Samina Hamied, Executive Vice Chairperson of Cipla, is a force to reckon with in the pharma industry. When she took over leadership at Cipla in its 75th year, the company had no management team, no consultancy firm to guide it forward, had never done a M&A deal and had never hired anyone with an MBA degree. Today in its 86th year, Cipla is paving the way for a more future-ready company with a formal board, CEO, and consultancy firm to guide it which has only strengthened the Cipla magic and reinforced the culture that cares for every one of its employees, patients, customers and community. It’s for these reasons and more that Cipla was awarded Business Standard’s ‘Company of the Year’ award in 2021.