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In July 2015, in between embracing motherhood and my full time job as an Applied Mathematician, I kept looking around but could not find the answer to a question that was on my mind – Why are there so few women in the field of science or more broadly in leadership roles? Now when I […]

A recap of my year as a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow Last year this week I returned to Bangalore after a month in Paris attending the Cartier awards function, a conference and some time in INSEAD business school. It was the first time in 8 years I was away from my team and work for

Within the blink of an eye my 2nd baby Serein has turned 8 years old. I often wonder how I am able to balance between my 1st baby – my daughter – and Serein for all these years.  Last week as I landed back home after a few week long trip to a conference, a

When I was a Ph.D. student, there used to be a concept called Wednesday Tea Time. One day a week, we would take a break from our insanely rigorous course/research work/qualifier prep-ridden 16-hour days to meet the whole department at 4 pm. But the best part of tea time was that along with the ‘tea’

When success finally comes our way, how often do we look back and think about the path that delivered the success? Most often we claim our recognitions as – “I have worked really hard and it has finally paid off!” or “I am glad my degree and qualifications got me here”. None of that can

Watch out world – we are back with a mission this year. We are here for more bias breaking, glass ceiling shattering, and culture cleanups!  While writing this post, I thought I could perhaps give a sneak peek into what goes on in the superhero training academy that has led to 5X growth and Serein’s