Chanda Kochhar Quotes & Sayings

“Clearly, for an organization to move on, it is the job of the leader to be that sponge that takes the stress from inside and the outside.”

“Thankfully I have an ecosystem of in-laws, parents and husband, who are my rocks.”

“I always believe that, as you start out, while you should have a big dream - a big goal - but it's also important to move step by step. So, you know, frankly, if you ask me, when I started as a management trainee in 1984, I don't know that I really thought that I would become the CEO.”

“I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?”

“India's growth drivers are actually two growth drivers. One is consumption, which arises out of our demographic advantage. And the other is the investments. Because we need a lot of investment in the country.”

“What my parents believed was that, you know, the best wealth they could give to us children was to educate us and, you know - give us that foundation.”

“There were so many occasions when I wasn't around for my kids or my husband. But we learnt to work around it.”