Host Pavan Srinath talks to business leader & author Hema Hattangady about growing a manufacturing company in Bengaluru in the 1990s and 2000s.Hema Hattangady shares her personal and professional journey, from a college education in Dharwad to becoming the CEO of Conzerv in 1996, a family-owned hardware electronics-based energy management firm, to successfully leading and growing the firm and eventually selling the business to Schneider Electric in 2009.Hema talks about how she established herself in a male-dominated world of engineers, business sales, and endless private and public sector corruption. She discusses how she was able to institute a culture of service and excellence in her company, gives us glimpses into the madness of running a manufacturing company in Bengaluru in the 1990s.Hema authored the book LiftOff: Transforming Conserv along with Ashish Sen, chronicling her personal and professional journey. It is available on Amazon on Hardcover and Kindle ebook, you can find it at: https://amzn.to/394nyy4 . The book is being translated into Kannada and should be available in the coming months.ಫಾಲೋ ಮಾಡಿ. Follow the Thalé-Haraté Kannada Podcast @haratepod. Facebook: https://facebook.com/HaratePod/ , Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaratePod/ and Instagram: https://instagram.com/haratepod/ .ಈಮೇಲ್ ಕಳಿಸಿ, send us an email at haratepod@gmail.com or send a tweet and tell us what you think of the show!The Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast is made possible thanks to the support of The Takshashila Institution and IPSMF, the Independent Public-Spirited Media Foundation.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios and check out our website at https://ivmpodcasts.com/ .You can also listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, AudioBoom, Saavn, YouTube, or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere. ಬನ್ನಿ ಕೇಳಿ!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.