Girls can follow their choices

How often do you call an electrician and a woman shows up to fix your power supply? Or a policewoman chases all the criminals and saves the day? Have you noticed a middle-aged lady smoothly driving a passenger bus? As we see more and  more women achieve great roles in multinationals, there are some career paths which are still considered male-dominated.

Those women who break the stereotypes and carve their way to success in these unconventional fields capture everyone’s heart and give courage to those who are dreaming of similar careers.

                   Shatbhi Basu heads STIR, a professional bartending institute in India.

Almost a decade ago, this industry was 100 percent male dominated. Juggling of bottles and mixing the right combination to give you your perfect drink, bartending has been an unusual career choice, even for men. And when a woman opts for it, many eyebrows are raised. But, there are some women who shrugged their shoulders and turned their backs to the stereotypes to opt for this unique field.

Shatbhi Basu is one such person who took the plunge and established herself as a successful bartender across three decades. This 53-year old woman started bartending when it wasn’t even a common choice for men. She also heads STIR, a professional bartending institute.

Girls can also beat the box

How often do you call an electrician and a woman shows up to fix your power supply? Or a policewoman chases all the criminals and saves the day? Have you noticed a middle-aged lady smoothly driving a passenger bus? As we see more and  more women achieve great roles in multinationals, there are some career paths which are still considered male-dominated.

Those women who break the stereotypes and carve their way to success in these unconventional fields capture everyone’s heart and give courage to those who are dreaming of similar careers.

                                                           DJ Arlene

The music industry has been majorly male dominated. Even among the DJ’s, we surely have been missing the fairer sex. As there are always those few who go against the flow and choose something unconventional, this industry has its own shares of exceptions.

DJ Arlene Gomez is one who chose her profession out of her passion. She started her career when she was 18 and soon became Bangalore’s first female DJ. Later on, she became one of India’s most popular female disco jockeys, having played in various countries and almost every major city of India.

Girl can be a app developer

How often do you call an electrician and a woman shows up to fix your power supply? Or a policewoman chases all the criminals and saves the day? Have you noticed a middle-aged lady smoothly driving a passenger bus? As we see more and  more women achieve great roles in multinationals, there are some career paths which are still considered male-dominated.

Those women who break the stereotypes and carve their way to success in these unconventional fields capture everyone’s heart and give courage to those who are dreaming of similar careers.

Mehvish Mushtaq

With everything just a single touch away, life has become super simple for all of us and we can’t thank technology enough for this. Hundreds of apps are launched every day for mobile and computer users. From ordering pizza to shopping and finding a cab – there is an app for everything. But, one thing noticeable was the male dominance in this sector. Whenever I saw the names of the app creators I barely came across any female names and I was wondering where the women were! But, thanks to a few ladies who broke the trend and designed some awesome apps, I now know they are around and making their presence felt.

Mehvish Mushtaq is one such girl who broke the stereotype and became a successful app designer at the young age of 23. The girl from Kashmir became the first Kashmiri woman to design an android app.  Read more about her and her interesting app “Dial Kashmir” 

Bravery a secret weapon

Be brave to say "No" for decisions which are or will be ruining your dreams. Be your captain of your life to reach the destiny safely. Raise your voice against stereotypical mindsets, don't ever blame yourself because you are a woman it's a God gift. Don't ever quit your decisions just because 'You are a girl and behave like a girl", keep your voice stronger and your determination more powerful so that any barrier really can't harm you and your dreams.

Being a woman, we have to face so many things everyday , we have to be brave , we have to fight against the barriers we are facing everyday, be brave to fight against the barriers which our society has made for us. 

#becauseIamashe

 My gender is my identification and it will never going to destroy my wishes and success.
Every girl has her own dream which at times get restricted just because of being a she. Every girl, from her childhood has been taught one thing -"That you are a girl and behave like one", I am a girl too, and I know how to behave, how to act or react, what to choose, and, etc why such stereotypes are made for girls why not boys???

I am proud of being a girl, and even my parents also feel proud of this fact that they have a daughter. People compare gender with profession. If you are a girl you can't do tough things go for something which is easy and wouldn't harm you...........

I am a girl and I believe that what I desire I can be, I need not to compromise my wishes, my dreams just because of being a she.......

Be proud of your gender, never regret being one like that. Break the stereotypes rather than breaking your dreams.

Because I am all in one

As a matter pride for the nation, over five women in the list are Indians. These resilient Indian women have risen through times and carved a niche for themselves in their respective fields, not only garnering praise in India but also hogging limelight around the world.

Priyanka Chopra, Actor & Film producer

The Indian actor, singer, film producer and philanthropist, first rose to fame after winning the Miss World 2000 pageant. She is also one of India’s highest-paid actors. She bagged numerous awards, including one National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. The Government of India conferred upon her the prestigious Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in 2016. Time Magazine featured her on the 100 most influential people in the world list.

Her role as Alex Parrish on the 2015 ABC thriller drama Quantico, made her the first Indian to act as the protagonist in an American network drama series. Working with UNICEF for the last ten years, she was also appointed as the national and global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights in 2010 and 2016.

