Doctor on call: Meet Swati Piramal, vice-chairperson of Piramal Group

A Padma Shri awardee, Piramal talks to Pavan Lall about succession, sustainability and why the only way to overhaul India's systemic latencies is collaboration

“I hope you have enough time because after breakfast I want to show you a few things,” Swati Piramal, vice-chairperson of Piramal Group and a doctor, tells me as I enter her family residence, Karuna Sindhu (ocean of compassion), on the Worli Sea Face in Mumbai. I assure her I do as the 67-year-old healthcare industrialist ushers me in on a warm Wednesday morning.

The decor inside is expectedly mansion-like, with large hall rooms, marble floors, magnificent artwork, a gym and other accoutrements that include a swimming pool, a manicured garden with flowers and carefully selected trees, plants and bonsais.