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What has been the hardest operational, regulatory or market Looking ahead ten years, what are the three headline outcomes
challenge you have faced since taking charge and what did that you want Cupid to have achieved and what personal milestone as
moment teach you about leadership? a founder would tell you that you have delivered on your
ambitions?
There have been many learnings and many more learnings
still lay ahead. Speaking of one challenge – many of Cupid’s Three things we are currently working on at Cupid which I would
international clients had stopped business with the company like to see happen in the next decade:
owing to certain legacy issues before my takeover which I was • Cupid becomes a household name pan-India and in many
not privy to.
international markets
On taking charge I proactively worked with the talented team at • Cupid’s diagnostics vertical becomes a global force to reckon
Cupid to resolve the issues, rebuild old business relationships, with
forge new ones and get additional global certifications to grow
our presence in the International B2B space. • Cupid’s new age female and male contraceptives become
a game changer in promoting health, safety and satisfaction
This one instance reaffirmed my belief that a company is only as across the world
good as the people and teams running it!
An important personal milestone for me would be when the
businesses I own and manage directly serve atleast 100 crore
Who inside the family, on the board, or in the investor community people and create a positive impact in their lives.
became your most important sounding board when you were
planning the recent fundraise and acquisitions, and what single
piece of advice from them changed how you executed?

Whether it be Cupid’s recent investments in a Saudi healthcare
opportunity and a Saudi perfume brand, or my personal Keeping things simple is my mantra, I
investments in Tourism Finance Corporation of India (NBFC) and aim to provide the best quality products
Apollo Micro Systems (Defence), I always speak to my elder at the most compelling price point to our
brother, who is the Executive Director at Cupid, before going customers.
ahead with any major decision. My mind is usually made up
before I speak to him and seldom changes after our discussion,
but I always gain a unique perspective that I value.

My father’s advice has always resonated with me: ‘Never make
a decision and question whether it is right or wrong. Take a
decision and do what it takes to make it the right one.’

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