Aggression at a time when the economy was growing at substantial rates and the retail lending as an industry was growing at a substantial rate was an appropriate aggression. Caution at a time when the economic environment is so uncertain is an appropriate caution.

Chanda Kochhar

Don't give up on something just because you think you can't do it.

Chanda Kochhar

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We need to start work with the idea that we’re going to learn every day. I learn, even at my position, every single day.

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I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

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Investment in infrastructure is a long term requirement for growth and a long term factor that will make growth sustainable.

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I always believe that, as you start out, while you should have a big dream - a big goal - but it's also important to move step by step. So, you know, frankly, if you ask me, when I started as a management trainee in 1984, I don't know that I really thought that I would become the CEO.

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Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.

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Thankfully I have an ecosystem of in-laws, parents and husband, who are my rocks.

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It is crucial to bridge the critical gap between manpower availability and employability by providing sustainable livelihood opportunities for all to grow and prosper.

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Adaptability is a great asset to have because life is so unpredictable, and things can change overnight for any of us.

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Practise and practise to make your dreams turn into reality.

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What women need are not benefits and advantages but a merit-based selection process that will allow them to automatically benefit from various opportunities.

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What I was told by my parents was that, you know, take this inhibition out whether you're a girl or a boy. Basically, pursue your dream, and as long as you're a capable and hardworking human being, you will be able to follow and fulfill your dream.

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Take destiny in your own hands.

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your own destiny hands

The issue of access to growth capital is common to all entrepreneurs. Any entrepreneur who can demonstrate a credible business model and plan would be able to access to capital.

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Successful strategic vision lay in the fact that we visualized the retail business to be much bigger, ahead of what others thought it to be.

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Only if you aspire for more will you achieve more.

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more will you achieve

While working hard for my career, I looked after my family and have been there for my mother and in-laws when they needed me around. They reciprocated in kind with their unconditional love and support for my career.

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The restructuring theme can be of various kinds. Some amount of debt gets serviced out of cash flows, some gets back-ended and resolved with sale of non-core assets of the company, and some debt gets converted into equity which might today look like a haircut.

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I believe in fate, but I also believe that hard work and diligence plays a very important role in our lives.

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Even if it does not become cashless economy, it will become a less cash economy, and I think that itself is going to be a good and big achievement, and I think we are, as a country, gone through many of large changes, and ICICI has been a leader in many of them.

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