Journey From Glamour to Glory- Samina Khalid

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Journey From Glamour to Glory- Samina Khalid
The thirst for knowledge, the sheer confidence in
her work, and the willpower to go against the
traditional ways of the society and work have
paved the way for a successful career in Ms.
Samina Khalids life. Machine Maker is proud to
showcase the story of this incredible woman who
is doing her part in revolutionizing the
manufacturing sector in a way which many
believed, wouldnt have been possible at
all. Samina studied BSc in Biotech from Sri
Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College after which with
her alma mater as the University of Pune did MBA
in International Business. She started off her
professional life as an intern in the marketing
department of United Breweries group and later
worked for Yash Raj Films for almost a year.
However, away from the glitz of glamour world,
she found her true calling in the
manufacturing industry. She started her career
in the manufacturing industry with CNC Servicing
and Solutions, a part of HAAS Automation, a
global leader in machine manufacturing. To
prepare for the interview she had nothing but
only a landing page of the company. Nevertheless,
her ambition and determination helped her bag
the job. On the second day itself, she was
introduced to the massive machines and was left
baffled by the thought that she now had to market
these. The role called for starting everything
from scratch and raising an entire marketing
team. Something that seemed like a challenge for
any fresher out there looked like an opportunity
for Ms. Khalid. She used this opportunity to
sharpen her skills and prepare the grounds for
handling tasks that are even more challenging.
Throughout this process, she was pleased to have
extremely supportive colleagues and boss like
Ashish Lala. According to Mr. Ashish Lala,
Samina is a very goal driven person. As modern
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career women, she is very much focused, whatever
work was assigned to her she did it very well and
gave it her best. Unlike any other industry,
Ms. Khalid notes that people in the manufacturing
industry are extremely supportive. They give
their best when it comes to sharing of knowledge
which in turn helped her a lot during her
initial days, which she believes wouldnt have
been the case if it was any other
industry. During her career with the
manufacturing industry, she worked with a number
of departments within the marketing department,
right from internal sales to sales dashboard. She
made her presence felt in a traditionally male
dominant sector of the industry. Being a woman
she faced challenges during her career but with
her sheer willpower, she overcame all the
challenges to become what she is today, the
marketing manager of UK based Renishaws Indian
arm. Renishaw specializes in industrial metrology
and spectroscopy and sells its products in the
major markets around the world. With her career
exposure abroad and in both US-based and UK
based firms in India, she strongly believes that
Renishaw is very systematic when it comes to
work and is an ideal place to work in. Her career
at Renishaw has been extremely fruitful for both
the company and herself, her ability to analyze
other types of industry and implement the same
has been extremely rewarding for Renishaw. The
National Sales Manager of Renishaw India Mr.
Sanjay Sangam has been very helpful to her, right
from sharing his experience to keeping her
updated about the industry he has played an
instrumental role in making her career life a
huge success. Mr. Sanjay noted, Samina is a very
professional woman, she knows what she is doing,
she is a person who is very passionate about her
job. He further went on to say that Samina is a
person who can be completely relied on he says
he can completely rely on her for organizing any
events, exhibition and be sure that everything
will be perfect. Samina has set a benchmark for
every professional in the manufacturing industry,
both men, and women. She never shied away from
taking up the challenging task, was available
24/7 whenever the work demanded, and sometimes
even the non-availability of basic human needs
didnt stop her from going to various
exhibitions for her company and taking up the
work assigned to her. She does point out that
whenever she had to be at an exhibition for her
firm she would be there days in advance to the
start, so as to help smooth arrangement. She also
points out that there werent too many females
out there prior and after the event, at first
there werent any proper washrooms for a woman
too, but now the time has changed the thought
process has changed now, so has arrangement for
women. But still, she points out that there is a
lack of participation of womans in such event
and there is a need for improvement in this
area. There are several challenging incidents
Samina went through during her career. There was
a particular occasion while preparing for an
exhibition at Delhi for CNC Automation. The truck
carrying Haas Machine got broke down at
Rudrapur, and the driver informed her the same
about at 10 pm. She just herself got a
replacement truck, went down herself, got it
fixed, and came back at around 2.30am with the
material so that the exhibition would take place
without any hindrance, something that her boss
doesnt know up to date as she
feels its a part of a work and
neednt be shared. She also finds time
away from her professional life, voicing and
championing issues pertaining to the social life
in our society. This year Samina and her friends
under the banner of team Free Soul has been
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selected for Times Womens Drive. Times Womens
Drive has supported the cause of womens cancer
with a dedicated team collaborating with various
organizations and work for the betterment of
cancer survivors. There are a lot of challenges
India faces in the manufacturing sector. She
rightly pointed out that the biggest problem
faced by the manufacturing sector today,
specifically in India, isnt the non-availability
of technology or skilled manpower its the
reluctance of the industry to move away from the
traditional methods of doing a task. The
industry is just not ready or doesnt find it
necessary to find out new methods and ways for
doing a task in a much more efficient and
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