Arvinder Dhalla, VP of Clinical Development for Rani Therapeutics. Arvinder is a problem-solver, results-oriented, innovative scientist and leader with more than 20 years of Biotech and Med-tech experience in cardiovascular, endocrinology and PAH therapeutic areas. She led multiple drug development programs from early discovery to clinical development and participated in investigational new drug (IND) and new drug (NDA) applications which resulted in two drug approvals.

Here are some key moments from our conversation:

• Brief introduction of yourself and your company. (00:41)
• Focus of the company and what makes it different from others. (4:46)
• Impact internally and outside impact in the industry (9:48)
• What are your key values and your true north as a leader? (11:43)
• You have to lead by example and show people what you want to see in them (13:47)
• What do you think led to your success today? (14:45)
• Be the best you can be, no matter what. (17:40)
• Biases exist. (22:00)
• What would be the key piece of advice you want to give people? (23:04)
• Do your best work. (24:54)
• Any challenges you face along the way? (26:01)
• Is it part of your approach to break problems down to smaller bite sizes as more manageable? (28:15)
• What helps you to recharge to stay at your best? (31:03)
• If you could distill everything you know about leadership down to one key piece of advice, what would that one key thing be? (33:57)
• For the women and the minorities listening, what advice you want to leave them with? (34:52)
• Final and closing thoughts for the audience (36:55)