Women Of Now: Recent Episodes
Monster India
Women Of Now podcast bring you the extraordinary stories of women who’ve championed both work and personal life. With every interview, we discover from our leaders of now the challenges and opportunities they’ve met along the way to the top to inspire the women of tomorrow. From setting the priorities, decision making, balancing the work and personal life, being a mentor, their way of building an environment that gives employees a sense of belonging to what inspires them in both good and bad times we have it all covered.
Deepa currently serves as VP, Quess IT staffing. Prior to Quess she was part of Accenture Financial Services and was instrumental in mobilizing critical projects across APAC, the UK, and India. She also sits on the diversity council for Quess and Internal Committee for POSH.
An accomplished badminton player who has won several championships along with a bronze medal in Women’s singles at the national level. She has also gone onto represent India in World Masters Badminton Championship help in Sweden. She’s currently active in the national circuit for masters. She’s also an avid reader and trained equestrian.
In our conversation, we cover:
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Deepa's journey from a national-level badminton star to a senior executive at Quess.
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The attributes of an athlete and their significance in business.
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Amazon campaign "Mom be a girl again" that featured Deepa.
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Her aspirations and goals on the professional front.
Chetna has over 25 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, and Compliance across different countries and industries including manufacturing, trading, power plants, insurance, and healthcare. She's passionate about Finance and doing her part for the community. Chetna was a recipient of the PTSA Lifetime Membership award in 2015 and an Honoree of Rochester Business Journal Women of Excellence Awards in 2019.
In our conversation today, we cover:
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Starting up in the financial services, the opportunities for women.
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Importance of mentorship outside of work.
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Negotiation skills for women.
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Financial management for women.
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Role of business leadership in gender diversity.
Bijal comes with decades of experience in the tech industry as an executive serving in leadership roles at companies ranging from the likes of Siemens, Honeywell, General Electric and Johnson Controls. She is an extremely goal-driven and focused executive who was named as America’s 20 under 40 women in the security systems.
In this episode, we cover:
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Journey from India to becoming a top executive in the U.S.A
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Prioritizing, planning and organizing a day.
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Creating leaders at every level of the professional journey.
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Why is reskilling and upskilling important.
Samudyata holds a bachelor degree in information science from MVIT, Bangalore and has pursued Women’s Leadership from IIM-Calcutta and is also a Chevening CRISP Fellow 2020 at the University of Oxford. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion, believes in the cause of a just and equal world.
In this episode, we cover:
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Transition from college to professional life.
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Her stint at Wipro and how has it influenced her career growth since then.
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How to overcome self-doubt and boost confidence.
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Motherhood, career break and the comeback.
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The impact of the digital revolution from a gender perspective.
Women Of Now podcast brings you the extraordinary stories of women who’ve championed both work and personal life. With every interview, we discover from our leaders of now the challenges and opportunities they’ve met along the way to the top to inspire the women of tomorrow. From setting the priorities, decision making, balancing the work and personal life, being a mentor, their way of building an environment that gives employees a sense of belonging to what inspires them in both good and bad times we have it all covered.