Kunika Rathore

I was a professional dancer for 10 great years and that’s what I always wanted to pursue. Dance is not just an art for me - it’s my passion. While taking care of the website and marketing requirements for my dance company, I got this job opportunity at Hogarth (a WPP company) as a Software Engineer which I never wanted to take. However, I never said no to any opportunity, and like many others, my family wanted me to have a stable career. So I attended the interview, got selected, and that’s where my journey in this industry began. Leaving dance was a very big deal for me so I made a promise to myself that I would do the job for 6 months and if it did not feel fine to me, I would return to dance; and if I chose this [industry], then I was not going to do a 9-5 the whole of my life. I would learn and then start my own agency. Well, interestingly enough, after 6 months I was in love with this!

Jaya Saha

After working for 10 good years in the corporate world, I felt something was missing in my life. I could not find a purpose in life which makes a real change in the lives of people. When I was visiting my native area during one of the festivals, I visited this weaver’s belt near my home - that is when I decided to work for the handloom weavers, to spread and create awareness, to build a sustainable model, and to uplift them.

Fashion, SustainabilityGirlTable AdminMarch 1, 2022India

Urja Neurgaonkar

When I started off, I had no investors and no funding. So I decided to start the company on a low budget. Whatever I had earned through freelancing, that acted like funding for my startup. Post registrations and procedural work, marketing was a problem as I had to pay various platforms to advertise my business. Hence, I learnt how to market my own company through social media and decided to cut down as many expenses as I can. That helped me to survive in the initial days. I didn’t opt for having a company website since I was working on major cost-cutting. But luckily mouth publicity and self-marketing helped me to get through corporates and get clients.

Language, Translation, French, EnglishGirlTable AdminFebruary 19, 2022India

Masumi Mewawalla

Growing up from being a child actress, I thought acting would be my mainstream career but eventually, I stepped into dancing as a choreographer, after which I started my catering company. These were my passions and my skills but I could not visualize them being my career or I being able to make it big there. Hence, after I decided to try to make a saree on my parents’ anniversary; and getting confidence in the process - and also seeing my love for fashion, I decided to pursue it as my career. Today, when I am mentoring at Fashion colleges, the students make me realize that it was the right decision, and I can inspire more and more enthusiasts.

FashionGirlTable AdminJanuary 4, 2022India

Disha Madaan

As a young adult, I took a keen interest in reviewing different educational policies and observed a drift in their objectives, which made me feel uncomfortable. An insight into the nitty-gritty of the Indian education system inspired me to establish a platform, which provides an effective educational experience, fulfilling all the needs and interests of a child. Thus, Eduvest Connect was conceptualized.

Education, Educational ConsultingGirlTable AdminDecember 28, 2021India

Shiya Sagar

I started HopeQure with the vision of overcoming the global stigma associated with seeking mental health treatment. I believe that the ongoing research on the "Application of Technology in Mental Health Counselling" at HopeQure will act as a catalyst to facilitate ground-breaking changes in the field of diagnostics, patient care, and assessments, which will lead to higher standards and result-oriented mental health counselling.

Psychology, Therapy, CounsellingGirlTable AdminApril 15, 2021India

Srestha Chatterjee

Success for me is when I can look at my work and say, yes. I saved the world in the small way I could. Obviously, I can’t end the water crisis or improve the air quality at a macro level this instant. But when I can proudly say that I helped save 1 million liters of water or that my work contributed to improve the AQI of an entire city, I would say then that yes I am successful.

Eco-Friendly Solutions, Sustainability, Environmental ConsultingGirlTable AdminOctober 14, 2020India

Anjali Tripathi

Our startup is basically focused on legal publishing but we started this venture with a greater motive. The idea is to create a comprehensive platform for law students and not to be merely a law journal. The law journal was ancillary to the broad idea and it would be true to say that we concentrate on spreading legal knowledge, awareness and opinions of young law students as well.

Publishing, LegalGirlTable AdminMarch 31, 2020India

Manasi Mehta

Growing up, I always knew I was going to be a designer, but I had never really thought of where I would work. Design for me was creating, experimenting and working out of your comfort zone. Very soon I realized that this was only possible if I had my own studio where I could pursue my dreams.

Graphic DesignGirlTable AdminJanuary 2, 2020India

Apeksha Bhattacharyya

In a country full of traditional folk art, Indian classical dances and culture, Western dance forms like ballet are still quite unpopular and rare to find. Being a dancer all throughout my life, it was only very late that I understood ballet and it's importance - why ballet is such an important learning and disciplinary tool for every dancer, and that it has great potential in a country which has the second highest population in the world.

Performing Arts, DanceGirlTable AdminJuly 31, 2019India

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