Axis Bank CEO Tells IIM-A Students To Wisely Choose A Life Partner

One of the most renowned woman bankers in India and the current MD and CEO at Axis Bank, gave the graduating batch of  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) some unconventional advice.

To everyone’s surprise, Shikha Sharma, spoke about wisely choosing a life partner. “You are poised to enter the real world tomorrow. The choices you make there will define who you become,” she said.

As she addressed the students of her alma mater, Sharma spoke about three choices that have particularly shaped her career, the most important being marrying Sanjaya, who is also an IIM-A alumni like her.

“The choice of a life partner is the single most important choice you’ll make in your life, much of the joy you derive in your life, does hark back to who you choose to share this journey with. A lot of what I am today are a function of the life partner I was lucky to have alongside my journey. Sanjay and I, both alumni of IIM-A, are very different people. But we are not all that different either. We have very similar core values,” she said.

“A lot of what I am today, the achievements that were so kindly mentioned in the introduction, are a function of the partner I was lucky to have alongside my journey”, she added.

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