WEST LAFAYETTE – Join Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business in person or virtually for a talk by Trident Systems President and CEO Rupal Thanawala.
Thanawala is speaking as part of the business school’s Principled Leadership Insights, a series featuring live, candid conversations that explore our guests’ professional journeys and the values shaping their decisions in high-stakes moments.
No registration required!
Event details:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 6-7 p.m. Eastern
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Fowler Hall (inside Purdue’s Stewart Center)
128 Memorial Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Guest parking is available in the nearby Grant Street Parking Garage.
Join the event virtually: https://www.youtube.com/live/wJ61PZKgYpI
About our guest speaker: Rupal Thanawala is President and CEO of Trident Systems, a global business strategy and digital transformation consulting firm. With more than 25 years of executive leadership experience, she has helped organizations around the world drive innovation, business transformation and growth while serving as a trusted advisor to corporate and nonprofit boards. A recognized advocate for business and community leadership, Thanawala is the 2026 recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash, one of Indiana’s highest honors, recognizing her exceptional service and contributions to the state.
About the Mitch Daniels School of Business: Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business is building the future of business by offering a STEM-infused, interdisciplinary education that empowers graduates to lead and innovate in a rapidly evolving world. The Daniels School’s Bruce White Undergraduate Institute and Krannert Graduate Institute are guided by strategic pillars: Academic Prowess, Freedom and Capitalism, Integration of STEM and Business, Powerful Business Partnerships, and Transformational Student Experience. Faculty and staff work to equip students with a firm grasp of leading technologies and their likely evolution; an awareness of the history of progress that freedom of enterprise has created and continues to advance; the knowledge and skills to excel in their chosen profession; and the ability to lead and inspire others with character, strength and decisiveness. Learn more about the Daniels School.
