Namita Thapar

One of the leading business women of India, Namita Thapar heads Emcure Pharmaceuticals and is the founder of Thapar Entrepreneur Academy.

She is an MBA graduate from the Fuqua School of Business and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI and is now a familiar face in the business world who came to the limelight through ‘Shark Tank India’. 

Post her 6 year stint at Guidant Corporation, USA, Namita joined Emcure as CFO and subsequently her responsibilities grew to include Emcure’s India Business as well.

Emcure Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Pune with a turnover of 6000 crores ($750 million). It has a presence in 70 countries and an employee strength of over 10,000.

Namita serves as a Board Member on the India Regional Advisory Board of Fuqua School of Business, as a trustee on TiE Mumbai Board of Trustees, and is also an active member of Young Presidents Organization.

She is passionate about youth entrepreneurship and founded Incredible Ventures Ltd, an education company that teaches entrepreneurship to 11 -18 year olds in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai and Ahmedabad.

She has been a speaker at various prestigious forums such as Harvard Business School, Indian Institute of Management (IIM- A), ET women’s conference, FICCI.