Vanitha Datla

Vanitha Datla is the Vice Chairperson of Elico Ltd, a 55-year-old company that is a pioneer in the Analytical Instruments Industry, “ Innovating to connect Science with Lab” and Managing Director Elico Healthcare Services Ltd, a service provider to the Health-care Industry in countries like USA, UK, Middle East etc.

The past two decades have seen her acquiring experience across diverse sectors such as Financial Services, Insurance Services, Cement, Power, Security Printing, Instrumentation & BPO services, with stints in the USA and India.

Education

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), ICFAI, Hyderabad.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA), ICFAI, Hyderabad.
• Bachelor of Arts (BA), St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad.

A bright student all through her academic years, she stood second in her graduating PGDBA class at ICFAI earning a Silver Medal and securing a place on the Dean’s Honor Roll for achieving a perfect 4.0 GPA, while pursuing her undergraduate study at Wichita State University in the USA.

Associations

• Deputy Chairwoman, Indian Women Network (IWN-CII),^[1] Southern Region. 2016-2017
• Chairperson, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),^[2][3] Telangana. 2014-2015 & 2015-2016
• Vice-Chairperson, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),^[4] Andhra Pradesh. 2014
• Chairwoman, Indian Women Network (IWN-CII),^[5] Andhra Pradesh 2013-2014
• Board Member, WWF State Chapter, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
• Director on Board, School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad. 2012-2015

A frequent speaker^[6] at various professional and academic forums, Vanitha is passionate about women empowerment and contributing positively to women’s issues. Apart from her professional career, she has keen networking skills, which has helped her to be elected in Industry Associations. She has been a member of the CII National Committee on Backward District Development and CII National Committee on Women Empowerment. In addition to serving on the CII HR panel Southern Region, CII CSR panel, AP State, CII Finance & Taxation panel, AP State, Co-Convenor CII Exim panel, AP State, Chairperson CII Women Empowerment Taskforce, AP State. Earlier, she was an active member of the Steering committee on ‘Green Homes’.

She also served on the Board of the ICFAI Business School Alumni Federation. She was instrumental in laying foundations & strengthening the Industry- Institute interface for the placement cell at the Engineering colleges of BVRIT & SVCEW under the Sri Vishnu Educational Society.^[7] She is the Treasurer of WIN^[8] (Women in Network), an NGO that works closely with children & women of urban slums, and was part of the founding team.

An avid fitness person, she has undertaken 100-km and 150-km bicycle rides and runs long distances, conquering a couple of full marathons, many half-marathons and a 50-km ultra walkathon distance. She has participated and completed many endurance and duathlon events and earned herself the tag of a ‘Duathlete’. Trekking is another passion that has led her to visit the Everest Base Camp in Nepal, Mt. Kailash near Manasarovar, Tibet & Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa.

She had learnt to play the Veena & Piano at an early age and has also dabbled in classical Carnatic vocals and Vedic chanting. Additionally she also enjoys listening to music, reading, spending time with her family and writing articles about her travel exploits, but traveling remains her true passion and she has traveled around the globe extensively to more than 50 countries.

References

External links

• ELICO
• Elico Healthcare Services