Takes over as a Managing Director of Vulcan Laval.In this year for the first time The group CEO visits India. She renames Vulcan Laval to Alfa Laval (India) during this visit, with the objective of aligning the company with the parent organization. This gave the company a global perspective. With her personal involvement with the people at the grass roots, she evolves a TEAM, which rallies around her to take the company to newer heights.

She coins the slogan One Team—One Goal  - a unique concept, which reinforces shared values between management and employees.

The company celebrates its Golden Jubilee in style. In this year, for the first time the group CEO visits India. And at his hands, each and every employee receives a bicycle. Sets the historic Billion Rupee Challenge (BRC) - to double the turnover in three years.

She achieves the goal of BRC for the company. She rewards the entire team with a gold coin cum locket, thus involving the employees’ families in the company. She is appointed as VCMD – Vice Chairperson cum Managing Director of Alfa Laval.

Sets the Double Billion Rupee Challenge – DBRC, for Alfa Laval’s turnover, to be achieved in the next four years. Makes the historic announcement with the following incentive –“You double the turnover, the company will double the gold.”A Decanter factory is set up in Pune.

Under her leadership, the company realizes its expansion and diversification plans, The Aerotiller Factory, Saunders Diaphragm Valve Factory and the Micro 110 Factory are established in Satara.

DBRC is achieved before time. The Team is rewarded, as promised, with the Double Gold. Profits record an all-time high, of
INRM 300. Takes on additional responsibility as Executive Chairperson of Tetra Pak India Ltd. The LKM Factory is set up at Sarole and a Spiral Heat Exchanger factory in Satara.

Plays host to His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden who inaugurates the new Alfa Laval Technology Center in Pune, Maharashtra state.

The company wins prestigious awards:

• The Gustaf de Laval Award for Best Market Company.
• IMM Marketing Company of the Year Award
• The Golden Peacock Quality Award.

One of her prime concerns has always been in enhancing company-customer relations. Launches a customer service program, Focus ’94 – “For Our Customers.” The year is dedicated to the customers. Alfa Laval can boast of an independent Customer Service Center, which caters solely to the customers’ needs.

The Field Sales Network in 1987 included only six centers – Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore and Baroda. By 1996, the network increased manifold – to 31 centers all over India, spreading its tentacles in almost every state, to ensure effective and quick service to the customers and to have continuous contact with them. With 26 representative offices established all over the country, the customer relations network is one of the best in the country.

Seminars, exhibitions and customer news-magazines were all started to make the customers part of the Alfa-Laval Family and promote communication with customers.

Fabrication factory is established in Rajgurunagar. Dr Hans Rausing, with his wife Dr.Brigitte Rausing, the owners of the Tetra Laval group, visit the company.

Joins in executive capacity as Chairperson and Managing Director of Tetra Pak (India) Ltd. This year again sees the company take a big step forward in manufacturing facilities. The state-of-the-art Alfa Laval Agri Factory in Karad and the Saunders Butterfly Valve Factory in Satara are set up.

The Tetra Pak factory, a modern, state-of-the-art factory is set up early in the year, in the month of January.

Gives up operational responsibility and continues as Chairperson of Tetra Pak India.

Resigned as Chairperson of Alfa Laval India and today she is Chairperson of Tetra Pak India and holds directorships (link) of many other companies.