Meet the world’s first all women SuperMileage team.
Mechanical engineering isn’t for girls. We beg to differ. Team Panthera is the official supermileage team of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, Kashmere Gate, Delhi. It is Asia’s only all women supermileage team. This team was formed with the aim of...
The Leadership Equation
Leadership is an abstract and complex topic. While a lot has been written about leadership, the best way to learn it is through experience. I embarked on my journey as a business leader about 5 years ago, when I moved to Dhaka to manage the Bangladesh operations for...
Tweet Chat – 27th March 2019 – Future of Work
Thriving in the future of work Prior to the "I Inspire 2019" event, we had conducted a tweet chat inviting all people to share their thoughts and opinions about the future of work and how we as a member of an organization thrive for a better workforce and work...
Apple doesn’t care about competition, Why should I?
I was 8 years old when I tried to ride a bicycle for the first time. My brother gave me a little push and I was doing pretty well till I saw another kid zoom past me. I tried to give a chase and went straight ahead to hit a pole. I was so embarrassed that I never got...
Tweet Chat – 18th March 2019 – Inclusion, Innovation & Transformation
Inclusion, Innovation and Transformation Prior to the event "I Inspire 2019", we had conducted a tweet chat discussing about Inclusion, innovation and transformation and how it changes the workforce of the organization. For this tweet chat we had invited three noted...
Tweet chat – 13th March 2019 – 2018 A year of change
In accordance to the "I Inspire 2019" event, we had conducted a tweet chat discussing about how the year 2018 has been a year of change and how it influenced new changes and new outcomes. For this tweet chat, we had invited three guests to share their thoughts and...
Tweet Chat – 7th March 2019 – Invest in women for building a better future
Prior to the event "I Inspire 2019", we had conducted a tweet chat discussing about investing in women for building a better future and their role in the society and in the organization. For this tweet chat we had invited four noted guests to contribute, participate...
Tweet Chat – 21st February 2019 – Beyond Bias: Accepting & Celebrating Diversity
Prior to the "I Inspire" event, we conducted another tweet chat discussing about the spread of diversity and celebrating and accepting the diverse society. We had three very known personalities and organizations to participate in the discussion. Our first guest was...
Tweet Chat – 7th February 2019 – Include and Impact
Business goals & societal goals Prior to I Inspire 19, we conducted a tweet chat on the topic - "Include & Impact: Aligning Business, Diverse Talent and Societal Impact Goals" where 3 inclusion champions, Sarika Bhattacharyya, CEO, BD Foundation, Sohini...
People with Disability- Make them Employable
People with disability are likely to experience adverse socio economic outcome like less access to education, health facilities, lower level of employment leading to poverty coupled with the ongoing discriminatory prejudice and stigma in society. The journey towards...
Organizational Culture embracing inclusion
This festive week, I was planning to upgrade my television to smart TVand my friends suggested to check out the online deals. Being a fan of amazon online, the app kept tempting me with the uber expensive new iphone as well. Similarly, Netflix keeps suggesting my...
How diversity as an idea is evolving
“Mom, we won the match!” shouted my 12-year-old son as he got home from school. “Akshi was too cool. She took the last goal in the last 4 minutes to spare”. I was pleasantly surprised to hear him raving about his teammate who is a girl playing in his school soccer...
Dream Big and Achieve
The resignation of PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi in early August was kind of unexpected and this leaves us with a huge void which can’t be filled up. This takes the count of Women CEO’s leading Fortune 500 companies to 23 which is less than 5%, down from 32 female CEO’s...
The Cost of Silence
For past few days, I had been deeply disturbed by the horrific stories of young girls being raped by the very people who were supposed to be their guardians in the shelter. More disturbing was the fact that many people knew about this, in fact, heard their screams but...
Success in Competitive Chaos : The Tennis Champ/ Serena Williams
Tennis superstar Serena Williams had a message for mothers after her loss at Wimbledon: "I was playing for you today." In an interview after the game, her voice quivering, Williams told mothers that she was playing for them at Wimbledon and they can achieve whatever...
