DEI measurement and benchmarking
Inclusive recruitment strategy
Interactive courses
Diversity calendar
Inclusion game
Culture survey
Unconscious bias awareness
LGBTQ inclusion
Psychological safety
Inclusive leadership
Workplace equity index
Gender advancement scale
DEI roadmap
DEI policy drafting
PoSH compliance
Sexual harassment awareness
Anti-discrimination
Anti-bullying
Code of conduct
Compliance policy drafting
Bystander intervention
Respect at work
In continuation from Women Let Themselves Go After Marriage Part 1 My partner keeps encouraging me to go to the gym at least thrice a week. However, it becomes difficult to manage consistency when managing household responsibilities, looking after elderly parents, and the children’s studies. We have house help but I have to inform her …
Entropy is often used as a measure of disorder and is a fundamental concept in thermodynamics. Imagine a perfectly tidy room with everything in the right place and clean. This space has low entropy because everything is highly ordered. Now imagine the same room in disarray, with things scattered everywhere. Entropy is high in this …
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I was a first-year college student studying Gender Economics, and I came across the concept of gender-inclusive pronouns. Like every other student in my class, I was fascinated and frankly surprised when our teacher told us that there are at least 10 different types of gender that people identify themselves with across the globe. I …
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Boys don’t cry. Boys will be boys. Don’t cry like a girl. Be a man. Real men don’t do that. International Men’s Day falls on 19th November and one of the things it strives for is for men to be comfortable in all aspects of being a human. The focus is on bringing positive role …
“I’ve never thought money was an issue. That’s cuz u have it” The most popular sitcoms of late 1990’s and early 2000’s Friends, aired a restaurant scene where 6 of the closest friends realize how having different access to money could be an issue. These are friends who are close to each other, and discuss …
Feminist photographer and PhD Scholar Sanjukta Basu conducted a Gender and Public Space project in 2017 by traveling to five Indian cities to document how Indian women access these public spaces. Public parks were rarely visited by women in Delhi and Hyderabad, with women accessing these spaces in Hyderabad if they were smaller and all …
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How we made machines racist and they in turn biased humans back A cautionary tale of the blind spots of data and artificial intelligence But who taught them to be biased? Is this only about not finding the right fit? The significance of this incident is slightly beyond that, it’s regarding how many practices and …
Recently I came across this book, “Our separate ways: Black and White women and the struggle for professional identity” by Ella Bell Smith and Stella M. Nkomo which was the second edition published last year of the earlier edition from 20 years ago. The main aim of this book was to compare the professional experiences …
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For those of us who work and research various aspects of inclusion, it isn’t possible to indulge in pop culture without analyzing it. A lot of serials and songs one would have heard earlier, have to now pass through a test, which now runs parallel, unconsciously sieving. When I watched Modern Family (2009-2020) a couple …
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In the year 2017, Kerala’s Kochi Metro Rail Limited launched its initiative to hire members from the transgender community. They in fact hired 23 employees from the community. However, due to the lack of inclusive policies and infrastructure, for example, viable accommodation facilities and low salaries, most of them were forced to leave the opportunity …
DEI measurement and benchmarking
Inclusive recruitment strategy
Interactive courses
Diversity calendar
Inclusion game
Culture survey
Unconscious bias awareness
LGBTQ inclusion
Psychological safety
Inclusive leadership
Workplace equity index
Gender advancement scale
DEI roadmap
DEI policy drafting
PoSH compliance
Sexual harassment awareness
Anti-discrimination
Anti-bullying
Code of conduct
Compliance policy drafting
Bystander intervention
Respect at work
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Nithya drives operational excellence within the HR function. She ensures that Serein maintains the highest standards of HR practices and ethical conduct. Her role extends beyond traditional HR responsibilities as she also serves as an External Member of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) for Serein’s clients, specialising in preventing workplace harassment through the PoSH vertical.
Nithya has graduated in Commerce from the University of Lucknow and has rich experience in hiring and retaining the best talents in the industry with companies like BukuWarung and Belong.co.
Nandini conducts extensive industry-specific research on DEI trends in India, South East Asia, Europe, and the USA. Nandini is responsible for developing statistical models for DEI assessment on Serein’s DEI SaaS Tool. She designs measurement tools for DEI benchmarking, inclusion assessments, and employee experience surveys.
Nandini is passionate about creating engaging and impactful reports, toolkits, and playbooks for Serein’s customers.
Nandini holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mathematics & Statistics from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore.
Sharanya serves as a PoSH external member for 15+ companies in e-commerce, fintech, healthcare, SaaS, and more. She supports partner organisations on legal procedures and best practices to build safe work cultures.
She has been involved in the review of PoSH policies, labour law compliances, and research regarding the risk of secondary victimisation of complainants under the PoSH Act.
Sharanya graduated with BBA, LLB (Hons.) degree from Symbiosis Law School, Pune. She has experience in PoSH and employment law with notable law firms like Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co., J. Sagar and Associates, among others.
Kirtika is an expert speaker and workshop facilitator on topics like sexual harassment awareness, bystander intervention, and anti-harassment redressal mechanisms. She has developed learning content for investigating committees on topics like witness cooperation in a workplace sexual harassment inquiry proceeding.
Kirtika serves as a PoSH external member for 30+ companies in fintech, healthcare, business management, gaming, and more. She has 50+ hours of experience consulting on sexual harassment investigations at the workplace and supporting partner organisations on legal procedure and best practices.
