Born in Delhi as the second of five girls, Sonia Prashar forged her bond with Germany at an early age. First she taught as a young academic with degrees in education and German at the Goethe Institute in New Delhi, then she took the decisive step of joining the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) - an attentive colleague had alerted her to the vacant position there. "A three-month trial job has turned into 17 years, I love this work," Sonia Prashar proudly told the founding hour of NürnbergMesse India in 2013. Her long years at IGCC predestined her for the job as CEO of the then fifth subsidiary of the NürnbergMesse Group. She had already forged the first delicate ties with the Franconians in 2006: At that time, as Director "Marketing & Exhibitions" of IGCC, she was in charge of Indian projects of NürnbergMesse.
The year 1999 - her first longer stay abroad in Düsseldorf - was formative for the young, ambitious woman. "There I learned to take responsibility, take initiative and develop a sense of precision," Sonia Prashar recounts, "but without stopping to think Indian and extol virtues from the subcontinent such as adaptability. "The ideal is an intersection between perfection and flexibility!"
