Anupama Vaidya

by Dr.Anupama Vaidya (h.c.) Engineering Marvels, Human Mindsets Yesterday, I made a quick trip to Pune from Mumbai. As a regular traveler on this expressway, I have long been a witness to how weekend journeys, especially on Sunday evenings, once turned into ordeals at the toll plazas. Endless queues, impatient drivers cutting lanes, tempers flaring, and precious time slipping away made chaos feel inevitable. With increasing traffic, this seemed only a multiplying problem. Yet in the last few months, something remarkable has changed. The brilliance of redesigning and reshaping the toll stretch has transformed the experience completely. What was once a dreaded bottleneck is now a smooth passage. On a Sunday evening, I now zip through instead of crawling — grateful for the out-of-the-box thinking of a few geniuses who refused to accept congestion as destiny, and solved a problem for thousands. If such ingenuity can transform an everyday inconvenience or ordinary frustrations of daily li...

By Dr. Anupama Vaidya (h.c.)    5th September has always been a special day since childhood. Year after year, I recollect vividly, how we would come together and put up programs to honour our teachers. Those beautiful moments remain etched in my heart. To my alma mater, and every teacher from St. Ursula’s who instilled rigor, discipline, dedication, and sincerity towards life, and then onwards at Fergusson College, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, and throughout my professional journey - I carry deep gratitude for the many teachers and mentors who have shaped and influenced me. Each has left behind a unique imprint of character, courage, and conviction. Today, as I find myself often switching roles between being a student and being a teacher, as well as I coach leaders to embrace this duality – I realize that teaching is not merely a profession. It is a way of leadership: quiet, profound, and timeless. On this Teachers’ Day, what better tribute than to honor all my ...