Deena Mehta | Work Culture, Discipline, Value System, Habits | Questions I Wanted to Ask

This week on Questions I Wanted to Ask, I have the honor to speak to Mrs. Deena Mehta. She is the first woman to be elected on the board of the Bombay Stock Exchange in the 125 years of the exchange's existence and is also the first-ever woman president at the Bombay Stock Exchange. She's a chartered accountant, businesswoman, financial adviser, social activist, and managing director of Asit. C Mehta group of companies. While being part of the equity market for over 30 years along, she's been running her family, raising two kids, traveling all over the world for work, learning Bhagavad Gita, and still finding time to watch Shahrukh Khan movies. In this episode, I speak to Mrs. Mehta about the changes in work culture all over the years, her parenting journey, the importance of discipline & a strong value system, and small but consistent habits that made her what she is today. Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 01:43 - Every morning schedule 03:46 - Reason behind her consistency 08:05 - Workplace harassment 10:35 - Forbid women from crying at workplace 12:50 - Unconcious bias towards women 16:40 - Women have to work harder to establish credibility 19:58 - Women helping and supporting women 23:25 - How did she manage both work and kids back in the 90s 26:00 - the balance between professional and personal life 31:20 - Thoughts and being active on social media 32:50 - Women facing harassment and dealing with bias 36:58 - How did you manage to raise two sons 20 years back with a sense of equality 40:00 - Did you curb your ambitions after the kids were born 43:23 - Cpmpartmentalisation, not losing your calm 50:40 - How do you unwind and stay centered You can follow: Deena Mehta https://twitter.com/deenamehta?lang=en Anshu Patni Singhi https://www.instagram.com/anshupsinghi/ https://twitter.com/anshupatni?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshu-patni-singhi-7386b24/ Producer: Anshu Patni Singhi and Aakash Mehta https://www.instagram.com/anshupsinghi/ https://www.instagram.com/kuchbhimehta/ Executive Producer: Abhineet Mandal https://www.instagram.com/abhineetmandal/ Graphics & Artwork: Annie Hazarika https://www.instagram.com/annie_hazarika/ Sound Mix & Master: Varun Patil https://www.instagram.com/p/CE6MH0XJ7jk/ You can reach out to Anshu at: [email protected]