The advent of effective and successful women leaders and achievers is witnessed globally. Indian women achievers have placed India in the centre of the world. They dared to dream and worked tirelessly to make their dream come true. Here are eight emerging achievers who have bend the stereotypes and inspired us with their success stories.
Mira Jhala, Entrepreneur
Mira Jhala, a Harvard Business School alumnus, is a serial entrepreneur and over the last decade has been involved in various food start-ups. Mira is the Founder and CEO of FroGo – India’s first and largest online frozen food product and distribution company. FroGo is a first of its kind consumer tech platform that is revolutionising the frozen foods market in India.
Mira is an Operating Partner at ScaleX Partners and in this role she provides strategic and operational expertise to start-ups in the food and FMCG domain. Mira is also a founding partner of Veritas X – an angel investing platform started by HBS alumni.
Prior to ScaleX, she founded Purist, a new age contract food manufacturing company, which was acquired by CureFit – India’s largest health and fitness tech company. While at CureFit, Mira was heading the food business for the North and East regions. Previously co-founded and ran two successful food businesses: The Urban Kitchen (2009), and Curry-in-a-Hurry (2013). Mira has been recognized by NDTV Food as one of the six inspiring women food entrepreneurs across India.
Dr Seema Malick, Ayurvedic Cosmetologist
Dr Seema Malick is the leading Ayurvedic Cosmetologist in India. She is the Founder of the renowned Dr Seema Wellness Institute and Clinic, and the Director of Seema – Heath & Wellness Pvt Ltd and ZUDDHA Wellness Pvt Ltd. Dr. Malick’s vision is to educate, train, and create awareness to maintain health, wellness, and beauty through Ayurveda and cupping therapy which is an ancient detox therapy to build immunity and de-stress. In her 17 years long clinical practice, Dr Seema Malick has successfully treated several cases of PCOD, thyroid, acne, hyperpigmentation, and skin problems. She believes that beauty is an illumination of our inner health, and therefore, she coaches her patients to maintain an ayurvedic holistic lifestyle by creating a balance between mind, body, and soul. She has conducted numerous workshops on women wellness programs and immunity through Ayurvedic principles and has conducted Skill training program for healthcare professionals. An ardent believer in women empowerment, she helps female medical professionals to restart their practice after career breaks. Dr Malicks works relentlessly towards creating awareness about Ayurveda Indian system of medicine to promote health and beauty nationally and globally through social media.
Minal Sujan, Entrepreneur
‘Dare to Dream, Dream manifest if perused’
Minal Sujan is an Image Mentor and leading entrepreneur with 10 years of experience in business leadership in India and about 15 years of business experience internationally. She has international certification in Image consulting and personal branding. Through exposure across the globe, she has a vast understanding of behaviour, habits, impressions, clothes, etiquette, and brands. Her exposure and experience have enabled her in being a progressive thinker. Minal has successfully coached and transformed the lives of more than 150 individual clients, senior management executives, professionals, and aspiring individuals across industries in India. She has facilitated over 350 impactful learning events and training in various MNCs across various Industries.
Minal Sujan believes that failure is an integral part of success, however, if we have self-belief and the capacity to work hard in the right direction, success is inevitable. She is the Founder of Image Maestros Hub – IMH which offers transformation/ Consulting and training services in Brand & Image building. These devices have helped professionals, leaders, business owners, models, aspiring actors, as well homemakers, transform themselves into looking and feeling better. Transformations that put them on the road to the desired success. Minal believes in a win-win relationship with her every association. A shift in habits, behaviour, communication, and appearance is tough and challenging. Minal has the skills and experience to guide her clients toward their desired change. Constant evaluation and a genuine urge to grow, entertain, and innovate are the core vision of her company.
