Naina lal kidwai biography definition
Naina Lal Kidwai
Indian banker (born 1957)
Naina Lal Kidwai (born 14 April 1957) is an Indian banker, chartered accountant and business executive. She was a Group General Manager and the Country Head of HSBC India. She is also a former President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). In 2015, Kidwai received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
Early life and background
Naina Lall Kidwai was born into a Punjabi family on 14 April 1957. Kidwai's father, Surinder Lall, was the CEO of an insurance company. Kidwai's mother was the daughter of Karamchand Thapar, founder of the Thapar Group of companies. Kidwai has one sister, Nonita Lall Qureshi, a golfer and an Arjuna Award winner in 1989, who is married to Pakistani golf champion Faisal Qureshi.
Education
Kidwai holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, a woman's college in University of Delhi, and belongs to the batch of 1977. Funded by her mother's wealthy family, the Thapar family, she then went to Harvard Business School (HBS) to do a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and graduated in 1982. Kidwai is also the first Indian woman to graduate from HBS. She is also a qualified chartered accountant.
Career
Kidwai's first job was with Price Waterhouse, which later became PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). She entered the banking industry when she joined ANZ Grindlays, where she worked from 1982 to 1994. From 1994 to 2002, Kidwai worked in Morgan Stanley India, where, in 1997, she was also made the head of investment banking.
In 2002, she joined HSBC Securities and Capital Markets and her during time at the company, Kidwai became HSBC Securities and Capital Market's vice-ch
I have followed my passions: Naina Lal Kidwai
Thereafter, his grandmother began suspecting that her daughter-in-law, Das’s mother, may have fallen in love with the Bollywood heartthrob of yesteryears. So, she took her grandchild to a guru, placed him at his feet and asked him to rename him. The guru looked at the child and wasted no time.Gurcharan Das literally means ‘at the feet of the guru’.
This and many other anecdotes drew peals of laughter from the audience as Das and chairman of HSBC India, Naina Lal Kidwai, thrashed out ideas on women empowerment and passion at the workplace at the Times Lit Fest on Saturday. Kidwai, who is set to retire soon, spoke at length about her book, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories.
“During my stint in the corporate world, I have always felt men are better than women at marketing themselves. That’s why women need that little bit of extra support,” said Kidwai. She narrated a few examples from her life as an executive at Grindlays Bank.
Kidwai said that after retirement, she would spend half her time following her passions in the fields of women empowerment and the environment. “As a professional, I have followed my passions even outside my core area of work,” said Kidwai. When asked whether it is possible to merge both successfully, Kidwai gave examples from her own experience at HSBC and said she was successful in doing so. “I headed the diversity division in the region for the bank. Slowly, I brought in changes into the organisation from my fields of passion. It could be a great opportunity for you to experiment at your workplace,” she said.
Similarly, Das said he juggled between the corporate world and words with a fair amount of success. “I always wanted to be a writer but I needed a job too to sustain myself. So, I turned into a weekend writer. If the writing went w
Naina Lal Kidwai launches book on India's 30 women leaders
"The inspiration came from my father who told me to pursue a career that applied my knowledge. He provided the moral support to build the company and influenced me to achieve a humanitarian sense of purpose, my raison d'être,“ she said, adding that as she built her success, her credibility as an entrepreneurrose simultaneously, breaking gender barriers.
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The Biocon CMD was speaking at a FKCCI's Industry Ladies Organisation panel that launched the book '30 Womenin Power', edited by Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairman India and Director Asia-Pacific, HSBC.
Nirupama Rao former Indian Ambassador to U.S, Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairman India and Director Asia-Pacific, HSBC, Shaheen Mistry, founder Akanksha Foundation and BIOCON chief, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw lighting the lamp at the release function of a book '30 Women in Power' in Bengaluru.
The book chronicles success stories of 30 Indian woman leaders including bankers Chanda Kochhar(ICICI), Arundhati Bhattacharya (State Bank of India), Kaku Nakhate (Bank of America-Merrill Lynch), lawyers Pallavi Shroffand Zia Mody, IT leaders Debjani Ghosh (Intel) and Aruna Jayanthi(Capgemini India), entrepreneurs Mallika Srinivasan (TAFE), Meher Pudumjee(Thermax), Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and NGO activists like Sunita Narain, among others.
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"Women leaders were considered a goldfish in a glass bowl in our time. These stories prove how they are fighters who proved their disbelievers wrong. They took risks and paved way for gender inclusion in the industry ," Naina Lal told ET.
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Kidwai, Naina Lal 1957–
Vice chairman, managing director, and head of investment banking, HSBC Group
Nationality: Indian.
Born: 1957, in India.
Education: Delhi University, BS, 1977; Harvard University, MBA, 1982.
Family: Daughter of an insurance company CEO; married Rashid K. Kidwai (managing director); children: two.
Career: Price Waterhouse, 1977–1979, associate; ANZ Grindlays Bank, 1982–1985, investment banker; 1985–1989, head of merchant banking, western region; 1989–1991, head of merchant banking; 1991–1994, head of retail banking, western region; Morgan Stanley (India), 1994–1997, vice chairman and head of investment banking; JM Morgan Stanley, 1997–2002, vice chairman and head of investment banking; HSBC Group, 2002–, vice chairman, managing director, and head of investment banking.
Awards: World's Top 50 Corporate Women, Fortune, 2000–2003; Global Influentials, Time, 2002; International Power 50, Fortune, 2003; 25 Most Powerful Women in Business, Business Today (India), 2003.
Address: HSBC India, 5th Floor, 52/60, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mumbai 400 001 India; http://www.hsbc.co.in.
■ Naina Lal Kidwai combined a talent for business with a keen eye for emerging trends to become one of India's most influential investment bankers. She helped some of the nation's most-promising companies to grow and prosper. She combined her business acumen with a team-based management philosophy and a strong social consciousness.
BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
Naina Lal Kidwai came from a family of high achievers. Her father was the CEO of a leading Indian insurance company, her sister became one of India's top golfers, and her husband, Rashid K. Kidwai, was managing director of Digital Partners, a nonprofit organization. Kidwai finished first in her class every year at high school and was chosen school captain. Her lifelong friend, film director Mira Nair, told the Times of India, "When I