Kick Off – First Batch L.E.A.P. 2018- Women Mentorship Program- Reflections and Insights
“Mentoring is the biggest tool which can support and step up women in their professional aspirations” L.E.A.P. @ BD Mentoring At BD Foundation, we are guided by the same philosophy and believe that mentoring is a critical path to leadership. Mentoring becomes an...
Building an Inclusive and Sustainable Community- BD Think Tank
The inclusion of the diverse human race has become a global priority for the public, private and voluntary sectors. While exceptional efforts are in place, the sustainability of such inclusionary practices is still in question. To advance the agenda of building an...
Twitter Chat- 28 June 2018- Reflections and Insights
Our recently conducted Twitter Chat on, “Women safety and its impact on economic progress” was an insightful and constructive dialogue with 3 remarkable champions of women safety and women rights, Elsa Marie D’Silva, Founder and CEO Safecity, Sarika Bhattachharya,...
Twitter Chat- Women safety and its impact on economic progress- 28 June 2018
Women’s safety is increasingly becoming a matter of national and international priority. Safety for women encompasses not only freedom from crime or violence but also freedom from the fear of such violence. Women’s safety is being viewed as a means to fast-tracking...
Do you really know how to swim?
I love swimming. I love it to the point of arrogance and to a point where I observe other swimmers. I am not shy to make strong judgements about their swimming. Every morning, I mentally identify each of the regulars into good, bad, sloppy, funny and sometimes a good...
Taking Pride in building an inclusive world together!
Two years ago, I was getting my then 9 year old son’s Adhaar card made, when he saw the column of Transgender and asked me. “Mom, what does this mean?” and I tried to answer this question in simple terms, which a kid could comprehend. As a champion of Inclusion, I was...
Here’s how to write an effective Cover Letter
A good resume can score you a job. But a well-crafted cover letter can help your CV get noticed. In today’s era of online job applications, many candidates choose to forgo sending this introductory letter. A grave oversight, when you consider most employers claim a...
Build a team of Avengers to win at work
In the smash hit Avengers: Infinity War, a team of superheroes comes together to defend the world from a threat they cannot tackle alone. If we had to draw a real-life parallel, it is kind of like building a successful team consisting of a group of people with...
Are you suited for a startup or a corporate job?
There was a time when scoring a first job in a big corporation was considered an early career triumph. Today, times have changed, and so have perceptions of success. “I want to promote those who have the courage to fail,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the...
Overlooked for that promotion you were waiting for a year? Now what
Being passed up for a promotion is extremely painful. You think you’ve been working hard to move up the professional ladder only to feel invalidated at the workplace. But - like all other bitter experiences in life – it’s important not to let an episode like this...
Networking: Be Spiderman!
Once again, I found myself at a day-long conference where corporate HR leaders, consultants, learning and development professionals and executive coaches mingled and shared ideas and opinions. Before the event commenced, I was in a conversation with the HR Head of a...
Retirement: 50 is the new 60!
“Why is no one offering me a job? What do I do next as I don’t want to continue doing the same thing? Can I do something entirely different from what my career has been focused on so far? Why can I not be hired for my strengths and not based only on my past...
Thinking: Don’t Divide (and rule)…Multiply!
“Boss, we have an issue…what do we do?” A familiar conversation played out daily in a Manager’s work day. Empirical evidence shows that, 9 out of 10 Managers go pat with “I suggest you do this…” or even more directly, “Just call X and ask them to….” These are...
Time Management: FYI vs FYA
A senior technology leader recently lamented, “I am tired of routine meetings and pointless discussions. In many cases, I realised I was adding no significant value to most of these FYIs. I seem to have no time left for doing strategic work.” Leaders...
Spotted: A Phantom in the room!
Ever been to a meeting lately and wondered why a few attendees never spoke a word? Ever been to meetings and wondered why these attendees never speak at all? Ever wondered why some of these attendees are there in the first place?! Worse still, ever wondered if...