Our Story
Our journey began when our Founder, Varsha Adusumilli, wrote her game-changing book Wonder Girls (Juggernaut Books) to introduce young girls from all across India to relatable female role models and their extraordinary career paths. Since then, as a group, we have been working passionately to impact adolescent girls and their future trajectories. We have spent hundreds of hours interviewing and having deep-dive conversations with adolescent girls, parents, educators, social scientists, and industry leaders, and created what we believe is a definitive platform and opportunity for adolescent girls.
Our team and our group of advisors come from institutions such as BITS Pilani, Indian Institutes of Management, and Columbia University. Our council of educators includes some of the brightest and most respected leaders in the industry. Collectively, we are extremely passionate about girls’ accomplishment and long term achievement.
Read Varsha Adusumilli’s views on boosting women’s workforce participation in India, published in the Hindustan Times, here. To learn more about our past cohort experiences, click here.
Educator Council
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Prof. Indira J Parikh
Former Professor & Dean, IIM Ahmedabad
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Dr. Ranjini Krishnaswamy
Director, Dosti Foundation, National Award Winner, Best Principal, Govt. of India
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Vashima Goyal
Founder Director, EduRetreat, Singapore
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Sanyukta Bafna
Head of Citizenship Program, The Acres Foundation
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Fiona Reynolds
Former Deputy Head at American School Bombay
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Nita Balmohan Rajesh
Principal Program Manager - Global HR, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure & Cloud Platform and Visiting Faculty, IIM Udaipur
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Rosa Abraham
Assistant Professor, Economist, Azim Premji University
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Iris Madeira
Board Member, Center for Civil Society & Praja Foundation, Counsellor, Hill Spring International School, Founding Director, Madhavi Desai Counselling
Team
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Varsha Adusumilli
Founder
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Manasi Thacker
Head, Operations
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Stuti Agarwal
Content & Communications Lead
Senior Advisor
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Rachana Bhide
Organizational Psychologist, Broadcaster, Ex-Bloomberg