While her singing career has three singles out, she is also the founder of the production company Purple Pebble Pictures, which released the celebrated 2016 Marathi film, Ventilator.

My profession is my choice

As a matter pride for the nation, over five women in the list are Indians. These resilient Indian women have risen through times and carved a niche for themselves in their respective fields, not only garnering praise in India but also hogging limelight around the world.

Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group

Shobhana Bhartia is the Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group, one of India’s leading newspaper and media houses, which she inherited from her father, industrialist KK Birla.

She grew up in Kolkata and studied at Loreto House. She graduated from Calcutta University. When Bhartia joined Hindustan Times in 1986, she was the first woman chief executive of a national newspaper. Considered one of the forces behind the transformation of Hindustan Times ‘into a bright, young paper,’ she looks after editorial and financial aspects. She raised over Rs. 4 billion through a public equity launch of HT Media in September 2005.

She received the Global Leader of Tomorrow award from the World Economic Forum in 1996, Outstanding Business Woman of the Year in 2001 by PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and National Press India Award in 1992. She was one of the first Padma Shri award nominees in 2005 for journalism. She also served as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 2006 to 2012.

I can lead things

As a matter pride for the nation, over five women in the list are Indians. These resilient Indian women have risen through times and carved a niche for themselves in their respective fields, not only garnering praise in India but also hogging limelight around the world.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and managing director of Biocon Limited

Born on 23 March 1953, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the chairman and managing director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bengaluru and the chairperson of IIM-Bangalore.

The 64-year-old was the only woman to study Malting and Brewing course in Australia’s Federation University as early as 1974. She switched jobs in Melbourne, Kolkata and Baroda, before getting the opportunity start a joint venture with Ireland’s Biocon Biochemicals Limited. She was given the responsibility to establish its Indian arm. What began as its operations in India in the garage of Kiran’s rented house in Bengaluru in 1978, today is ruling the biotechnology scene in India. Her successful reflects on how she was single-handedly able to get independent control of the biotechnology company in a matter of 20 years.

Inspired by the need for affordable drugs in third world countries, she has developed cost-effective techniques and lower-cost alternatives for affordable healthcare. She supported the development of Arogya Raksha Yojana with Devi Shetty of Narayana Hrudayalaya to establish clinics to offer care, generic medicines and basic tests for those who cannot afford them. In 2010, over 300,000 were treated by these facilities per year.

The death of her best friend and illnesses of her husband and her mother with cancer, motivated her to establish a 1,400-bed cancer care centre, the Mazumdar-Shaw Medical Foundation, at the Narayana Health City campus in Bangalore in 2009.

She believed in herself

As a matter pride for the nation, over five women in the list are Indians. These resilient Indian women have risen through times and carved a niche for themselves in their respective fields, not only garnering praise in India but also hogging limelight around the world.Ranked at 57, Roshni Nadar Malhotra is the Executive Director and the CEO of HCL Enterprise, is the only child of HCL’s founder, Shiv Nadar. A trained classical musician too, Roshni grew up in Delhi, studied at Vasant Valley School and graduated from Northwestern University majoring in Communication with a focus on Radio, TV & Film.

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Executive Director and the CEO of HCL Enterprise

She also graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management. Within a year of her joining, she became the executive director and CEO of HCL Corporation.

She also serves as the trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which runs the not-for-profit Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering in Chennai. She was awarded NDTV’s Young Philanthropist of the Year 2014 and Vogue India’s ‘Philanthropist of the Year’ award. She also chairs VidyaGyan Leadership Academy under the Shiv Nadar Foundation.

Women can also count money

Honouring women who are unstoppable, exemplary in their own right and serve as models to thousands across the nation and the world, Forbes business magazine released its 2017 list. As a matter pride for the nation,women in the list are Indians. These resilient Indian women have risen through times and carved a niche for themselves in their respective fields, not only garnering praise in India but also hogging limelight around the world. ICICI bank’s CEO Chanda Kochhar is the leading Indian women this year at the 32nd rank jumping eight ranks higher than last year’s 40.

                           

                           Chanda Kochhar, CEO, ICICI Bank

Leading Indian ladies on the list Chandra Kochhar ranked at 32 this year. Born in Jodhpur and raised in Jaipur, she completed her schooling from St. Angela Sophia School, Jaipur and moved to Mumbai, to complete her bachelors from Jai Hind College. After graduating in 1982, she studied cost accountancy from Institute of Cost Accounts of India and acquired a master’s degree in management studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

The 55-year-old banker’s journey began with ICICI in 1984. Starting off as a management trainee, she climbed the ladder steadily to become the managing director and CEO of the bank and continues to hold the post.

A leading businesswoman in India’s financial sector, she has been lauded nationally and internationally with several awards. She was conferred India’s highest civilian award Padma Bhushan in 2011. She is also the first Indian woman to receive the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship in 2016. She has consistently featured in Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women in Business since 2005 and first debuted on the Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list, at rank 20 to climb to the 10th spot in 2010.She featured in Business Today’s Most Powerful Women – Hall of Fame list and Bloomberg Markets’ 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance list in 2011. Among the other honours, she received the ABLF Woman of Power Award (India) at the Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards. She was selected in Time magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World and ranked first on the Fortune List of 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia Pacific in 2015.In 2017, Kochhar was featured in Business World magazine’s ‘BW’s Most Influential Women’ list and deemed an evergreen woman leader.

