Business Minor Spotlight: Esha Dhillon

Healthcare and education are two critical sectors with some considerable problems. These sectors are in need of brilliant ideas from leaders and advanced thinkers like Esha Dhillon. On September 12, 2025, I sat down with Esha Dhillon, founder of Global Health Core Inc., and a University of Toronto Mississauga student. Esha is pursuing a Bachelor of Science, majoring in biology and minoring in psychology. Her second minor is in Business, Science and Entrepreneurship at IMI (Institute for Management & Innovation).
 

“I initially wanted to do political science as my other minor, but I found that for what I wanted to do, the new minor made more sense. I never had a business background as strong as I wanted to. This minor gave me that opportunity. It gave me the cross-section between what I was doing in science, as well as what I wanted to do in innovation and entrepreneurship,” she explained. The Business Minor Program at IMI gave Dhillon the fundamentals of accounting, human resources, marketing, and finance-critical tools for turning her talents in design thinking into real-world problem-solving innovations. “We had a design thinking meet in high school, and I won the competition. So, I just found that that was my niche, it was something I was good at, that was something I loved to do.”

In addition to being taught the fundamental business functions, Business Minor students must take: IMI302 – Managing Projects and IMI400 – Innovation and Entrepreneurship. These two courses apply theoretical frameworks to functional and practical contexts. “IMI 302: Managing Projects, Operations, and Preparing a Business Plan, was just incredible; I loved it. It was one of the most helpful courses because it walked me through how to propose my idea to investors and what I needed to make the pieces a reality it was a really good environment.” Dhillon's education and experience gained in the IMI Business Minor drove her entrepreneurial spirit to become a 3x Founder and 4x CEO of Start-up companies that provide innovative health tech solutions prioritizing user experience, security, and reliability.
 

Dhillon continues to progress and innovate in her career and is currently working towards her PMP certification. “I'm looking to start my own company that helps benefit in a positive way in both healthcare and education. I will work towards project management roles in those sectors to see where the gaps are, find the gaps, and build the solution,” she explained. Dhillon clarified the courses she has taken in business have effectively prepared her for the workforce. “I started my own health tech company and was doing the Business Minor side-by-side. I recently found that I was focusing more on the solution than the problem. You have to fall in love with the problem, not the solution. So, if I really, really want to solve the wastewater irrigation, for example, I need to be obsessed with the fact that there is not enough clean drinking water in the world, not that I have this amazing irrigation system.” Her problem-based mindset gives her the flexibility to adapt to discoveries and advancements in her field. This is an extraordinary asset for her future career with the constant advancement of AI and other technologies.