Leadership
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Leena Nair: Taking off Chanel's Eurocentric goggles
In her 30-year stint, Leena Nair managed to make Unilever a gender-balanced company across its management globally. Now, as CEO, she's poised to bring her inclusive worldview to luxury brand Chanel
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Lakshmi Iyer: A learner who moves markets
Lakshmi Iyer started off marrying coding with markets. Today she heads Kotak's investment advisory business
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Kusha Kapila: Influencer next door
Kusha Kapila is riding the popularity wave on social media with her hilarious and relatable content. She's now making her presence felt on the big screen and streaming platforms with multiple roles
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Kavita Devi and Meera Devi: Giving voice to marginalised with Khabar Lahariya
Through media network Khabar Lahariya, Kavita Devi and Meera Devi are ensuring elected heads are held accountable by reporting on issues of women and marginalised communities from the hinterland
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Katrina Kaif: Turning passion into mission with Kay Beauty
Actor Katrina Kaif turned her love for make-up into a business venture. Her label Kay Beauty has products for all age groups and skin tones, and also aims to be a community for women
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Kainaz Karmakar: Bringing the change through stories
Having worked in the field for 23 years, Kainaz Karmakar, chief creative officer of Ogilvy India, has won 40 accolades for her out-of-the-box, brave and innovative approach to advertising
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Jacinta Kerketta: Becoming the voice of indigenous communities
While Jacinta Kerketta's poetry is about the lives and losses of indigenous communities in Jharkhand, her writing is about the conflict over land, the impact of risk management programmes on those living inside forests, and grassroots democracy among indigenous populations
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Devleena Bhattacharjee and Nandhini Karthikeyan: Occupying tech-driven aquaculture space with Numer8
Data scientist Devleena Bhattacharjee and software engineer Nandhini Karthikeyan wanted to use data analysis to help solve real-world problems. Their startup Numer8 is helping the fishing community work smarter as well as deal with climate change
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Ashwini Deshpande: Fixing gender parity one data set at a time
Ashwini Deshpande, professor of economics at Ashoka University, studies the economics of discrimination—how do race, caste and gender affect economic outcomes. And unlike most economists, she doesn't limit her work to academia, but puts it into practice
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We are born to be different from the rest: David Boynton
On his maiden visit to India as the CEO of The Body Shop, David Boynton opens his heart about the challenges faced by the ethical beauty brand in getting back its mojo since 2017, on his bullishness on the Indian market and why brands must have an emotional connect
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Forbes India 2022 W-Power: Anju Srivastava's Wingreens Farms is about empowering farmers
Anju Srivastava wants people to realise that doing business thoughtfully is the future. And with Wingreens Farms, she is leading by example by empowering farmers and their families