Shruti Agrawal: Chief Strategy Officer, Innovative Cancer Care and Rehabilitation

1. What is your philosophy of efficient leadership in a corporate setting?

An efficient leader is a visionary with strong ethics and possesses the capability to drive organizational goals. They are result oriented, passionate, keen observer and ardent learner. They are agile and quickly adapt to the dynamics of the market to be very competitive and meet all the standards. At the same time, they are considerate towards environment and their employees. They grow by shaping other’s growth. They are influential and harness energy of their resources appropriately.

2. Given the chance, how would you redefine woman entrepreneurship?

Most of them believe that women entrepreneurs concentrate their business to sectors which offer emotional value than the real value add like education, social services, healthcare, etc. I would redefine this perception and prove that women can master in all segments by building channels for startup funds and investments to budding entrepreneurs so that they can color their dreams with their full capability. Every service or product a women entrepreneur offers is more value add than emotions.

3. Tell us more about Innovative Cancer Care and Rehabilitation.

We work in cancer rehabilitation and tobacco cessation. We have an online portal where rehab products for cancer patients are available at affordable prices. We have a comprehensive wellness program to quit chewing and smoking comfortably from home. We also offer certificate course for medical practitioners to become a ‘Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist’. This course is accredited by Gujarat University. We do Corporate and Community Wellness Program which includes talks and health camps.

4. What are your organization’s vision and core values?

Vision – To be the leading builders of an ecosystem for quality care and wellness facility that transcends innovation & technology for transforming healthcare, prevention, cure and rehabilitation for cancer, tobacco and its related diseases.

Our Core Values – Commitment, Passion, Ownership, Empathy, Pioneers of Innovation, Comprehensive & Integrated Healthcare, Simplicity, Timeliness, Strong team and being open.

5. What would you choose between following your passion and being practical? Why?

I would choose following passion practically. It is because passion is the spark to drive the vehicle of business. At the same time pragmatism is extremely essential to establish the market for the service and product we offer, build strong customer relationships and ultimately add value to the lives of our customers through our services. Sometimes we build a service around needs which takes time for customer realization and acceptance. Hence, practical implementation is required for new setup.