In the past decade, more and more women have entered the business landscape and have reached the top with great success rates. With innovative thinking and out of the box ideas and a promise of unparalleled customer service, women led businesses have proved to be a tough competition to all. This has only led us to a new era where women do not have to think twice before starting a venture, where women can take decisive and bold steps to lead a company to success, and where they no longer have to doubt their ability to balance a life of work and home.
This issue of The Business Fame is an issue that celebrates the achievements of such powerful women and brings to light their influence on budding entrepreneurs and how their leadership examples will shape the future business landscape.
Featuring for the Cover Story of “The Most Successful Businesswomen to Watch in 2021” is Koheli Puri, an entrepreneur who is committed to turning dreams into Reality with innovative design & quality construction in the field of Commercial & Corporate Interior Projects.
About the Leader-
Koheli Puri is the Founder and Managing Director of Studio XP Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. And has over 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate and project management sector. She started her journey from a reputed corporate firm where she had the opportunity to expand her knowledge, and where she also learned the operational and the functional know-hows of the real-estate industry. After that, she then joined a development firm which was primarily people oriented. With the work experience in both the firms, Koheli had gathered a refined knowledge of the industry under her wings. She then set out to start her own venture with an aim to strike a perfect balance between people and the processes.
“People and the process are two of the strongest tools if you want to function independently as a real estate consultancy firm.”
Koheli founded Studio XP in the year 2011 with an aim to create a performance driven environment to all the stakeholders and teams. This aim would help to create a more developed work culture and would also help to deliver increased value added services to the end users of the company.
The Company-
STUDIO XP Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. was formed in 2011 as a Design and Project Management Consultancy Firm with the intent of catering to its clients with a range of hassle-free services in the fastest growing real estate market. It’s mission is to provide comprehensive solutions from project inception & conceptualization to completion & financial closure and serve as one-stop solution to meet client needs as per their business function.
To combine design, project management & execution and provide clients with a complete solution, a division called Roots Design India Pvt. Ltd. was also parallelly formed. It takes care of the design and built projects under the umbrella branding of STUDIO XP.
Studio XP is a real estate consultancy firm that has specialists from multiple disciplines with an experience in architecture and interior designs, project/construction management, designing and building services for corporate offices, commercial projects, international schools, hotels & hospitality, and industries & retails.
StudioXP is currently providing its services to several National & Multinational corporate clients, developers and IPC’s in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune & Bangalore regions. Koheli firmly believes in values of delivery as per commitment and satisfying clients with innovative design, better quality products, building clients’ trust, offering more for less and elevating user satisfaction.
“If Plan A does not work, then implement plan B- more strategic and wiser.”
The Products and Services-
Studio XP is a firm where everyone is a dedicated hard worker and taskmaster. Koheli successfully combines the exceptional talents of the team and their dedication towards delivering quality work and what comes as an outcome is the perfection in the services they provide. The outstanding quality of the team is defined by the principle to create an environment that is performance driven for all the stakeholders and teams. This has helped the firm to ensure better quality products with an improved trust.
Here are some of their key services-
Design Consultancy: Interior design including space planning, interior layout, look and feel, technical specifications, bill of quantities & scope of services as per industry norms.
Project Management: Project management services are undertaken in various stages of the project to achieve the final goal of the project, that is, delivery of the project within budget, quality and stipulated time line which is the prime objective of project management.
Design & Build: The team’s effort is to provide one stop solution to its clients through design, project management and execution encompassed services, since inception till completion of the project and seamless transition to the end users.
Cost Audit Consultancy: It includes complete bill certifications, audits of checked bills, measurement verifications on site through drawings for hidden works, rate analysis & audit of extra item approvals and provide the final cost control report to clients.
Quantity Surveying: Cost planning and commercial management through the entire life cycle of the project from inception to post-completion, including procurement advice, tender analysis, contract administration, cost management, payment certifications and variation process management till commercial closure of the project.
Graphic Design: This includes corporate branding and trendy design ideas for visual communication of the mission, vision, ideologies and principles of the companies, and motivating people around.
Overcoming Hardships and Leading a Successful Way-
During the initial phase of her career, Koheli admits that she had come across a few incidences where she faced gender bias. Confident about her knowledge and skills, she refused to fall prey to those petty issues. She knew from deep within that women are more sincere, responsible and make multi-dynamic employees. As of today in the corporate world, the gender bias is diminished and performance based assessment is done. Moreover, the attitude of the men in the society has changed drastically in accordance with the western world. The modern men are also ready to work hand in hand with their spouse at both home and workplace, thereby striking a successful balance between professional as well as personal life.
