Meet Arathi Krishna, the new managing director of Sundram Fasteners

True to the belief of her father and chairman Suresh Krishna, she has ascended not as part of a succession plan but earned her position after investing over two-and-a-half decades in the company

Arathi Krishna, 49, the daughter of Sundram Fasteners chairman and manufacturing veteran Suresh Krishna, has ‘earned’ her latest position as the company’s managing director. True to her father's belief that her ascension should not be a succession plan but a deserved earning, Arathi invested over two-and-a-half decades in the company, a period during which she rise from the lowest position at Sundram Fasteners.

The second among Suresh Krishna’s three daughters, Arathi was the first woman in her family to join the business.

Today, apart from her and younger sister Arundhati, there are several women from the family holding key positions across the