‘Value yourself, Everyone else is busy judging’
Jyoti Jha, Author
A Former HR Professional, Jyoti Jha is the author of three books in both Hindi and English languages. A Storyteller, Columnist, and Globetrotter, she has been conferred several prestigious literary awards including Savitribai Phule Rashtriya Samman, Global Progressive Women Award, Asian Literary Award, Iconic Author, Best Reviewer, and Author of the Year to name a few. Her book ‘Aanandi’ has been shortlisted for the coveted PVLF Author Excellence Award. An esteemed winner of ‘TOI Write India Season 3’, she is a proud panelist and Guest Speaker in Events and Talk Shows at prestigious institutions like IIM Lucknow and IITs. She has been an honourable Judge at Kashiyatra, IIT BHU, Jury Member at the Literary Club, IIT BHU for Storytelling, and a guest speaker at distinguished literary events. A former President of the Savitribai Seva Foundation, she has been the Theme Analyzer at Ang Rashtriya Sahitya Samagam.
Dr Harpreet Pasricha, Nutritionist
Dr Harpreet Pasricha is a well-known name in the field of nutrition. She has helped numerous people achieve their fitness goals and live a healthier life. Dr. Harpreet Pasricha has over 21 years of experience in the wellness space. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Diet Dr Clinic, a leading wellness clinic chain in India. She along with her team of 30 talented nutritionists pan India are functioning actively with the E- clinics model, providing expertise in clinical nutrition, weight management, clinical and therapeutic nutrition, sports and paediatric nutrition. Dr Pasricha is the advocate of the new revolution in nutrition which affirms that nutrition is more than just calorie counting. She urges people not to get carried away with the fad diets, restrictive diets, and skipping meals; it is about eating a well-balanced meal that includes all food groups and also takes into account our gut health, hormonal health and overall wellbeing.
Himaani Chetaan, Entrepreneur
Himaani Chetaan is an emerging Entrepreneur, who had a dream and a will that she transformed into a beautiful venture that flourishes as BeetRRuz. With motivation running through her veins, the journey of Himaani Chetaan is not just a beautiful pilgrimage but a transformation forged through fire. The hardships made her an enterprising and flourishing entrepreneur, an international publicist, and a travel enthusiast.
Himaani Chetaan believes that one should always listen to their heart. Born and brought up in the fast-moving city of Delhi. She is the Founder of BeetRRuz, a Public Relations firm that offers marketing solutions and also creates and promotes PR. Her immense interest in networking was a bud that bloomed into BeetRRuz. Himaani being a social person was a perfect suit for it but starting up was a major risk. She thought it was better to regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances she didn’t take at all.
Shubhra Chaturvedi, Entrepreneur
Shubra Chaturvedi is an Educationist, Author, Model, and Orator. Hailing from Prayagraj, Shubhra is the Director of Ttrounce Education, a skill development institute where she works as a personality development and English trainer. She not only helps the students with basic etiquette but also helps them to groom their overall personality along with helping them to overcome their fear of the English language. Apart from her contribution as an Educationist, Shubhra is a poetess with many of her poetry reading and talks on YouTube. Shubhra is also a Research Scholar pursuing her Ph.D. and has been a TEDx Speaker along with being a speaker at the Josh Talks. Shubhra is also a trained Salsa dancer and has done ‘Prabhakar’ in Kathak from Prayag Sangeet Samiti. She has won multiple awards which include ‘Shaan-e-Prayag 2019’ and National Education Leadership Award for Excellence in Teaching English. A certified soft skill trainer from HRDC, Shubhra Chaturvedi is also the first plus-size model from Uttar Pradesh. She has won various beauty pageants and has also walked the ramp at Taj Vivanta; Dwarka, Delhi as one of the Top 30 finalists of Maven Ms. Plus Size India. Shubhra has been featured in JOURNEY magazine as one of the Top 100 Educators and she has taught thousands of students in the past 12 years.
Ankita Verma, Author
Ankita Verma is an Economics graduate from Mumbai University and has studied ‘Advertising Communication and Marketing Management’ at the Xavier Institute of Management/Communication. Although she was born in Delhi, she moved to Mumbai at the age of 12, along with her parents. She has spent a decade and a half in the advertising industry, handling a wide range of clients from finance, insurance, education, food industry, and government sector giants. Her debut novel ‘TRUST ME NOT’, was released in November 2017 via the leading publishing house ‘JAICO PUBLISHING’ in the socio-political genre and received excellent reviews and was well received by the readers. Her second outing as an author was a novel ‘WRITTEN IN BLOOD’ which dealt with the subject of politicization and extremism in religion.