member of the Fuqua School of Business Regional Advisory Board. Namita is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization. He is also a trustee on the Board of Trustees of TiE Mumbai. In December 2021, he appeared as a judge on Shark Tank India, the Indian adaptation of the popular American business reality show ‘Shark Tank.’ The show features a panel of potential judges also known as Sharks who listen to various new business models and ideas and invest in them.
Namita Thapar on Shark Tank India
She is also associated with various government initiatives such as ‘The Women Entrepreneurship Platform’ and ‘Digital Health Task Force’ by NITI Aayog and ‘Champions of Change.’ The program was launched by PM Narendra Modi as part of G2B partnership in policy making. Besides being an entrepreneur, Namita is also an author. In August 2022, he released his book The Dolphin and the Shark (Stories about Entrepreneurship). Published by Penguin Random House India, the book traces Namita’s journey from an overweight Gujarati girl with low self-esteem to a successful entrepreneur who takes her father’s business to new heights.
Namita Thapar’s book The Dolphin and The Shark
Awards & Honors
- 2017 Economic Women’s Future List
- The Economic Times ’40 under Forty’ List of India’s Hottest Young Business Leaders 2017
- Barclays Launches Next Generation Leaders Recognition
- World Women’s Leadership Congress Super Achiever Award
Favourite
- Costume Designer: Anamika Khanna
Facts/Trivia
- Namita likes to travel and read in her spare time.
- He likes watching Bollywood movies. During an interview, she shared that she used to visit theaters for the first day of the first show of almost all Bollywood films before her marriage. Namita further revealed that she named her sons Vir and Jai after the main characters in the Bollywood film Sholay (1975).
- In an interview, Namita revealed that she grew up with her brother and eight siblings and all of them except Namita stood first in their class. Namita came second in her class and was never congratulated by her family members.
- Popular Indian banker Naina Lal Kidwai and Indian-American business tycoon Indra Nooyi were his inspirations.
Namita Thapar with Naina Lal Kidwai
- In an interview, Namita talked about the three Misses who helped her maintain her physical and mental balance. He said,
I relax in three ways—massage, movies and meditation. I make sure I schedule time for this routinely so I don’t get to that tipping point.”
- She has been part of many (Indian) government initiatives including NITI Aayog’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Platform and the ‘Champions of Change’ programme. This program was initiated by PM Narendra Modi for G2B partnership in policy making.
Namita Thapar as part of the government’s Niti Aayog program
- Namita is a public speaker and has delivered her speeches at various prestigious forums like Harvard Business School, Indian Institute of Management (IIM- Ahmedabad), ET women conference and FICCI.
Namita Thapar spoke at a women’s health conference in Hyderabad
- During an interview, when asked about her personal policy on gadgets, Namita replied,
I’m addicted to my phone because a lot of my work is done via email and Whatsapp and I enjoy Twitter and podcasts. However, I make sure not to bring my phone to meetings. It is really disrespectful to the speaker if you keep checking the message while they are delivering and I am very particular about my work ethic which must reflect basic manners and a certain class. My son commented on how much I was on the phone and from that day on I tried to check my messages only once every hour when I was home. I try to extend this to once every two hours. “
- While she was working at Guidant Corporation, USA, Namita was named ‘Velvet Hammer’ by one of the directors of the company.
- During the Covid-19 pandemic, Namita created a YouTube channel titled Uncondition Yourself with Namita Thapar. On the channel, she uploads videos of her talk show that aims to provide authentic information and break down stigmas and taboos related to women’s health.
- Namita said on The Kapil Sharma Show in February 2022 that Amitabh Bachchan is her favorite actor and she has never liked anyone else after him. Namita says,
Sir Bachchan ruined my whole life. After him, I don’t like anyone else. It is a tragedy.”
Namita Thapar with Amitabh Bachchan
- In an interview, when asked about her leadership style, Namita said,
I believe in three mantras — more or less, hire people smarter than you and focus on rigor of execution. I try to practice the 3 Cs — courage, competence and compassion.”
- Namita Thapar follows a gluten-free vegetarian diet.
- Namita refrains from consuming alcohol.
- In an interview, Namita Thapar admitted that she had been an emotional eater for around 30 years. He further revealed that he had gained weight due to his habit of overeating during periods of high stress like class X and XII exams, chartered accountant final exams and MBA exams. However, he decided to change his habits and make health and fitness his priority and as a result he lost a lot of weight and got in shape.
- A fitness enthusiast, Namita works out six days a week. Her exercise regimen includes a combination of dance aerobics, functional training, yoga and evening walks.
- In a conversation with Chetan Bhagat on his YouTube talk show DeepTalk, Namita revealed that she was body-shamed as a teenager because she was overweight and had facial hair. He said,
I wasn’t like this when I was a kid. I was very overweight, I had a lot of facial hair and acne, I was very body shamed as a teenager… and I used to feel really ugly.
He further said,
No man looks at me, I look at that man and have love, let’s just say. When you’re body-shamed like that as a teenager, it leaves a lot of scars… I had a lot of facial hair and acne, and there was a guy in my class who would call me ‘moustache girl’ in Marathi.”
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