\u201cI lived my father\u2019s dream of becoming a doctor\u00a0and,\u00a0in the process, it became my dream as well,\u201d says\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Meinal\u00a0Chaudhry,\u00a0Director\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Radiodiagnosis\u00a0&\u00a0Chief – Strategy, Branding, Digital Marketing\u00a0&\u00a0Corporate Communications, Aakash Healthcare.\u00a0Meinal\u00a0is an alumna of the\u00a0AMPH Co 2019\u00a0at ISB.<\/p>\n
Growing up,\u00a0Meinal\u00a0saw many doctors in the family and naturally became inclined towards this\u00a0profession. As she treaded the path of medicine, she\u00a0became\u00a0passionate\u00a0about radiodiagnosis\u00a0and started heading that department at her family-owned business, Aakash Healthcare.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had been practising\u00a0medicine\u00a0for over eight years\u00a0at which point\u00a0decided to\u00a0take the plunge into management education,\u201d she says. The motivation and inspiration came from witnessing a transformation in her husband who had just finished the AMPH at ISB.\u00a0Meinal\u00a0explains, \u201cWhen he came back from\u00a0ISB, I felt a generation gap between his understanding of business\u00a0and mine. He\u00a0was able to\u00a0see a problem with a 360-degree approach after\u00a0the programme. The kind of perspective that opened for him motivated me to\u00a0take up\u00a0the one year of rigorous training at ISB.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meinal\u00a0expected to gain a logical understanding of the concepts of management and business.\u00a0However,\u00a0she ended up transforming.\u00a0“I\u00a0completely\u00a0changed as a leader, and more importantly, as a person. The\u00a0positive\u00a0change\u00a0I\u00a0have been able to\u00a0bring to my\u00a0business after\u00a0evaluating the financial and strategic\u00a0impact of my\u00a0decision\u00a0making has\u00a0been\u00a0immense. I can now segment my problems into smaller\u00a0parts\u00a0and tackle them one at a time.\u00a0This understanding\u00a0has come from the\u00a0programme,\u00a0and I am thankful for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
On a lighter\u00a0note,\u00a0she adds,\u00a0\u201cI\u00a0keep\u00a0applying the management\u00a0fundas in my day-to-day life. So much so that my relationship with my kids, parents, and in-laws have also changed for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reflecting\u00a0on how the program has impacted her\u00a0leadership style,\u00a0Meinal\u00a0says, \u201cWhen I started, I thought\u00a0I will add a lot of value into my family business and department\u00a0at Aakash Healthcare. But after\u00a0AMPH, I also became more emotionally intelligent.\u00a0I went from being\u00a0authoritative to\u00a0being\u00a0inclusive, from fault-finding to being\u00a0solution-oriented. I started\u00a0listening to my team\u2019s comments and leveraging their\u00a0expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aakash Healthcare performed exceptionally well in terms of marketing and crisis management\u00a0during Covid-19.\u00a0Meinal\u00a0explains how they leveraged the pandemic for\u00a0their\u00a0brand-building.\u00a0\u201cWhen the pandemic struck, we sat down and translated the learnings from\u00a0the\u00a0crisis management\u00a0course at AMPH point by point. The framework of keeping employees on your side, communicating\u00a0about\u00a0your vulnerabilities,\u00a0being\u00a0empathetic, handling\u00a0supply chains\u00a0and whatnot were all implemented for Covid-19\u00a0management\u00a0at our hospital.\u00a0We even followed the learnings\u00a0for\u00a0media communications like a bible. In due course,\u00a0Aakash Healthcare\u00a0outshone other brands.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the occasion of\u00a0Doctor\u2019s Day,\u00a0Meinal\u00a0says, \u201cDoctors are\u00a0a\u00a0very hard working and sincere\u00a0tribe.\u00a0But they lack street-smartness\u00a0\u2013 a dire need of the present times.\u00a0The AMPH programme\u00a0brings out that kind of smartness in you.\u00a0Even if you do not opt for a management course, make sure you keep on reading about\u00a0management, law, strategy, operations, etc. and keep applying those in your life.\u00a0Keep on doing the great work\u00a0you always do,\u00a0but,\u00a0with the street smartness which you\u00a0can get from a management course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI lived my father\u2019s dream of becoming a doctor\u00a0and,\u00a0in the process, it became my dream as well,\u201d says\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Meinal\u00a0Chaudhry,\u00a0Director\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Radiodiagnosis\u00a0&\u00a0Chief – Strategy, Branding, Digital Marketing\u00a0&\u00a0Corporate Communications, Aakash Healthcare.\u00a0Meinal\u00a0is an alumna of the\u00a0AMPH Co 2019\u00a0at ISB. Growing up,\u00a0Meinal\u00a0saw many doctors in the family and naturally became inclined towards this\u00a0profession. As she treaded the path of medicine, she\u00a0became\u00a0passionate\u00a0about radiodiagnosis\u00a0and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[24,25,29],"yoast_head":"\n