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| Sangita Singh quits Wipro - here's what made her so special |
December 15, 2015, NewsCrunch
Sangita Singh, the head of Wipro's healthcare and life sciences division, has quit the company.
She was one of the best known employees of Wipro, having been recognised as a Young Global Leader of 2010 by the World Economic Forum.
The most inspiring story about Sangita Singh is how she got the biggest break of her life. It did not come to her, she had to make a go for it.
When Vivek Paul was the CEO of Wipro, she was a product sales executive in Portland, USA.
Wipro was looking for a Chief Marketing Officer, a job Sangita Singh wanted badly.
She landed in Vivek Paul's office in California without knowing him or even where he sat, but managed to speak to him.
Vivek Paul, who was known for his impatience and quick temper, told her that he did not have time to speak to her and also did not know anything about her. But she persisted and got an appointment with him to make a presentation.
Sangita Singh did that a few days later and impressed him with her vision, bluntness and honesty. He liked that there was no empty rhetoric in the slides.
The job was hers, where she stayed for nearly five years, before moving on to head Wipro's enterprise IT business.
Not just Sangita Singh, even Vivek Paul counts the incident as one of the most memorable of his career.
When Vivek Paul was the CEO of Wipro, she was a product sales executive in Portland, USA.
Wipro was looking for a Chief Marketing Officer, a job Sangita Singh wanted badly.
She landed in Vivek Paul's office in California without knowing him or even where he sat, but managed to speak to him.
Vivek Paul, who was known for his impatience and quick temper, told her that he did not have time to speak to her and also did not know anything about her. But she persisted and got an appointment with him to make a presentation.
Sangita Singh did that a few days later and impressed him with her vision, bluntness and honesty. He liked that there was no empty rhetoric in the slides.
The job was hers, where she stayed for nearly five years, before moving on to head Wipro's enterprise IT business.
Not just Sangita Singh, even Vivek Paul counts the incident as one of the most memorable of his career.