Chanda Kochhar

An entrepreneur, whether man or woman, has to be willing to take help, whether financial or technical, to grow his or her business.

Chanda Kochhar

As far as investors and customers are concerned, I make it a point to answer each and every piece of mail that comes to me.

Chanda Kochhar

Business models that are relevant today are not relevant tomorrow and were not in existence yesterday.

Chanda Kochhar

I always believe that, as you start out, while you should have a big dream – a big goal – but it’s also important to move step by step. So, you know, frankly, if you ask me, when I started as a management trainee in 1984, I don’t know that I really thought that I would become the CEO.

Chanda Kochhar

I believe that India’s long-term growth story is strong, and foreign investors are keen to be a part of it.

Chanda Kochhar

I remember the reactions I got when we first visited factories to inspect the projects that we were funding. It was not easy for people to see a woman there. That was a time when most of these workplaces were not even equipped with a loo for women.

Chanda Kochhar

I use my interaction with both my kids to know how the youth today relates to technology, their expectations in terms of mobility and social solutions by customer services-oriented businesses like banking.

Chanda Kochhar

I was only a young girl of 13 when my father passed away from a sudden heart attack, leaving us unprepared to take on life without him. We had been protected from life’s challenges so far. But without warning, all that changed overnight.

Chanda Kochhar

In India, we have the opportunity to give innovation the kind of scale that no other country in the world can. Innovation is a necessity.

Chanda Kochhar

It’s not easy to have it all. Frankly, you know, you have to give as much to the career that the career requires and, at the same time, you have to give as much to the family as the attention that’s required.

Chanda Kochhar