In seventeenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Swati Rustagi, Human Resource Director at Amazon. In this Women’s Day special episode, Swati and I talk about inclusion and diversity at workplace. Swati shares her personal journey and talks about Amazon India’s carefully curated initiatives which are creating employment opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds. Tune in as Swati Rustagi shares her thoughts on measures that people can take to encourage inclusion and diversity in their workplace.

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Women's Day Special: Swati Rustagi, Amazon India’s HR director, on empowering women at the workplace

In sixteenth episode, the vision-nari is Upma Kapoor, founder of <a href="https://tealandterra.com/">Teal and Terra</a>, an organic beauty and healthcare brand. Teal and Terra is Upma’s second entrepreneurial venture and being an organic beauty start-up it claims to use all natural ingredients. What is also unique about this start-up is its team which comprises of only women who all work from home. Losing both her parents to a terrible accident as a child and becoming a single mother, Upma has faced challenges with grit and strength. Tune in as I talk to Upma about her journey and her vision for future. To know more about Teal and Terra, visit <a href="https://tealandterra.com/">https://tealandterra.com/</a>.

In sixteenth episode, the vision-nari is Upma Kapoor, founder of Teal and Terra, an organic beauty and healthcare brand. Teal and Terra is Upma’s second entrepreneurial venture and being an organic beauty start-up it claims to use all natural ingredients. What is also unique about this start-up is its team which comprises of only women who all work from home. Losing both her parents to a terrible accident as a child and becoming a single mother, Upma has faced challenges with grit and strength. Tune in as I talk to Upma about her journey and her vision for future. To know more about Teal and Terra, visit https://tealandterra.com/.

How Upma Kapoor is creating a successful organic beauty brand with an all-women team.

In a world where technology is now donning the hat of cupid, how do you trust matchmaking?&nbsp; In fifteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Naina Hiranandani, COO at Sirf Coffee, a platform that’s revolutionising dating for global Indians. Born in Mumbai, Naina studied master’s in English literature and was working with prominent luxury and fashion publications before starting the entrepreneurial journey. Tune in as Naina talks about her childhood influences, her vision with Sirf Coffee, and how it’s successfully helping clients, around the world, find meaningful relationships. To know more about Sirf Coffee or apply to their membership, log on to <a href="http://sirfcoffee.com/">sirfcoffee.com</a>

In a world where technology is now donning the hat of cupid, how do you trust matchmaking?&nbsp; In fifteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Naina Hiranandani, COO at Sirf Coffee, a platform that’s revolutionising dating for global Indians. Born in Mumbai, Naina studied master’s in English literature and was working with prominent luxury and fashion publications before starting the entrepreneurial journey. Tune in as Naina talks about her childhood influences, her vision with Sirf Coffee, and how it’s successfully helping clients, around the world, find meaningful relationships. To know more about Sirf Coffee or apply to their membership, log on to sirfcoffee.com

How Naina Hiranandani is working to help people around the world find meaningful relationships.

In fourteenth episode, The Vision-Nari is Dipika Singh. Deepika is the Founder of Life is More and runs a Youtube Channel called She Means Business where she features content that promotes personal and professional growth of women. She also has an interview series called, She Means Business Chat Show, where she talks to women doing fantastic work as an attempt to build more stories of women role models. Since the vision of She Means Business aligns so much with Vision-Nari’s, Swati Rawat talks to Dipika Singh to understand more about She Means Business and Dipika’s journey with it.

In fourteenth episode, The Vision-Nari is Dipika Singh. Deepika is the Founder of Life is More and runs a Youtube Channel called She Means Business where she features content that promotes personal and professional growth of women. She also has an interview series called, She Means Business Chat Show, where she talks to women doing fantastic work as an attempt to build more stories of women role models. Since the vision of She Means Business aligns so much with Vision-Nari’s, Swati Rawat talks to Dipika Singh to understand more about She Means Business and Dipika’s journey with it.

How an Entrepreneur, Dipika Singh, is creating content that promotes personal and professional growth of women.

In thirteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Silvy Kalra, a communications professional, activist, and a journalist. Silvy’s the founder of FightHer - An initiative that conducts workshops to teach girls and women including domestic workers basic self defense techniques. Being a journalist she often worked at odd hours and felt anxious traveling back home alone at night in cabs. That was when she first realised she wanted to learn self defense. She started organising self-defence classes which were slowly joined by the domestic workers in her neighbourhood.&nbsp; Tune in as Silvy talks about her vision with FightHer and how she’s expanding this initiative so that more people become aware of self-defence techniques. If you’d like to organise a self-defence class in your neighbourhood, contact Silvy at <a href="mailto:silva.kalra@fiighther.org">silvy.kalra@fighther.org</a>.

In thirteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Silvy Kalra, a communications professional, activist, and a journalist. Silvy’s the founder of FightHer - An initiative that conducts workshops to teach girls and women including domestic workers basic self defense techniques. Being a journalist she often worked at odd hours and felt anxious traveling back home alone at night in cabs. That was when she first realised she wanted to learn self defense. She started organising self-defence classes which were slowly joined by the domestic workers in her neighbourhood.&nbsp; Tune in as Silvy talks about her vision with FightHer and how she’s expanding this initiative so that more people become aware of self-defence techniques. If you’d like to organise a self-defence class in your neighbourhood, contact Silvy at silvy.kalra@fighther.org.

Silvy Kalra is working on weekends to empower women by helping them learn self-defense.

(To avail the Harappa offer, send a mail to ceo@harappa.education.) In twelfth episode, the Vision-Nari is Shreyasi Singh. She’s the Founder and CEO of Harappa Education - an online learning institution that helps people build foundational Habits critical to achieve professional success and personal meaning. Shreyasi has 15 years of combined experience across broadcast and print journalism. Now, through her entrepreneurial journey with Harappa, she’s working towards her vision of building an educational platform that delivers both on impact and scale. If you’d like to develop your hard skills like Defining Problems, Speaking Effectively, or Reasoning Logically, try Harappa by visiting harappa.education. Also, the first 25 people to write an email to Shreyasi will get the Speaking Effectively course for free. So send the mail now and don’t miss this chance. Email: ceo@harappa.education

(To avail the Harappa offer, send a mail to ceo@harappa.education.) In twelfth episode, the Vision-Nari is Shreyasi Singh. She’s the Founder and CEO of Harappa Education - an online learning institution that helps people build foundational Habits critical to achieve professional success and personal meaning. Shreyasi has 15 years of combined experience across broadcast and print journalism. Now, through her entrepreneurial journey with Harappa, she’s working towards her vision of building an educational platform that delivers both on impact and scale. If you’d like to develop your hard skills like Defining Problems, Speaking Effectively, or Reasoning Logically, try Harappa by visiting harappa.education. Also, the first 25 people to write an email to Shreyasi will get the Speaking Effectively course for free. So send the mail now and don’t miss this chance. Email: ceo@harappa.education

How Shreyasi Singh is building a distinctive online learning institution to develop people’s cognitive, social, and emotional skills.

Eleventh episode continues the story of Captain Shalini Singh. In this episode, she talks about her life post serving in the army and her career shift into the private sector. She shares about her recovery from a terrible road accident which left her bed ridden for a year and opens up about her personal life and how she fell victim to domestic violence when she remarried. Tune in as Captain Shalini shares her perspective towards life and how she’s helping others to overcome adversities.

Eleventh episode continues the story of Captain Shalini Singh. In this episode, she talks about her life post serving in the army and her career shift into the private sector. She shares about her recovery from a terrible road accident which left her bed ridden for a year and opens up about her personal life and how she fell victim to domestic violence when she remarried. Tune in as Captain Shalini shares her perspective towards life and how she’s helping others to overcome adversities.

(Part Two) Story of Captain Shalini Singh - An army captain, a martyr’s wife, a proud single mom, and a true woman of substance.

In tenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Captain Shalini Singh. She has served in the Indian army for six years and at present she’s a motivational speaker, life coach, and a social activist. Captain Shalini’s story is that of grit and strength. She got married at 19 to an army officer, lost him in war when she was just 23, decided to enrol herself in the army, and served until she moved to the private sector. Tune in to the first part as Captain Shalini shares her story of transition from being a naive young woman to becoming a woman of substance.

In tenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Captain Shalini Singh. She has served in the Indian army for six years and at present she’s a motivational speaker, life coach, and a social activist. Captain Shalini’s story is that of grit and strength. She got married at 19 to an army officer, lost him in war when she was just 23, decided to enrol herself in the army, and served until she moved to the private sector. Tune in to the first part as Captain Shalini shares her story of transition from being a naive young woman to becoming a woman of substance.

(Part One) Story of Captain Shalini Singh - An army captain, a martyr’s wife, a proud single mom, and a true woman of substance.

In ninth episode, the Vision-Nari is Anushree Bishnoi. She’s the founder of Unfound News - A news platform that uses AI to remove biases by providing diverse&nbsp;perspective&nbsp;to news while also giving appropriate&nbsp;context. Anushree founded this organisation along with her husband where they’re driven to kill the misinformation epidemic. Tune in as Anushree talks about her motivation to start Unfound and how they use tech to battle fake news. If you like to read multiple viewpoints on a news article, go visit <a href="https://unfound.news/">unfound.news</a>.

In ninth episode, the Vision-Nari is Anushree Bishnoi. She’s the founder of Unfound News - A news platform that uses AI to remove biases by providing diverse&nbsp;perspective&nbsp;to news while also giving appropriate&nbsp;context. Anushree founded this organisation along with her husband where they’re driven to kill the misinformation epidemic. Tune in as Anushree talks about her motivation to start Unfound and how they use tech to battle fake news. If you like to read multiple viewpoints on a news article, go visit unfound.news.

Anushree Bishnoi’s vision to kill the misinformation epidemic

In the eighth episode, the Vision-Nari is Aditi Banerjee. She is the co-founder of <a href="Magic Billion">Magic Billion</a>, a global talent management firm which bridges the demand/supply gap for skilled workers. Before embarking on her entrepreneurial journey, Aditi worked for over 10 years in multilateral financial institutions, venture philanthropy, and management consulting. Tune in as Aditi shares her experience working with The World Bank, being a part of founding team of Malcolm Gladwell’s Surgo Foundation, and the vision she’s charting out for <a href="magicbillion.in">Magic Billion</a>.

In the eighth episode, the Vision-Nari is Aditi Banerjee. She is the co-founder of Magic Billion, a global talent management firm which bridges the demand/supply gap for skilled workers. Before embarking on her entrepreneurial journey, Aditi worked for over 10 years in multilateral financial institutions, venture philanthropy, and management consulting. Tune in as Aditi shares her experience working with The World Bank, being a part of founding team of Malcolm Gladwell’s Surgo Foundation, and the vision she’s charting out for Magic Billion.

Aditi Banerjee: From solving public sector challenges to starting a global talent management firm

In the seventh episode, the Vision-Nari is Puneeta Roy. She is the Managing Trustee of The Yuva Ekta Foundation and a Reiki practitioner. Puneeta is a media professional with over 30 years of experience and has been working on self empowerment and healing with young people from marginalized as well as privileged backgrounds for over a decade, using Theatre and the Arts. In this episode, I sit down with Puneeta as we talk about her journey, her beliefs, her experience with Reiki and meditation, and her vision for the future.

In the seventh episode, the Vision-Nari is Puneeta Roy. She is the Managing Trustee of The Yuva Ekta Foundation and a Reiki practitioner. Puneeta is a media professional with over 30 years of experience and has been working on self empowerment and healing with young people from marginalized as well as privileged backgrounds for over a decade, using Theatre and the Arts. In this episode, I sit down with Puneeta as we talk about her journey, her beliefs, her experience with Reiki and meditation, and her vision for the future.

