Female Entrepreneur: Anju Arora – Founder of ‘Naari’ Women Wellness Program
I belong to a conservative business family from Delhi. After graduating in commerce, I started to work with a placement company and acquired some experience in recruiting and interviewing candidates. While working there for two years, I got married and relocated to Hyderabad. Though Hyderabad was a new city, it... Read More
#Period Pride: Breaking Stereotypes
Menstruation is a taboo. Period. The recent debates on Sabrimala and menstruating women entering temple has seen endless debates and the #Readytowait vs #Righttopray campaign by Times Now saw huge response pouring in. For people who back the #ReadytoWait campaign, implies they also support old, “traditional” practices like Sati (#readytodie),... Read More
Raising Awareness in Schools
Recently we visited a public school in Hyderabad to address girls. As I started to introduce myself and shared that the topic of discussion was menstrual hygiene management, the room when the quiet and the I could see the girls share curious glances with each other. The girls seemed a... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Suvarna Bhat |Shathayu Ayurveda Wellness Center
Tell us about yourself and your background I am a commerce graduate with Masters in Journalism and Mass communication. I had a brief tenure as editor of a news agency, before setting up my own pre-school named, Akshara. Now, I own a center of Shathayu Ayurveda Pvt. Ltd in Jubilee... Read More
Female Entrepreneur – Priyanka N Jain | Founder, Hygiene and You
Tell us about yourself and your background I am a designer, turned female entrepreneur. My entire journey, including this switch, has been very exciting. After completing my education from Modern School, New Delhi, I moved to the UK for my graduation in BA Hons Architecture at the University of Nottingham.... Read More
Morning Tea with The Ironman | Milind Soman
There’s already a huge roar in the city of Nawabs – Hyderabad about The Pinkathon. Every time I came across pictures of women participating in the pre-event preparations with Milind Soman. I would wish that I could also be a part of all this, if I could also get a... Read More
Inspirational Woman: Suman Rangabhashyam | Managing Director, SR Business Solutions
Tell us about yourself, your background and what you do currently I head a training and consulting firm – Sea Ridges Business Solutions. My career has been a blend of ‘chance’ and ‘choice’. Choice made me leave paid employment and chance made me an entrepreneur. Tell us about any current... Read More
Healthitude Unplugged – Discussion about Greener Periods!
FWB (FTAPCCI Women in Business) is a women’s arm of FAPCCI focusing on enhancing and upgrading social, economic and financial independence of women entrepreneurs, professionals and free lancers, thereby helping aspiring women to evolve. FWB has initiated a series of programs under the umbrella of Renaissance (meaning change) which showcases... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Harika Jeewak | Founder of Aawestruck
Tell us about yourself I come from a very simple and orthodox family in Hyderabad. My parents have always encouraged me to follow my dreams and live my life on my own terms. I always loved this lesson from 4th grade “The road less travelled” by Robert Frost and eventually... Read More
Invest in Me – WATC Event, Experience of a team member!!
The much awaited annual event of WeAreTheCity India – Invest in Me was held on October 26, 2015 at JW Mariott, Mumbai. I was really glad to be part of this event as a Hyderabad Committee member. Talking about the event, as the name suggests, the theme of the event... Read More