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You were rotated across functions early in your career. Which Mankind’s workforce spans thousands of employees across India.
early role or experience taught you the single most important How do you maintain a sense of personal connection and shared
lesson you still use as COO today? purpose with teams you may never meet in person?
When I joined Mankind Pharma, I wasn’t from a science I have seen Mankind grow from a company with INR 600 crore
background, so I struggled initially. My father asked me to in revenue to over INR 12,000 crore today. Despite that growth,
work across departments – finance, supply chain and sales, one thing has remained constant, our culture. It ensures no
to understand how the business ran but my learning felt one feels isolated or disconnected. I keep an open-door policy
superficial. I later took charge of an ERP implementation where anyone can walk in, call or message me anytime. I meet
project that had been stuck for years. That project made me people informally, share meals, crack jokes and talk casually.
understand every function at the ground level and helped This light-hearted environment keeps people comfortable, yet
me prove myself. That became my first real victory. When it when it’s time for work, everyone means business. That balance
succeeded, people saw me as more than just the promoter’s of warmth and seriousness is what keeps us all connected and
son. That experience taught me how to lead by taking aligned with our purpose.
ownership for a problem, staying persistent and creating value.
You represent a younger generation of leadership within the
Who inside the Juneja family or outside has been the most company. How do you blend your generation’s tech-driven
influential sounding board for you and what single piece of thinking with the older generation’s experience and prudence?
advice from them still shapes a major decision?
When I joined Mankind, managing people much older and more
My father has been the most influential person in my life and experienced than me was a major challenge. I learned that
career. Since childhood, I have grown up watching him build a good leader must lead by example. Change happens when
Mankind Pharma with discipline and hard work. He always told people see purpose in it. Over the years, I have realized that
me that nothing beats hard work and that consistent follow-up technology or new initiatives must be introduced when the
is just as important. He believes you must follow up until the business demands them; otherwise, people resist. Now that
last person on the ground delivers. These two principles have Mankind has grown, we must think ahead, be future-ready with
stayed with me and continue to shape how I lead, execute and technology, systems and policies. Thankfully, people’s mindsets
make decisions even today. have evolved and we have built a culture that welcomes
transformation and change.
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