Energetica India Magazine March 2022

Managing Director, Vision Mechatronics Q Kindly tell Energetica India readers in brief about yourself, your edu- cational background, and how has been your journey so far as a woman? Dr. Rashi Gupta: I belong to a family of engineers and PhDs so going by that I was blessed with a 360 education and it includes BE, MBA, LLM, Ph.D. Life started early so most of the education was with part-time work alongside. As a Woman, I did have my shares of ups and downs but I feel my journey has been very creative, satisfying, and beau- tiful. It could not have been better than this. It has given me a lot. Q What is the most important lesson you have learned with your experi- ence as an entrepreneur? Dr. Rashi Gupta: As an entrepreneur, the most important lesson I learned is resilience, creativity, adaptability. If you have these, ninety percent of the issues are resolved. You have to be per- sistently creative and adaptive to the new challenges that life throws at you every day. Some days there are small challenges some days are really big but if you have adaptability creativity and resilience everything can be dealt with. Q In your view, how more women’s participation can be achieved in contributing towards a sustainable fu- ture? Dr. Rashi Gupta: Women are at the foun- dation of Sustainability, it has been a part of our culture just needs to be prac- ticed a bit more loudly. We have been learning this from our grandmothers and mothers, to upcycle, recycle, reuse has products that are of local produce, but somehow globalization just over- shadowed it a bit and has deeply im- pacted mankind, climate, and fauna. The covid impact has made our progress back to our roots and women will lead this to make this world a more sustain- able resilient and happy place to live. T here is always a scope to be any industry you want to be in. But when it comes to the green energy sector, women need to participate more because they bring a value that is unique. They bring more sensitivity, creativity, progress, sustain- ability, innovation in their own ways. Today we have to match the pace with this demanding sector by upskilling ourselves constantly. We are energy ourselves and it would be the best to contribute to the energy sector as this is a transformational decade and will lead to creating a cleaner, greener, sustainable energy envelope on earth for next generations and women will have to do it. On International Women’s Day, in an exclusive interaction series with women influencers in the power sector, Manu Tayal , Associate Editor, Energetica India, interacted with Dr. Rashi Gupta , Managing Director, Vision Mechatronics. Here’re some edited excerpts from that interaction: 30 energetica INDIA- Mar_2022 DR. RASHI GUPTA INTERVIEW Q What do you want to say to other women on joining the green energy industry wrt scope? What skill sets do they require? Dr. Rashi Gupta: There is always a scope to be any industry you want to be in. But when it comes to the green ener- gy sector, women need to participate more because they bring a value that is unique. They bring more sensitivity, creativity, progress, sustainability, inno- vation in their own ways. Today we have to match the pace with this demanding sector by upskilling ourselves constant- ly. We are energy ourselves and it would be the best to contribute to the energy sector as this is a transformational de- cade and will lead to creating a cleaner, greener, sustainable energy envelope on earth for next generations and women will have to do it. Q How do you see the challenge of the availability of the right kind of skilled manpower in the renewables