Female Entrepreneur: Usha Sahoo | Founder and CEO of Yeh China Education Private Limited
Usha Sahoo is a housewife turned entrepreneur and runs an educational company called Yeh China Education which teaches Mandarin Chinese. After actively being a mom till 35 years of age and running the family , she found her new passion of learning Mandarin Chinese and then never looked back. Currently... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Tanya Agrawal | Director of Shri Radha Brij Vasundhara Resort & Spa
Tell us about yourself and your background. “The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere” – Geoff Dyer My passion for travelling took me to three boarding schools, an undergraduate degree from Lancaster University in England and Hotel Management course in Switzerland from Les Roches. I lived long enough... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Dr Saundarya Rajesh | Founder & President of AVTAR Group
Dr. Saundarya Rajesh is one of India’s earliest voices to speak on Gender Diversity & Inclusion of Women. She has won a slew of awards – a few of which are listed here – The Standard Chartered SCOPE Woman Exemplar Award 2006, The Yuvashakthi woman entrepreneur award 2007, the CavinKare... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Archana Karfa | Co-Founder of Confluence Learning Technologies
Tell us about yourself and your background I am an experienced learning strategist and facilitator with over 23 years of corporate experience in business management and learning strategy – design, facilitation, large scale learning deployment. I have held Senior Management positions with brands such as Genpact, WNS, Sutherland Global Services,... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Lina Ashar | Founder, Kangaroo Kids Education Ltd
Tell us about yourself and your background I did my primary schooling in England before moving to Australia, where I acquired a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Melbourne’s Victoria College. In 1991, I came to India on a year-long sabbatical from college. While connecting with my roots, I landed a... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Roxanne Bamboat | Freelance Writer and Founder of www.thetinytaster.com
Tell us about yourself and your background I write about food and travel because I enjoy it immensely and these are the two things I’m most interested in. I used to work in film production but now I write full time for my website as well as freelance assignments. I’m... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Shilpa Bhatia | Founder, Director of Marketing & Business Development at Clothing Rental Mumbai Pvt Ltd
Tell us about the company you have set up – when did you set it up, what products or services do you provide, what is your target market? I started out this company in 2005, when I noticed a lack of trendy and quality products inspired by the Western culture.... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Shelley Subawalla | Founder, ‘Zarin’s Secrets’
Tell us about yourself and your background It is always so difficult to talk about oneself. I am a 40-year-old Parsi (Zoroastrian) lady residing in New Delhi, India. A married mother-of-two, I completed my education in Delhi at the Carmel Convent school followed by Jesus and Mary college where I... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Poornima Parameswaran Batish | Founder & Director, Woman At Work
Tell us about yourself and your background Born and brought up in Delhi, I came to Pune after my graduation, leaving to work in Mumbai for a bit and eventually settling in Pune. I have an Economics (H) from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi and MBA HR from Symbiosis Institute... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Shital Kakkar Mehra | Business Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant
Shital Kakkar Mehra is India’s leading business etiquette and international protocol consultant. She has presented her etiquette seminars to a diverse set of organizations across Asia. Shital has personally trained several hundred CXO’s of both Indian and large multinational companies, helping them upgrade their soft skills. She has worked with... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Saraswati Kaul Jain | Founder, Jewel Thief
Tell us about yourself and your background Every person’s background is related to his/her family. My father was initially a banker for about ten years who worked in India and abroad. He later became an entrepreneur even before I was born. My mother is a public diplomat at large, and... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Divya Chauhan | Co-founder of Itspleazure
Tell us about yourself and your background I am an MBA (Marketing) from ICFAI and prior to launching it’spleaZure, I have worked in strategic research with brands like Deloitte and Citi. As far as my hobbies go, I actively pursue swimming and photography and follow basketball. I also enjoy travelling... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Sanya Bajaj | Founder of S2B9
Tell us about yourself and your background I went to Vasant Valley school and then went on to graduate from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park with a major in finance with a specialization in investment banking and real estate; and minors in supply chain management, IST, entrepreneurship, business law... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Kiahra A Punjabi | Founder of Sankalp Academy
Tell us about yourself and your background I was born and raised in Bengaluru and continue to live here. I run Sankalp Academy with my husband Amit and we became parents two years ago. I was introduced to the coaching world in 2006, while I was still completing my education.... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Surabhi Dewra | CareerGuide.com
Surabhi Dewra is an entrepreneur, utilizing creativity, leadership and teamwork to design and execute CareerGuide.com – a marketplace to get instant career answers from career experts. Prior to my venture, she studied BE from BITS, Pilani and started my career as a Design Engineer in FreeScale Semiconductors. She has always... 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
Female Entrepreneur: Nina Alag Suri | Founder & Group CEO, Nastrac Group
Tell us about yourself and your background By trade I’m an Electronics Engineer and my first job was with ICL, where I worked for five years. Then I joined a company called IIS Infotech in New Delhi, but I was not satisfied with just following “a job profile” and had... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Lipika Bhushan | Market My Book
Lipika Bhushan is a marketing and PR expert with rich experience in areas of brand building, brand communication and conducting successful product launches across categories such as White Goods & Consumer Durable, FMCG, Telecom, Lifestyle and Publishing. An alumnus of JDBIMS, Mumbai and IIM, Ahmadabad, Lipika is a two times... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Dr. Shrilakshmi Desiraju | Founder, Triphase pharmaceuticals pvt.ltd.
Tell us about yourself and your background I grew up in Ujjain, a small and historical town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Being born in a family where both parents were professors, I grew up in an academic environment. My passion for chemistry inspired me to gain a... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Devina Juneja | Founder, Suede by Devina Juneja
Tell us about yourself and your background I was born and brought up in Kolkata, India. From my early adolescent years I was very fond of painting and crafts and my mother often told me that I had the creative gene in me. For me, however, these were mere ‘hobbies’... Read More