Exemplary Leadership, Illustrious Career

A leader born, by her own admission, Dr Minnie Bodhanwala, CEO, of Wadia Hospital Mumbai, looks back on her journey from her early days as a successful dentist and how the discovery of hitherto hidden skills pivoted her energies towards the management side of healthcare.

DR MINNIE BODHANWALA

CEO, WADIA HOSPITALS

Armed with a MBA in Finance and a Masters in Hospital Administration, she embarked on a new course in the healthcare industry, which also awakened the entrepreneur in her. What added to her conviction to follow this diversion in her career path, was that though not many doctors opted to be on the admin side of healthcare, and often times it was seen that the insufficient clinical knowledge of a non-medical administration could well result in less efficient healthcare management.

The numerous accolades that have come Dr Bodhanwala’s way, ever since, have not come easy. She has worked tirelessly to mould her outlook and her decisions to confront each challenge she has faced with a bright, positive and realistic approach. Blind ambition has never been the road to success in her thinking;rather, as she firmly believes: Ambition when guided by the right vision, results in all-inclusive leadership–and that is the key ingredient to success. The executives and the top management in large corporate groups is usually more focussed on the optics, rather than the real work. Dr. Minnie Bodhanwala in stark contrast is exactly the opposite and is always primarily focussed on the real work at the ground level.