Namita Thapar (born 21 March 1977) is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive, and angel investor. She is the
Executive director of
Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She has also been a prominent investor in ''
Shark Tank India
''Shark Tank India'' is an Indian Hindi-language business reality television series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television. The show is the Indian franchise of the American show ''Shark Tank''. It shows entrepreneurs making business presenta ...
'' investing in over 100 companies. She is also the founder of Thapar Entrepreneur Academy.
Early life and education
Namita is the daughter of businessman Satish Ramanlal Mehta. She completed her MBA from
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
's
Fuqua School of Business
The Fuqua School of Business (pronounced ) is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It enrolls more than 1,300 students in degree-seeking programs. Duke Executive Education also offers non-degree business education and ...
in 2001 and is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI.
Career
After completing her MBA, she ventured to the US, to take the role of Business Finance head at Guidant Corporation. Later, she relocated to India, where she took the role of CFO at
Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She was later appointed as the
Executive director of the company.
Shark Tank
Namita has been a “Shark” on the
SonyLiv reality program ''Shark Tank India'' in Seasons
1,
2 and
3.
Personal life
She is married to Vikas Thapar. they are parents to two boys- Jai and Vir.
References
External links
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Living people
Indian businesspeople
1977 births
Shark Tank India