Apurva Purohit
Apurva Purohit (born 3 October 1966) is an Indian businesswoman and author from India, with over three decades of experience in the corporate world where she formed significant partnerships with private equity firms and promoters to build and scale up a diverse set of businesses - from early stage fledgling businesses, to setting up new ventures and to supervising turnarounds in mature and declining organisations. She was earlier the CEO of Radio City & President of Jagran Group. She is an Independent director at Mindtree Ltd, L&T Technology services Ltd, Navin Fluorine International Ltd. and an advisor to private equity  fund Amicus Capital. She is also the author of the two national bestselling books “Lady, You’re not a Man” – the Adventures of a Woman at Work and "Lady, You’re the Boss"! Through her books, Apurva aims to empower women and encourage them to achieve their full potential. Biography. Early life and education. Apurva has a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Physics) from Stella Maris College, Chennai and completed her masters in business administration from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. She was a state-level field hockey player and represented Tamil Nadu in the sport. Career. She has worked  across a variety of media businesses from radio to print to digital and was responsible for building and scaling up Radio City to become a leader in the FM radio space, and subsequently listing it on the stock exchanges in 2017, one of the more successful IPOs in those years. She was responsible for setting up Lodestar, which is today one of the largest media buying agencies in the country, and envisioning Times of India’s entry strategy into television, and has also worked on famed turnarounds like Zee TV and Mid-day, pivoting it from a traditional print business  to a marquee and respected print and digital brand. Under her people-oriented leadership and focus on building a great culture, one of her portfolio companies, Radio City was consecutively featured in the Great Place To Work survey for 7 years in India and amongst the Best Places to Work in Asia, and has become a case study on building high impact cultures which have a direct correlation on profitability. Apurva has been a leading voice in the Indian business landscape, advocating gender diversity, what ails it, and what organisations and leaders can do to improve this critical imperative. Recognition . Over the years, Apurva has won multiple business awards and has been repeatedly named as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business as per the India Today Group and Fortune India. Personal life. Apurva is married to Sanjay Purohit and has a son Siddharth Purohit. She lives in Mumbai. She is an avid sports follower and represented Tamil Nadu in hockey in 1984–1987.