ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 Usha is an Electronics Engineer and MBA (Executive) from OUBS, UK. She established Polmon Instruments Ltd., a company specialized in providing indigenous Measuring & Control Instrumentation and Automation solutions to the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences sectors. 

Holding the key portfolios of Finance, HR and Administration, she defines systems and policies, facilitates industry-academia linkages, looks after staff welfare, devises culture-building activities for a 600-strong workforce. She also designs and achieves Polmon’s CSR goals and handles infrastructure development and management for the company’s expansion plans. 

Usha took over as the 20th Chairperson of FLO Hyderabad and served through the year 2020-21, during which she successfully organized the FIWA Awards where 14 women leaders from various walks of life were honoured; launched 'Tirumani', a brand for the Cheriyal artists of Telangana; collaborated with IIMR and IIT for incubation programs and with Govt. of India's DDU-GKY program for job-skilling and corporate placement of urban youth. 

She served as Convenor for FLO StyleTatva, a fashion and lifestyle exhibition that had >200 stalls, generated a turnover of ~ INR 5 Crores for the participants, and a revenue of about INR 1.3 Crores for the Hyderabad Chapter of FLO. 

As Governing Body Member, Usha currently leads the FLO Women Independent Directors Initiative as part of which she organizes Independent Directors’ Masterclass programs and goal-oriented leadership programs for women entrepreneurs. She led the FLO MSME Assist Cell in 2024-25, and was the brain behind the first-ever FLO MSME Awards conducted successfully in March 2025.