Schools like Doon or Lawrence in Sanawar didn't decide to create leaders when they started. Look at their alumni list today, and you have a former prime minister, Olympic gold medallist, army generals, cabinet ministers, and leaders in different spheres. Some kind of training started at the school level itself that helped create leaders.

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My day starts with my son and finishes with my son, and in between, I get to do everything else.

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get everything day son

I did not want to be an engineer or be in information technology, and my parents were supportive of my decision.

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parents technology decision want

Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential.

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potential realize need lifetime

I am privileged to have the kind of platform I do and the kind of support I do. A lot of women in this country don't have that.

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i-am women support country

Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy.

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some governance transparency aim

When students get into a great university, it's a huge aspirational lift for their village. These students become beacons of hope.

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great university village hope

Exposing children to nature, especially at an early age, keeps them grounded.

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early nature age children

My mother and father are exceptionally proud Indians. They always wanted to contribute, to give back philanthropically, especially in the field of education.

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proud mother education father

Media really excited me. As an undergrad, I majored in radio, television, and film and did internships with CNBC and CNN. My first job was at Sky News in London.

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job me sky television

Along with my dad, my mother's pretty high up there. She's a star! Her interests are so diverse - she's an art collector and a sports enthusiast.

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dad mother sports art

Having such high-profile parents could be intimidating, but really, they've let me do my own thing and evolve as a person. When I changed my major from economics to film, they were cool about it.

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parents cool me economics

I am the CEO of HCL Corporation, and, of course, a large part of my time does get spent in HCL Corporation, whether it is in actively managing our investments or perhaps even the governance and accountability and really seeing the strategic direction forward for HCL Corporation.

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direction i-am accountability time

The important thing for my father bringing me on the board of HCL Technologies was to expose me to our largest asset, which is HCL Technologies.

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important-thing me important father

When we look at really good high-performing companies abroad, they are always at the back of an extremely high-performing board, and that is something which is very lacking in this country.

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back good look country

HCL and Wipro are largely controlled by one family, so a strife with the board is not possible.

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board possible strife family

I am not interested in the technology business, at least not in getting hands-on.

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interested i-am technology business

To make a difference, you have to have large aspirations.

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make-a-difference make difference you

Philanthropy is all about sharing. If there's an opportunity to collaborate, we will. Collaborating just for finance is pointless. It has to be like a business collaboration.

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will finance business opportunity

It was only when I started handling Treasury Operations that I realised all of a sudden just how much wealth we have. That is a huge responsibility, so I decided to get on with it and learn how to manage it, because I am a single child and have no siblings to share the responsibility with.

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i-am child wealth responsibility

I graduated from Kellogg. I studied social enterprise.

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graduated studied enterprise social