About
Deeksha Suri
Executive Director,
The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group
Deeksha Suri, the youngest daughter of Mr. Lalit Suri, Founder Chairman, and Dr. Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson & Managing Director of The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group, assumed the position of Executive Director in 2009.
She spearheads the key verticals of Sales & Revenue Optimisation, Human Relations, People Management and Learning & Development for the Group. Apart from this, she also heads the Internal Audit functions across the 14 operational properties.
Ms. Suri infuses a fresh perspective and energy to the Group’s core management team. She is actively involved in strategic sales plans to achieve overall business objectives. She leads the implementation and execution of policies and processes for operational excellence.
She is focussed on efficiency maximisation by crafting an employee value proposition that is reflective in brand promise. By effectively charting plans for organisational development and initiatives taken for employee relations, she has made The LaLiT – the most preferred employer. Her strategy is focussed on internal resources and customer satisfaction. With her keen insight she is instrumental in providing a new dimension to learning and development programs that lead to the company’s goal of limitless hospitality.
She has diligently worked on diversity and inclusion policies for the Group. As a woman leader who has taken the business forward by leaps and bounds in the last decade, she is a role model for the younger generation.
Ms. Suri attributes her success to being able to constantly reinvent herself and find new challenges that’s fulfilling. It is her belief that results come from doing the basics right every time, day after day, month on month. She has the ability to remain patient while being result oriented and navigate through challenges maintaining a positive outlook.
Ms Suri is an alumnus of the Convent of Jesus & Mary, New Delhi. In 2000, she graduated with a first-class Bachelors of Commerce (Honours) degree from the prestigious Hindu College, Delhi University. She holds a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management from the London School of Economics.
Prior to joining the family business in 2009, Ms Suri gained invaluable experience as a Business Consultant with the Hay Group. She spent over two years working extensively on strategy and operational issues with leading companies in APAC and EMEA. Besides this, she is a travel enthusiast and maintains a disciplined and challenging personal fitness regime.
Awards and Recognitions:
• Top Young and Successful Leaders (2012)
• Blackbook Top 50 – Indian Luxury’s Most Powerful Women (2017)
• The GQ 50 Most Influential Young Indians (2019)
• Best Woman Leader of the Year in Hospitality Sector (2019)
• ET Impactful Women Leaders of India (2025)
• Red FM Shakti Award (2026)