Success has no Gender

History is replete with examples of women who have broken the shackles and forged their way ahead in the corporate workplace. Many of these women have used their global education to find a foothold in their industry, and worked their way up through grit and dedication.

                                       Vinita Gupta

CEO of Lupin Limited, Vinita Gupta had her own share of troubles trying to carve her own career. She completed a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Mumbai, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

Today, she is considered as one of the most important people in the US pharma space. She gained world recognition for steering the 880-million-dollar takeover of the US-based Gavis Pharmaceuticals, one of the biggest-ever overseas acquisitions by an Indian pharma company.

#IamawomanandIcan

History is replete with examples of women who have broken the shackles and forged their way ahead in the corporate workplace. Many of these women have used their global education to find a foothold in their industry, and worked their way up through grit and dedication.

                                              

                                           Swati Piramal

Dr. Swati Piramal earned her medical degree from Mumbai University. Having completed her graduate education in Mumbai, she joined the Harvard School of Public Health to receive her Master's degree.

Dr. Swati Piramal is India's leading scientist and Vice Chairperson of Piramal Enterprises, which is involved in healthcare, focusing on public health and innovation. 

#beproudofbeingashe

History is replete with examples of women who have broken the shackles and forged their way ahead in the corporate workplace. Many of these women have used their global education to find a foothold in their industry, and worked their way up through grit and dedication.

                                   Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Born to Gujarati parents in Bangalore, India, she attended school in Bangalore. Having completed her Bachelor's degree in Zoology, Kiran went to Federation University (Formerly known as University of Ballarat) in Australia to study Malting and Brewing, and train to be a brew master. This was an unconventional field for a woman during those times.

Having trained in Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne, she came back to India to look for work opportunities. In India, she was told that she could not be hired as a master brewer because "It's a man's job."

Today, the world recognizes her as one of the leading women, ranked among the billionaires of the world, as Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Limited. She has been honoured with Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur, France's highest civilian honour, for her outstanding contribution to bioscience.

Woman can also drive safely

It is basically a myth whenever an accident or mess happens on the roads people are used to point it must be a girl as they don't know how to drive????
Like seriously???
Why there are such kind of gender stereotypes???
You are a girl so you might be not knowing how to drive?????
Why the blame or first thoughts in our minds are made like this only-"Girls can't drive safely"
But these are just barriers not the compulsory things which we girls listened to it
Now the society really needs to change their mindsets, not every girl creates a mess neither every guy drives safely nor only girls are responsible for accidents.


                                                        
Alisha Abdullah  is an Indian racing driver. She is the country's first female national racing champion.When she was just 13 years old, she won the MRF National Go-Karting Championship and the Best Novice Award in the National level Formula Car Racing in the open class. 

Surekha, now 51, became India’s first female passenger train driver in 1988. The Indian Railways, a traditionally male-dominated industry, had finally opened its doors to women.She proved the naysayers wrong by having a successful 29-year long career in the field!

Every shape has its own value

She is Leena Biswas, a young and a very talented girl. She is 26 years old , she always wanted to be a model but the society and the point of view of people sometimes made her realized that her wishes and dreams are not correct because she is not having a perfect physique.....but these were just talks in which she never believed, she worked hard to be someone really successful.
She believed in herself, she believed in what she is having and what she is....
For her society was one of the biggest challenge as people used to taunt her you are not made for this profession...this profession is not safe, you are girl, stay at home only rather than choosing this field.
The most important thing was she never listened to any of the comments or sarcasm which could ruin her dreams or aspire to be a model...
She is a proud plus size model with a complimenting attitude, her profession is her identity not her size. So every woman in this world have different body shapes don't be afraid of your shape or feel shy about it, it's just about finding the best in yourself like Leena did, society is not a barrier anymore.
#killbarriers
#proudofbeingshe
#liveyourdreams

let her view everything, let her live freely

Things which a woman is still suffering from is- lack of her choice even now too. In this fast running world every woman is used to participate, enjoy everything which she wants to but they are still some women who cannot take initiative for their choices. The only thing they can afford is to struggle or just survive in the situation.

"Stop just existing, live also"

Women in rural areas  face many problems like-violence, rape, murder, dominance of husbands, no education and etc. The Gulaab Gang members are activists and vigilantes in Bundelkhand Uttar and Madhya Pradesh. They wear pink sarees and take up issues like domestic violence, the dowry system, rape, electricity matters, and education. Rajjo runs a Gulaab gang in the village of Madhopur, where she teaches little girls their alphabet, and grown-up girls how to wield a lathi. Her gang is made up of women who wear bright pink. This gang had fought against many criminals for the rights of innocent women. If the law can't help us to live freely with all of our dignity run your own law.

Just don't stay blindfolded,

Don't be a deaf,

Speak up for your rights,

Live life queen size