She has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Montfort College, Bengaluru, and has experience working as a trainee counselor.
Rishab is passionate about creating long-term partnerships with Serein’s customers. He is responsible for marketing, operations, customer onboarding, contract writing, and relationship building. Rishab uses his directing and filmmaking skills to design engaging content for Serein’s social media platforms.
Rishab holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with Honours from CHRIST University, Bangalore. He has directed more than nine short films on topics like stigmas of menstruation, widowhood, and adoption.
Bhavini serves as a PoSH external member for 30+ companies in industries like education, healthcare, IT, Pharma, and more. She has 70+ hours of experience consulting on sexual harassment investigations in the workplace and supporting partner organizations on the legal procedure and best practices for workplace safety.
Before Serein, Bhavini worked as an archivist at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, and as an editorial assistant for IIT Bombay’s PR and Alumni Associations department.
She has a Master’s degree in Education from Azim Premji University where she worked extensively with the management on anti-sexual harassment legal implementation. Her work involved the interpretation of the law in a university as a workplace and an educational institution for adults.
Rhea is the aesthetic and creative eye behind Serein’s marketing and sales collateral. She manages website content and social media content calendar. She works closely with Serein’s content experts to design catchy invites, toolkits, and company culture reports.
Rhea creates animated content for Serein’s learning platform. She is focused on understanding the user’s need for engagement and learning to create impactful content.
Rhea holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media from St. Xavier’s University, Mumbai where she majored in advertising.
Thejaswini is responsible for the operations and maintenance of Serein’s in-house e-learning platform. She assists customers to deliver learning content and assess employee engagement through Serein’s tracking system.
Thejaswini is also engaged with finance and other operations to ensure Serein’s 500+ long-term partners are compliant with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) law.
Thejaswini holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Application from Field Marshal KM Cariappa College, Kodagu.
Arathi leads the design and execution of DEI measurement tools for global partners. These include Serein’s Diversity Index, the scope of unconscious bias in recruitment and promotions, and the scope of unconscious bias in external messaging.
She has also designed a standardized tool to review company policies and products through an inclusion lens. Arathi leads workshops on inclusion, unconscious bias, domestic violence, mental health, and well-being.
Arathi is a published researcher with Master’s degrees in Applied Psychology and Criminology from Bond University, Australia. Her experience includes working with people from different backgrounds, including refugee groups.
Ruchika assists with research and facilitation of sessions on domestic violence, sexual harassment, employee well-being, and women’s leadership. She is a feature writer for Serein’s blogs where she writes about gender, women’s history, domestic violence, and sexual harassment awareness in the workplace.
Ruchika is a published author with books like ‘Concubinage, Race and Law in Early Colonial Bengal: Bequeathing Intimacy, Servicing the Empire’ published by Routledge, Taylor, and Francis publications. She has been teaching History at the University of Delhi for over a decade. She has a Ph.D. in History from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Faakirah is a legal professional and expert facilitator on topics like anti-sexual harassment, anti-harassment and anti-discrimination laws in India, South East Asia, Europe, and the USA. Faakirah has conducted 100+ training sessions on the prevention of sexual harassment for employees and internal committee members.
She has 150+ hours of experience consulting on sexual harassment investigations in the workplace. Her legal research at Serein includes policy analysis, human rights, women’s rights, and document drafting.
Faakirah is an experienced legal professional. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in law with a focus on women’s rights and policy analysis from the University of Kashmir. She holds a Master of Law degree specializing in alternative dispute resolution from O.P Jindal School of Law.
Aparna is leading the finance and operations at Serein. She has also been responsible for Serein’s online platform, customer management, and marketing.
She works closely with Serein’s 500+ long-term partners to ensure they are compliant with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) law. Aparna is a workshop facilitator on topics like the prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace in languages like Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.
Aparna Pandurangan holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai.
Bianca leads the compliance partnerships and workshops on anti-sexual harassment, anti-harassment and anti-discrimination laws in India, South East Asia, Europe, and the USA. She has 100+ hours of experience consulting on sexual harassment investigations in the workplace.
Bianca designs gamified learning modules for a unique and impactful learner experience on topics like gender inclusion, PwD inclusion, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and regional inclusion among others.
Before Serein, Bianca worked in hospitality for 5 years with Emirates Airlines. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from St. Xavier’s University, Mumbai. She is presently pursuing a Master’s degree in Gender and Sexuality in Global Politics from SOAS University of London.
Chryslynn leads the product development of Serein’s DEI SaaS tool. She designs learning content and strategic insights for companies to measure their DEI growth, and achieve bias-free recruitment and psychological safety.
Chryslynn is a regular columnist with publications like ‘LiveMint’ and ‘The Hindu’ where she writes about unconscious bias, prevention of sexual harassment, and company culture.
Before Serein, she was a Gandhi Fellow working in rural Rajasthan to address educational leadership and gender equity in government schools. She graduated from Azim Premji University in Bangalore with a Master’s in Education where she specialised in gender and sexuality education.
Ishani founded Serein to provide a data and research-based approach to solving DEI challenges at the workplace. She advises company leaders, startup founders, and venture capital firms on industry best practices to increase diversity and design a DEI roadmap.
Ishani is a recipient of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Award 2023 for the global impact of her work in the DEI space.
Before founding Serein, Ishani was a scientist at GE Research working in the Aerospace Lab. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University on developing mathematical models to solve Astrophysics problems. She did her Post-doctoral studies at the University of Oxford and St. Thomas Hospital in Biomathematics.
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