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Ipsita Kundu | Mondelez International

I am a young professional who aim to reach the top rugs of the corporate ladder. I am also a fiercely independent woman who wants to break stereotypes related to women whether be it on a professional front or on a personal front. A simple example of that would be...
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Seema Lakhtakia | Barclays

HR professional with extensive experience on developing people practices across diverse industry verticals (manufacturing, IT enabled services, telecom, banking) including start ups, in the areas of talent acquisition, colleague engagement, development and retention. In my career spanning 19 years I have worked with people and for people and have done...
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Runjhun Lall | Barclays

Runjhun Lall a parent and Professional believes that you can be a good Mother and still follow your dreams, you totally can if you so desire. After pursuing her MBA in Finance, her professional career begin with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Mumbai where she was not only gained entry into...
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Roshni Marathe | Marks & Spencer

I am Roshni associated with Marks and Spencer for last 5 years, I had achieved a lot during the course of time. I joined in 2012 to support financially to my family, i am having 2 Sisters & apart from my father i was the only one who started earning....
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Esha Meher | Student

I am currently a post graduate graduate student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Having pursued an undergraduate degree in law, from a National Law University, I dream of eventually pursuing a political career in my home country. Apart from pursuing regular academics and being active on...
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Niharika Mathur | BlackRock

I have a decade long experience across various functional areas of HR. In my current role, I lead a team that is responsible for handling various financial, health & wellness benefits for employees across the globe – a role that requires to work with internal stakeholders and external partners across...
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Rupande Mehta | The SAR Foundation

Rupande was born in India and from a very young age had a fierce voice for the less fortunate; her interest primarily stemming from being abused at various times in her life. In 2002, Rupande came to the US in pursuit of her MBA. After working in the corporate sector...
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Deepti Menon | Freelance Journalist

Deepti Menon has always loved the written word. She began to write at the age of ten, and was lucky enough to have travelled around the country, being an Army kid. Her experiences during those years helped hone her interest and her flair for writing. Her first book, ‘Arms and...
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Debalina Mukherjee | Barclays

I am a proud mom of a 5 year old daughter, a software engineer by profession, currently leading QA team in Barclays. I am a loving single daughter and single daughter-in-law to my parents and parent-in-laws respectively. I am a trained classical dancer and learning few more different dance forms....
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Neha Nandwani | Barclays

I am born and brought up in Indore. I completed my masters in Finance and topped my MBA batch after which I moved to city of dreams, Mumbai to build my career. After exploring different options including IB operations and teaching, I finally found my passion in Credit Risk.I have...
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Suman Pahuja | Fat To Fab

Suman is real truth seeker and does not support inequality in any aspect. She studied Masters in business at IBS College Gurugram and proceeded to work as Human resource in fast upscale environment of MNC in 2012. When human beings experience stresses and trauma, it is not uncommon for their...
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Megha Pande | Barclays

I have been working for last 8 years in the Corporate communications department doing varied roles ranging from communication specialist, event organiser to handling the brand. In these eight years I have diligently worked to hone my skills by working on a range of projects – campus branding, running a...
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Ratri Parida | Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur

Dr. Ratri Parida is presently working as Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur. She has obtained her B Tech in Mechanical Engineering in the year 2005 and M Tech in Industrial Engineering in the year 2007 from Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Odisha. She completed her...
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Shefali Alok Pathak | Vastu Housing Finance

I completed my Bachelors degree in Finance from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. During my graduation, I pursued a start-up and became a part of a three member team (partnering with students from IIT Kharagpur) to launch a Voice-over-web solution called Croak.it. This was my first professional experience and the...
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Bina Pillai | Poet

Bina Pillai is an Author, crusader for peace and social issues. She is passionate about life, love and nature. Her article ‘We are Happy Because” was published in Infinithoughts. Her poems were selected for Anthologies and in the International poetry sections. She had a dream to become a writer but...
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Vineeta Raguwanshi | EY

With an aim to contribute towards the larger objective of building a better working world, I entered the corporate world as a HR professional post my Masters in Human Resources Management. I have spent over 11 years at work and have contributed across the complete value chain of HR. Being...
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Yashasvini Rajeshwar | The Red Elephant Foundation

Storyteller. Writer. Educator. Disability rights ally. Gender equality advocate. There are many identities that define Yashasvini Rajeshwar. She seamlessly flits across them, binding her endeavours together with the unerring belief that language is powerful and words have the ability to catalyse change. Full-time, she teaches at a rural school for...
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Aarti Ramachandran | Barclays

I am an AVP with Barclays Bank managing RFT – Location Strategy with 12+ years of work experience in various roles in finance, training, solution identification and transition management. I am also an environmental enthusiast and is keen to bring in sustainable environmental solutions and awareness in all ways possible....
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Shilpa Rani | Aon

My name is Shilpa and I am from Ambala, India. I passed my Engineering in 2011 from Kurukshetra University and currently working as a Senior Testing Engineer in Aon in Gurgaon. Throughout my professional career, I have dealt mammoth tasks which have been instrumental in molding me into what I...
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Nanditha Ravindar | Periferry

After having worked with Google India for a year and a half, I realized I wasn’t cut out for the corporate world. I realized any work that did not affect lives in some way would not interest me. Since I was passionate about teaching, I volunteered with Teach for India...
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