How Puneeta Roy transitioned from a media professional to empowering youth using social arts

In the sixth episode, the Vision-Nari is Astha Mittal. She’s an engineer by degree, a writer by passion, and an artist by profession.﻿ Her artwork has been celebrated and displayed at the Indian Habitat Centre and she is also a proud published writer of two books (‘She and He’ and ‘Diary Of A Young Artist’). Astha has travelled extensively across India and moved to Delhi for her absolute love for Theatre. She has a dream to open up a Cafe for which she also worked in the kitchen of one of the finest restaurants in Delhi. Her take on life and individualism is stimulating and refreshing.&nbsp;

In the sixth episode, the Vision-Nari is Astha Mittal. She’s an engineer by degree, a writer by passion, and an artist by profession.﻿ Her artwork has been celebrated and displayed at the Indian Habitat Centre and she is also a proud published writer of two books (‘She and He’ and ‘Diary Of A Young Artist’). Astha has travelled extensively across India and moved to Delhi for her absolute love for Theatre. She has a dream to open up a Cafe for which she also worked in the kitchen of one of the finest restaurants in Delhi. Her take on life and individualism is stimulating and refreshing.&nbsp;

Astha Mittal: Writer, Painter, Theatre Artist & Chef

In the fifth episode, the Vision-Nari is Prerna Mukharya. She’s the founder of Outline India- a data firm working in the development sector providing strategic advisory services and policy support to relevant stakeholders. Prerna, along with her team, has visited 8000+ villages across 26 states to collect social-impact data with nearly 4.5 million interactions. Prerna is a 2018 Chevening fellow at Oxford University and was part of the Fortune 40 under 40 list in 2017. For her vision and work, she was featured in India Today’s Top 10 Most Powerful Innovators in 2018.&nbsp;Prerna recently launched Track your metrics, a tech platform and app.&nbsp;

In the fifth episode, the Vision-Nari is Prerna Mukharya. She’s the founder of Outline India- a data firm working in the development sector providing strategic advisory services and policy support to relevant stakeholders. Prerna, along with her team, has visited 8000+ villages across 26 states to collect social-impact data with nearly 4.5 million interactions. Prerna is a 2018 Chevening fellow at Oxford University and was part of the Fortune 40 under 40 list in 2017. For her vision and work, she was featured in India Today’s Top 10 Most Powerful Innovators in 2018.&nbsp;Prerna recently launched Track your metrics, a tech platform and app.&nbsp;

Prerna Mukharya: Data collector & Founder of Outline India

In the fourth episode, the Vision-Nari is Divya Anand. She’s the author of the book&nbsp;Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizarre Foods from Around the World, which explores her and her husband’s journey to eat every species on earth, at least once. From eating insects, crocodile, and even puffer fish this book has covered it all for curious gastronomical travellers. The food adventures in her book pretty much qualify as a challenge in the fear factor series. Divya is an avid reader, traveller, blogger, a full time product manager, and now a published writer. &nbsp;

In the fourth episode, the Vision-Nari is Divya Anand. She’s the author of the book&nbsp;Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizarre Foods from Around the World, which explores her and her husband’s journey to eat every species on earth, at least once. From eating insects, crocodile, and even puffer fish this book has covered it all for curious gastronomical travellers. The food adventures in her book pretty much qualify as a challenge in the fear factor series. Divya is an avid reader, traveller, blogger, a full time product manager, and now a published writer. &nbsp;

Divya Anand: Author of Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizarre Foods from Around the World

In the third episode, the Vision-Nari is Sulakshana Bhattacharya. She’s one of the first Indian female woodworker who not only teaches her craft but also runs a woodworking company called MistooMade. After spending over 15 years in the public sector across three countries, when she moved back to India she decided to pursue her passion full time into woodworking. Sulakshana literally carved her way through a male dominated space and the only thing more impressive than her journey is her fierce personality.&nbsp;

In the third episode, the Vision-Nari is Sulakshana Bhattacharya. She’s one of the first Indian female woodworker who not only teaches her craft but also runs a woodworking company called MistooMade. After spending over 15 years in the public sector across three countries, when she moved back to India she decided to pursue her passion full time into woodworking. Sulakshana literally carved her way through a male dominated space and the only thing more impressive than her journey is her fierce personality.&nbsp;

Sulakshana Bhattacharya: Woodworker & Founder of MishtooMade

The Vision-Nari podcast is hosted by Swati Rawat where she discovers visionary Indian women and invites them on the show to talk about their life and aspirations, in an attempt to understand their impulse, inspiration, and the story behind their unique vision. Ever wonder what goes into being a Vision-Nari? Listen and find out. This podcast is produced by Launchora (www.launchora.com) and music is created by Dyalla Swain (http://soundcloud.com/dyallas).

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