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Woman of the Year Award given to Rajshree Pathy

S. Dorairaj

Enjoy the highs and survive the lows, women entrepreneurs told

MAKING A MARK: Rajshree Pathy (left) receiving the award from Zubeida Asgar Ali Dhala, chairperson, FICCI Ladies Organisation, in Chennai on Thursday. — Photo: Vino John

CHENNAI: "Life is a roller coaster ride— enjoy the highs and survive the lows." This has been the mantra followed by every outstanding personality, especially successful women entrepreneurs, says Rajshree Pathy, Chairperson and Managing Director, Rajshree Group of Companies, who has won "The Woman of the Year Award" of the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO).

In a presentation after receiving the award for 2005-2006 here on Thursday, Ms. Pathy said globalisation had thrown open the gates of opportunities for women to make their mark in different sectors.

Narrating her experience of climbing the ladder of success against many odds, she said: "A crisis became my opportunity in life to move ahead and fulfil my destiny."

She advised the women entrepreneurs to nurture a dream if they wanted it come true. "The balance sheet does not provide for gender performance. Ultimately what matters is that you play the game and come out winning. If men are from Mars, women are from Venus. We are running the race in the same way in the same arena."

Ms. Pathy also gave some useful tips to the women entrepreneurs for success: "Focus on building core competency within the organisation; identify key motivating factors and pursue them; set realistic goals and revise them periodically; improve values in the organisation; reinvent yourself constantly; benchmark yourself with the best in your business."

FLO chairperson Zubeida Asgar Ali Dhala presented the award to Ms. Pathy.

The citation, read out by Nirmal Mirza, said Ms. Pathy had engineered the growth of the RGC with sheer grit and dedication and consolidated the group's progress in various fields.

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