by Amrita Priya | Jun 28, 2023
(June 28, 2023) Living in a mud house in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, 18-year-old Kusum Chaudhary comes from a family of farmers, but with no land to call their own. This mostly meant money constraints and even cast an eclipse on her future as the family had no means to...
by Amrita Priya | May 16, 2023
(May 16, 2023) Even as a young child, living in Vishakapatnam, the seaside city of Andhra Pradesh back in the early 60s, Dr. Neeli Bendapudi had just one dream – that of becoming a world-class educator. As the eldest of three daughters in a family battling...
by Amrita Priya | Sep 26, 2023
(September 26, 2023) Every Tuesday, when Rupal Gadhia was an MBA student at Harvard Business School, she would get together with a bunch of girls from her section for a weekly dinner. Years later, they remain best friends – for Rupal Gadhia, the time she spent...
by Amrita Priya | Apr 26, 2023
(April 26, 2023) “One day, women of Indian villages will be known for their potential, not their pain, for their aspirations, not their needs, for being leaders, not being led. We will make it happen, one Sapna Center at a time.” This is social entrepreneur Surabhi...
by Amrita Priya | Aug 1, 2023
(Aug 1, 2023) On his first day as Dean at the Kellogg School of Management, Professor Dipak C Jain stepped onto stage, before the MBA class of 650 students to make the customary commencement address. A few minutes in, the director of corporate communications rushed up...
