COVER STORY
Describe your journey as a leading woman lawyer?
A
s Chief Legal Officer,
Sistema
Shyam
TeleServices
Limited,
since 2008, Neera Sharma
advises the company on the
entire gamut of legal, regulatory
and
compliance
matters.
Sound commercial acumen, a
strong grip on technical issues,
the ability to conduct highly
productive
meetings
while
keeping them reasonably brief,
the ability to imbibe good
leadership
qualities,
good
negotiating and mediating
skills, and a problem-solving
and proactive approach are
some of the endearing qualities
that have made Ms Sharma a
role model for her colleagues
and peers.
A true business lawyer, Ms
Sharma has a well-rounded
legal experience of nearly two
decades having worked with
leading lights such as DCM
Limited, HCL, Idea Cellular
Limited, Emaar MGF Land
Private Limited, HFCL Infotel,
and Dishnet Wireless Limited
(Aircel). Ms Sharma has a
Bachelor’s degree in law from
Punjab University and has
completed her MBA in Finance
from Amity Business School. She
is a founder-member of Indian
Corporate Counsel Association.
Whenever somebody asks me this question, I go into flashback and relive all
my struggling moments and sometimes I wonder how being a small town girl, I
came so far, breaking all boundaries, making my own path, empowering myself.
Yes, empowering myself, every woman on this earth has immense strength,
we all just need to recognize and utilize that. My journey till now has been a
roller coaster ride and promises to continue to be exhilarating. Trying to cover
a place for oneself in a profession where men outnumber women by far has
its own set of challenges and at the end of it, I feel I always empathize more
with issues that are unique to women. I hail from Ludhiana Punjab, have done
my Law degree from Punjab University, an MBA-Finance from Amity Business
School, and also completed a specialized course in Cyber Law & Labour Law
from the Indian Law Institute. I have a rich experience of working for medium-
sized companies and also, a lot of startu