women changemakers Archives

Manasi Chaudhari: Championing women’s legal literacy through Pink Legal and Legally Yours

by Mallik Thatipalli | Apr 30, 2025

(April 30, 2025) The earliest memory lawyer, entrepreneur and author, Manasi Chaudhari has of a court was when she visited the Mumbai high court as a child where her grandfather was a judge. “I remember going to court with him once when I was very small. I just...

Indian author Sreemoyee Piu Kundu gives single women the Status Single community to thrive

by Global Indian | Jan 4, 2022

(January 4, 2021) Ever tried to house hunt as a single woman in the country? Kept a low profile at family dos to avoid the constant badgering by pesky relatives on your yet single status? Or for that matter had to back out of parties that would permit couples only? In...

Meet Vani Kola, founder of Kalaari Capital and the wind beneath a unicorn’s wings

by Global Indian | Sep 22, 2021

(September 22, 2021) She has always believed in breaking the glass ceiling: from being one among six women in a batch of 400 engineering students to becoming a serial entrepreneur and eventually founding Kalaari Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm based in...

Falguni Nayar: The entrepreneur helming Nykaa, India’s only profitable unicorn to go public

by Global Indian | Aug 11, 2021

(August 11, 2021; 7 pm) When Falguni Nayar launched Nykaa back in 2012, she was sure of one thing: her startup would be a destination store for all things beauty. Over the years, the e-commerce platform earned a loyal fan following and is now one of the most...