I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures

If someone judges you, they are wasting space in their mind…The best part, it’s their problem.

Success can come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.

You can’t always choose who comes into your life but you can learn what lesson they teach you.

Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.

I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.

Treat me right and you will see the light…Treat me wrong and you will be gone!!

It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.

I received my parents’ permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

If someone judges you,they are wasting space in their mind…Best part, it’s their problem.

As far as employees are concerned, clearly I like to communicate with them, since we are more than 40,000 people. I like to communicate either through e-mail or through video conferencing, which we do very often, and stream out videos and interviews. But more than that, I believe in traveling to my branches.

As far as the banking industry is concerned - and I am sure it must be true for various industries as well - is that the only thing that is constant is change. Your business models are changing, the customer demands are changing and the regulations are changing constantly.

ICICI has been a meritocracy. So, a huge amount a lot of responsibilities, big roles, challenges, have been given to women, not because they are men or women or so on, but they were just given to people who have - who the organization believes has the capability to perform.

There are lots of India-related business which is nourished overseas. I mean India-related business that is done off-shore. There are lot of funds that are invested in India and run by Indians but are being operated from outside, mainly because of the taxation laws.

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.

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.

Rather than worrying about entities, we should worry about the trends in technology that may cause disruptions... if we get so paranoid that banking is no longer going to exist and banks are going to get disrupted, I think that is a different worry.

The scope of activities for payments banks mainly includes acceptance of demand deposits, issuance of ATM/debit cards, payment and remittance services, and distribution of third-party products.

The MBA entrance exams are so quantitative-oriented that it keeps out more and more women from joining the MBA classes. If we were to make the entrance exams more all-rounded, you could see more participation.