Surekha Dayashankar Yadav Perfect Achievers Award 2021- Awardee

Perfect Achievers Award 2021- Awardee Surekha Dayashankar yadav

Here we have one of our 24 Iconic Women of the year, a perfect woman who destined her livelihood with faith and dedication here we have Surekha Yadav, a BSC Computer Science graduate with 11yrs vast experience of Pharma Industry experience but was this easy for her? Of course not as we say life is a roller coaster ride and on every round a fresh task was there for her that made her stronger. From a society where girl child weren’t given the priority for educations she fought for her right since she gained senses her aim was to achieve the success with honour for her parent’s making them proud for who she is a ‘GIRL’… Accepting the challenges she came a long way today, SPEAKING TO “Perfect Woman” she shared her journey with us…

– PW, Karisma Thakkar

Your Childhood
I was born and bought up in Mumbai in a Jogeshwari chawl. My mother didn’t have much money to provide milk two times a day so she would resort to inserting a white cloth inside a bottle, fill it with water and feed it to me, in order to make me give the feeling that I was fed milk. I was born in a place where there were severe gender stereotypes but despite the fact, my parents secured my admission in an English medium school. An unforgettable moment in my childhood was when I had won a medal in a sack race competition and I remember the smile it brought on my mother’s face. That was truly the best moment for me which is why I have always kept her trust to keep her smile intact. I also have represented Mumbai on a national level in relay and long jump & throw ball.

Your journey so far…
I completed my schooling from Maharashtra University, selected science as a subject cleared my entrance exam as I wanted to be a doctor. I got admission in Pune for my medical studies, but I wasn’t able to pursue it as I learned about my mother’s illness. After some time when my mother recovered, I got admission in NL College. While I was studying, I took some time to be the throw ball coach in my college as the sport was my hobby. I also took tuitions to pay my college fees, which is why I didn’t bother my parents for the same. After my graduation, I started hunting for a job and through my friend’s suggestion, I applied as a trainee manager in Cipla Respiratory team and cleared the interview successfully. I had absolutely no clue about the pharma industry but within 45 days I was promoted to a higher position. This motivated me a lot and I kept my hustle on. I was promoted to an Area business manager and then to a Regional business manager. The senior team too, recognised my capabilities and gave me operations of Breathfree Digital Educator and Berok Zindagi across India. In mid of this the downhill of my life began. I got divorced; my mother passed away and I was diagnosed with cancer. My family and my work however, helped me pull myself together and I kept working hard. A little later, I lost my father due to COVID-19, and I was completely shattered. But my parents always wanted me and my siblings to flourish in life and so we keep their cultures and deeds intact.

How do you feel being awarded at “Perfect Achievers Awards”
It’s my pleasure to be awarded as an
Iconic Woman. After everything that I have been through, I feel that I was meant to be awarded. I also have been an inspiration for many people and this award gives me motivation to provide more of it. I feel like after so much of struggle its worth to perform as this was the award I was meant for. I was inspiration for many and now this had given more inspirational I could able to influence female colleagues and friends I belongs to.

You have been known as multi-facet personalities tell us how you have been engage in so many activities?
Every day is a new day for me. I love to work on new assignments, to meet new people and live an adventurous life. I work with passion and take my assignments as opportunities and give my best. I am my own competitor and I strive to do the best as compared to before.

How was your start
My start was full of new learning’s, challenges and adventure and this had helped me to learn and keep doing my best as per my
capabilities.

Challenges in life..
As I have already mentioned before, I have faced lots of challenges. From the age of 15, I took all the responsibilities to support my family and I have studied as well. My parents passed away, I faced HEALTH ISSUES and I got divorced in different time frames. But despite all of this, I kept working hard to make my days the best.

Something on family support
My parents were the paramount of my life who pushed me to recognise my best version. I also send gratitude everyone who helped me gain my
vision of life.

What inspired you to take it forward …
My roles and responsibility towards my family, my job and somehow I give credit to myself as well. I believe that we women are an inspiration itself and I am proud to be a woman and my passion towards my work and responsibilities and culture I learnt from my mom and dad is the best inspiration I got and this is my treasure which will be with me forever.

Your experience till today …
Since the last 15 years, I have gone through ups and downs. I have left everything behind moved with all my good memories along with me and started with my new role. This shows women had that power of voice which can change the world. So to visualize a morning start with productive morning, push yourself out of comfort zone, strive for best every day and please take out some time for self for activities we like.

She Believes

Early years of your
career…
In the early years of my career I was kind, humble and learned a lot.

Experience being a woman contributing in
dominating industry…
Hiring and promoting women talent is the right thing to do for society.

How you manage work and life.
We need to make time to what matters for us maybe it make you multitasking or single work u are doing just go for the best to get impact out of it, We should remove time to what matter to us and give our best to it.

Your say for women who wish to take up same profession
Success doesn’t mean how much money you earn, it’s about the difference you make in a person’s life.

My Gratitude for
Perfect Woman Magazine as You are an inspiration for every one of us. Please keep doing the best work. This platform helps us to showcase our talent and it will be lovely to be with you in the future. Best wishes.
I would like to ad “Our life is very precious, please make some time for yourself. Live your everyday like it’s the last day of your life. Life is full of enjoyment, feel it and live fully and pass on your smile to the surrounding people who need it”.