Nov 14 2016

Nisha Dutt’s story is one of serendipity and hard work. She joined Intellecap as a Senior Manager in Consulting and Research in 2009. Within six years, she became the CEO of the company. As the CEO, she helps guide the global positioning of the business.

Intellecap provides innovative business solutions that help build and scale profitable and sustainable enterprises dedicated to social and environmental change.

Here are some excerpts from my chat with Nisha.

From India to USA and back

With early years spent in government schools in India, Nisha, 39, moved to the US in 1999 to pursue her Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University and MBA from Ohio State University. “I come from the armed forces, and my mother was a businesswoman, so the dual values of discipline and business acumen were the lessons I had learnt at home. As the youngest, I grew up with a fair amount of freedom. The empowerment and freedom to choose coupled with a strong sense of discipline is something I treasure and believe it has laid the stepping stones to the many risks I have taken.”