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{{short description|Indian businesswoman (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2017}}{{Infobox person
| name = Apurva Purohit
| image = Apurva Purohit.jpg
| caption =
| birth_place = [[Chandigarh]], Punjab, India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|10|3}}
| nationality = Indian
| parents =
| occupation = Co founder Aasol Masalas
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]]<br> [[Stella Maris College (Chennai)|Stella Maris College]]<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/power-couple/apurva-sanjay-purohit-800|title= Power Couple Apurva & Sanjay Purohit |publisher= outlook business |date=25 May 2015 |accessdate=25 September 2017}}</ref>
| spouse =
| website = https://apurvapurohit.com/
| footnotes =
}}
'''Apurva Purohit''' (born 3 October 1966) is an Indian [[businesswoman]] and founder of [https://aazol.in/ Aazol] Masalas.

==Biography==
===Early life and education===
Apurva has a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Physics) from Stella Maris College, Chennai and completed her masters in business administration from [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.iimb.ac.in/node/650|title= Breaking new ground comes naturally to her| publisher= iimb}}</ref> She was a state-level [[field hockey]] player and represented Tamil Nadu in the sport.

===Career ===
She has worked across a variety of media businesses from radio to print to digital and was responsible for building and scaling up Radio City. She was responsible for setting up Lodestar, she has also worked on [[Zee TV]] and [[Mid-Day|Mid-day]].

Apurva has been a leading voice in the Indian business landscape, advocating [[gender diversity]], what ails it, and what organisations and leaders can do to improve this critical imperative.

===Career highlights===
* Apurva is wass the 6th CEO of Radio City India.
*In the past, Apurva was associated with [[Bennett, Coleman|BCCL]] & Zee Telefilms, where she launched of TV brands [[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom TV]] and envisioning Times of India’s entry strategy into television and engineered the re-launch strategy for [[Zee TV]].
*She also launched Aazol Masalas
* Apurva has been a leading voice in the Indian business landscape, advocating gender diversity, what ails it, and what organizations and leaders can do to improve this critical imperative. She is also the author of the two books “Lady, You’re not a Man” – the Adventures of a Woman at Work<ref>{{cite web|url= http://everythingexperiential.businessworld.in/article/It-is-not-about-the-glass-ceiling-it-is-about-the-leaky-pipeline-Apurva-Purohit-Jagran-Prakashan/23-08-2017-124553/|title= It is not about the glass ceiling, it is about the leaky pipeline- Apurva Purohit, Jagran Prakashan|publisher= Business World|date=23 August 2017}}</ref> and Lady, You’re the Boss!<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.adgully.com/apurva-purohit-launches-her-second-book--lady-you-re-the-boss-88586.html|title= Apurva purohit, launches her second book - 'lady, you’re the boss!’|publisher= adgully|date=28 September 2019}}</ref>

==Recognition==
Over the years, Apurva has won multiple business awards and has been repeatedly named as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business as per the India Today Group and Fortune India.

* She was amongst [[LinkedIn]]’s Top Voices and YourStory’s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apurva Purohit {{!}} YourStory |url=https://linkedin.com/in/apurvapurohit |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=YourStory.com |language=en}}</ref> Top 10 digital Influencers of 2020.
* She was recently awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=You are being redirected... |url=https://www.iimb.ac.in/distinguished-alumni-awards-2022 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.iimb.ac.in}}</ref> from [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore|IIM Bangalore]] in 2022.
* She has been ranked as one of the Top 30 Most Powerful Women in Business as per [[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] in 2016, 2018<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw?year=2018 |title= Most Powerful Women|publisher= fortune india |year = 2018}}</ref> and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/business-today-honours-most-powerful-women-who-broke-the-glass-ceiling-in-corporate-india/story/379974.html |title= Business Today honours 'Most Powerful Women' who broke the glass ceiling in corporate India|publisher= Business Today |year = 2019}}</ref>
* She was featured in [[Fortune India]]'s Most Powerful Women in Business list 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businesstoday.in/photos/most-powerful-women-2017-2018/the-most-powerful-women-in-business-2018/1484.html |title= The Most Powerful Women In Business 2018|publisher= Business Today}}</ref> 2019<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw?year=2019 |title= Most Powerful Women|publisher= Fortune India}}</ref> and 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/apurva-purohit?year=2020 |title= Most Powerful Women|publisher= Fortune India}}</ref>

[[File:Apurva Purohit wins Business Today's most powerful women in Business Award.jpg|thumb|Apurva Purohit receiving the 'Most Powerful Women in Business' by Business Today magazine in September 2018]]

== Bibliography ==
* Lady, You're Not a Man!: The Adventures of a Woman at Work<ref>{{cite web|url= http://everythingexperiential.businessworld.in/article/It-is-not-about-the-glass-ceiling-it-is-about-the-leaky-pipeline-Apurva-Purohit-Jagran-Prakashan/23-08-2017-124553/|title= It is not about the glass ceiling, it is about the leaky pipeline- Apurva Purohit, Jagran Prakashan|publisher= Business World|date=23 August 2017}}</ref>
* Lady, You're the Boss!: The Adventures of a Woman at Work – Part 2<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.adgully.com/apurva-purohit-launches-her-second-book--lady-you-re-the-boss-88586.html|title= Apurva purohit, launches her second book - 'lady, you’re the boss!’|publisher= adgully|date=28 September 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Apurva is married to Sanjay Purohit and has a son Siddharth Purohit. She lives in Mumbai. She is an avid sports follower and represented [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[field hockey|hockey]] in 1984–1987.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/power-couple/apurva-sanjay-purohit-800|title= Power Couple Apurva & Sanjay Purohit |publisher= outlook business |date=25 May 2015 |accessdate=25 September 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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