Causes
Education
Teach for India
Advisory Board, Teach for India US
An excellent education for every child in India is Teach for India’s goal. Founded in 2009 by Shaheen Mistri, Teach for India is a non-profit organization providing quality education to children from disadvantaged sections through their Fellowship program and Alumni movement, constantly working to create and nurture budding leaders.
Teach for India US Board Chair: Ruchi Mehta
Ballet & Beyond NYC
Board Member, 2017 – 2020
Ballet & Beyond helps New York City kids realize their dreams of learning professional ballet by resolving two of the biggest barriers children from low-income families face, cost and travel. Partnering with NGOs and existing after-school programs to bring ballet lessons to locations the children usually visit, making it affordable and accessible for all.
Ballet & Beyond NYC ED: Michelle Cave
Teach for India
Advisory Board, Teach for India US
An excellent education for every child in India is Teach for India’s goal. Founded in 2009 by Shaheen Mistri, Teach for India is a non-profit organization providing quality education to children from disadvantaged sections through their Fellowship program and Alumni movement, constantly working to create and nurture budding leaders.
Teach for India US Board Chair: Ruchi Mehta
Ballet & Beyond NYC
Board Member, 2017 – 2020
Ballet & Beyond helps New York City kids realize their dreams of learning professional ballet by resolving two of the biggest barriers children from low-income families face, cost and travel. Partnering with NGOs and existing after-school programs to bring ballet lessons to locations the children usually visit, making it affordable and accessible for all.
Ballet & Beyond NYC ED: Michelle Cave
FEdream
Board of Directors
FEdream brings home college education to underprivileged girls in India. FEdream helps the girls dream bigger every step of the way. They hold career fairs inspiring high schoolers to look beyond the conventional career paths, helps them through their college journey, create a community for knowledge sharing, and connect them to the right resources to build their career path once graduated.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
INK Global
Advisory Board Member
INK helps turn ideas into reality, driving innovation and change by providing a platform for exchanging ideas. With its fellowship programs, events, and conferences, INK bridges the gap between different economies, cultures, and thinkers, building a community of go-getters.
INK Founder: Lakshmi Pratrury | INK Global ED: Geetika Tewari
Women
Women in Tech India
Advisory Board Member
WiTI is a forum to bring together and empower women to lead innovations in the technology sector. Often termed a man’s world, the technology sector has very few women in the forefront; WiTI looks to change by providing more opportunities for women and fostering an inclusive corporate environment.
WITI Founder: Anuranjita Kumar
Champion Woman
Advisory Board Member
Champion Woman facilitate women’s emotional, physical, and social empowerment to tackle the workforce gender gap in India. By providing life-leadership coaching and training sessions to women, Champion Woman equip them with strong interpersonal communication skills, professional management skills and helps them build a self-identity.
Champion Woman Founder: Ranjini Manian
Neythri
Founding Circle
A foundation built by women passionate about their success and of those around them: Neythri is a global community of South Asian professional women made to enable conversation, provide professional insights, cultivate leadership, inspire and address problems specific to South Asian women.
Founders: Mythili Sankaran, Chitra Nayak, Sruthi Ramaswami
My Commitment to Social Impact: Changing the Landscape for Women
LIFTERY
My career has always been shaped by the people who opened doors for me, and I carry that forward through my social-impact work. Liftery was born from a simple but powerful conviction: when you uplift mothers, you uplift entire communities. Through Liftery, we aim to change the narrative—and the opportunities—for working women by creating pathways that support, empower, and accelerate their careers.
AIKiran
With AIKiran, my focus is on shaping a future where women are active creators of AI, not just consumers of it. AI is redefining every industry, and inclusion at this moment will determine who participates in—and benefits from—the next wave of innovation. AIKiran is a movement of learning, mentorship, and visibility designed to bring more women into these spaces of possibility.
