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Neha Arora | Planet Abled

Neha Arora, is the founder of Planet Abled, an organization which provides accessible and inclusive travel solutions for people with different disabilities. With a totally un-utilized degree up her sleeve, Neha worked with companies like HCL, Nokia and Adobe before taking the plunge to start Planet Abled. Born to parents...
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Shobhna Juneja | Yoga Teacher

My name, Shobhna, means beauty and Godliness and I feel my profession as a yoga teacher is allowing me to be beautiful, spread love and beauty, as well as feature Godliness, in the form of happiness. It’s been five years since I began working in the field of health and...
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Radhika Pradeep | Barclays

I am a graduate in science with dual masters in MCA & MBA, a Bharatnatyam danseuse and a mother. I have over 18 years of experience in technology projects to deliver technology transformations. Currently I workd as Vice President in Barclays, leading a team of 55, and managing process automations...
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Sumita Dass | Life of Vision Foundation

Sumita Dass, founder of the Life of Vision Foundation, is an educationist and mentor in a multicultural setting in UK and India. For the past 20 years, she has led a Professional Development Program for Leaders in planning developing welfare programs, campaigns for Sheffield Council for Children & Young People’s...
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Swati Vakharia | 1985

Small selfless things achieved for others, unknowingly wins you a big place in their hearts. This wisdom that has dawned upon Women Planet Foundation for their altruistic services to the welfare of the society. Women Planet Foundation is an endeavour to bring smiles on women/girls in need, who are deprived...
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Megha Bajaj | Miraaya Holistic Growth Centre

I have grown up in the ever changing, ever alive city of Mumbai. I come from a land that is steeped in sages and spirituality, in yoga and meditation, in diversity and divinity. All of these have been an integral part of my growing up years as the youngest member...
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Paromita Bardoloi | Independent Writer & Theatre Activist

I am an independent writer and a theatre activist. My writings over the years have been published in many national websites and magazines, including the Huffington Post, National Geographic, Women’s Web, YourStory, Bonobology, Femina, The Quint and so on. My writings have mostly dealt with women empowerment. I strongly believe...
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Rupal Ganesh Kulkarni | Rajasthan Shram Sarathi Association

Rupal Kulkarni is the CEO of Shram Sarathi, a pioneering financial services institution for seasonal migrant communities in India. She spearheads strategy, growth and innovations in financial inclusion for a highly excluded and vulnerable group of workers. Her extensive rural immersions in India and Ghana has made her one of...
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Pragnya Wakhlu | Mousai

Pragnya Wakhlu is a professional musician and the founder of Mousai India. An IT Engineer and a graduate of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore (Management in Entrepreneurship); her passion for working with music and people led her to quit her corporate job in the U.S and return to India...
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Mugdha Dixit | Barclays

Reflecting back to my years, I vividly recall not only the excitement of the introduction to my first programming language, but also the sheer exhilaration of merely interacting with computer for the first time in my life. These feelings definitely manifested deep interest of computers within me and steered me...
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Ankita Kaur | Barclays

Ankita Kaur is working as a Team Support Specialist for Barclays. She started working in 2009 at the age of 19. She has successfully completed five years with Barclays. She is her parent’s only daughter and a Delhi State badminton player. She was promoted as a TSS last year, after...
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Kirthi Jayakumar | The Red Elephant Foundation

Kirthi Jayakumar is an activist, artist and writer from Chennai, India. She founded and runs the Red Elephant Foundation, a civilian peace building initiative that works for gender equality through storytelling, advocacy and digital interventions. She is a member of the Youth Working Group for Gender Equality under the UNIANYD....
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Neeta Yadav | Eazy Salon

Neeta Yadav is a beauty expert and businesswoman with over 18 years Industry experience. She has been running successfully a women’s exclusive boutique salon for last five years in Mumbai. Being a working woman and mother, she realised the challenges of today’s multitasking women, in finding time for herself and...
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Oindrila De | Barclays

Oindrila is a dreamer in her 20s who juggles multiple lives. When she’s not poring over spreadsheets at her workplace (Barclays Investment Bank), she escapes into the wilderness to get her creative juices flowing. She’s one of India’s favourite travel bloggers (https://oindrilade.wordpress.com) with a fan-following of over 10k on Instagram....
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Pooja Somaiya | DialogueMakers

Pooja Somaiya is a dentist by education but a serial entrepreneur by passion and determination. Along with a rich education in entrepreneurial studies (IIM-B), Human Capital Management (Singapore), I bring along more than eight years experience, including a stint of a failed healthcare recruit portal (HcareHR), work as a core...
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Surya V | Barclays

I am Surya working at Barclays Shared Services for almost three years now. I am an active participant in citizenship activities and help in selling handmade products made by Maithree Special School. I am also an active committee member of CSR, Women Initiative Network. I allocate my time to these...
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Elizabeth Joy Joseph | Ernst & Young

I was born and raised in Kuwait and completed my Engineering degree from Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. My specialization was Information Technology. I further completed my Master of Science in Information Technology from the University of Liverpool in 2011. I am a voracious reader and passionate about giving...
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Puja Mapxencar | Kandida

Puja’s passion and love for innovation has been instrumental in ensuring that Kandida becomes a name to reckon with across the country. This 23-year-old is driven, always on the go and is ready to explore new avenues. Puja, the young entrepreneur, has always had an eye for detail. She has...
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Kalpana Chowdhary | Jan Seva Foundation

Jan Seva Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization founded in December 2011. Our NGO’s scope of work is primarily focused at providing, supporting and developing the neglected, downtrodden and underprivileged ‘human segments’ of the society in areas such as education, healthcare, livelihood and human rights. The NGO’s Governing Body comprises...
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Malini Lalit Bansal | Aasmaa Foundation

I was born on 15th August 1976 in Delhi, to a family where social and moral values were always the priority. I completed my schooling at Manav Sthali School and was an above average student. I got married in 1998 into a family which was again one of the notable...
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