A First class first Bachelors in Economics Honors from Miranda House, University of Delhi, Amrita went on for Post Graduate studies in Business Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1974, graduating in 1976.

 

Aviation Management caught her attention and she served India Airlines Limited, India’s then national carrier in various management capacities. A believer in field experience, aside from desk assignments, she held numerous management posts in handling domestic and international branches. 

 

These included being selected as the Regional Manager, SE Asia, based in Singapore going on to be Deputy General Manager (Commercial) of the Mumbai Region, which covered over 30 stations. She officiated as the General Manager Western Region in this tenure.

 

Apart from the mandate to increase international capacities, seat factors and revenue and oversee administration, Amrita has attended keenly to various situations in crisis management and has also been inducted on various committees including those in Singapore and as a senior member on interview boards.

 

In between her airline assignments, she was selected for the Hubert Humphrey North South Fellowship in the United States, which she completed successfully and returned to her parent company.

 

With the intention of crossing the 'comfort zone' after over 20 years in the airline industry, Amrita ventured into the Arts as the Vice President, LaSALLE SIA College of the Arts which enabled her to interact with a distinguished intellectual and international business community. She further left to join back the corporate world as the Chief Executive Office of Global Reach and its group which included GR Visions Pte Ltd in Singapore.

 

A fan of order and simple living, Amrita currently enjoys quality time with her 98 year old widowed father in India, tending to his required medical and daily requirements, a spiritual journey in her life.

 

Her hobbies include playing piano in which she has qualified with distinguishing marks from the Trinity College of Music, London, with examinations held by their prestigious examiners in India; she enjoys dabbling in painting and nouveau culinary experiments.