I have worked in the media and entertainment space for over 22 years and started my television career in India with STAR Movies, where I launched Zee Cinema for the media partnership. I went on to head the operations team to re-launch STAR Plus in Hindi, on to STAR News with NDTV, and then both brands on the BSkyB platform in UK. I led the programming and marketing teams at National Geographic Channel and The History Channel, when they were both looking to make inroads into the Indian viewer's mind-space. The spate of general entertainment channels that were mushrooming in early 2000 made that challenging and exciting, all at once.
I was the COO of UTV Entertainment where I launched two more television channels with Ronnie Screwvala and Zarina Mehta – as if there weren't enough to begin with! I have a total of nine television channel start-ups (or re-launches) to my credit – I think that's an incomparable feat that has probably remained unmatched till date, in India at least!
And then I quit it all.
I was the COO of UTV Entertainment where I launched two more television channels with Ronnie Screwvala and Zarina Mehta – as if there weren't enough to begin with! I have a total of nine television channel start-ups (or re-launches) to my credit – I think that's an incomparable feat that has probably remained unmatched till date, in India at least!
And then I quit it all.
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I moved out of the broadcasting space to explore my horizons - literally. The mountains came calling and I realized I needed to head out into the unknown. Not simply to challenge myself but to challenge my self-imposed limitations. It's been a while since then. I have led treks to Everest Base Camp and across the high-altitude terrains of India and Nepal, tackled Grade 5 rapids on the wild Zanskar river in Ladakh, and am the first and only female to ever lead a civilian trek to the Siachen Glacier.
And I did all of this after surviving cancer. Today, I sit on the board of Himalayan Outward Bound, an international organization that works with children, young people and professionals empowering them with life skills, by giving them experiential training in the outdoors. My intent and sole purpose today, is to get people (age no bar!) to step out of their comfort zones and into the wilderness, to explore their true potential. Because that's where I truly found mine. |
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I'm Not A Motivational SpeakerI'm an inspiring one.
Motivation comes from the outside - where someone (or something) provides you with a reason for doing something. It's like a new year's resolution, it often doesn't last. On the other hand, when you're inspired, you are filled with the urge to do something - it comes from within. You FEEL the need to act, to change your life, to get out of your comfort zone. That's where I come in. I will inspire you with my own life lessons and share with you moments of hopelessness and hope, laughter and tears, fear and the defeat of it. And through it all, I will show you possibilities and touch a cord within you, to make the changes you've always thought possible, but never dared to do. |