Ep 11: Archana Chandra - The Purpose Driven Leader

Atalanta Diaries Breakthrough Women in Conversation with Enma Popli

Archana Chandra is a Board Member & CEO of Jai Vakeel Foundation & Research Centre, one of the oldest & largest NGOs serving those impacted by intellectual disabilities. She is a Trustee of SRCC, which operates the largest super specialty pediatric hospital in the country in partnership with Narayana Hrudayalaya.

She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Annamrita, one of the largest NGOs in the country serving mid-day meals, and of Antarang Foundation, which provides skilling and employment opportunities to less privileged youth.

Archana serves on the Board of the A.T.E.Chandra Foundation, which focuses on Rural Development and Capacity Building of the Social Sector. She & her husband Amit were named by Forbes on “Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy” List in 2016. She was also awarded the Corporate Citizens of the Year Award by the All India Management Association with him in 2017.

Prior to moving full-time to the social sector, Archana worked in the corporate sector for Informix (a division of IBM) and Bennett & Coleman.

Key themes emerging out of our conversation:

• Understanding the why
• Finding happiness within yourself
• Defining excellence, what will you do and what you will not do
• Seeing the lightness in situations
• One person is not moving any needle alone
• Allowing yourself to fail, asking for help
• Empathy, seeing different perspectives, and disagreeing respectfully
• Importance of coaches and mentors

Connect with Enma Popli on Linkedin:

>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/enmapopli/

Visit Enma Popli’s website

>> http://www.enmapopli.com/