Ameera Shah spoke passionately on a topic that is currently a national interest; women entrepreneurs. She reflects on her own journey and the challenges that she faced while building a business of scale and sustainability across the globe. She spoke at length on the kind of bias a woman faces and ways to overcome the bias and stereotypes. In her opinion Indian women suffer from a conditioned lack of self-belief and an eco-system that promotes the lack of self-belief. Ms. Shah urges women to build their confidence and asserts that self-esteem is the only real asset in life.
Ameera Shah is the Managing Director and CEO of Metropolis Healthcare. She has evolved Metropolis from its single pathology laboratory status to a fully integrated multinational chain of 125 labs and 800 collection centers across the globe. Under her leadership, Metropolis has been the first to create a sustainable business model for pathology, traverse in to emerging markets & implement global standards of quality in all its processes & systems. An international and national award winner, she is an eminent spokesperson and has been featured as a speaker in various forums, industry events and conclaves globally.
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