Name: Sonali Banerjee
Role: Sr. VP – Human Resource & Training
1. What advice will you give to your younger self?
Respect and love yourself that the advice I would give to my younger self .. Everything you do, all the choices you make, your successes and your failures are all directly related to how you feel about yourself. When you love yourself and live with confidence, your choices reflect that
2. What do you do to support women in the workplace or in your daily life?
Providing the right platform to showcase their ability and strength which in return makes them confidant individual , be it at personal front or professional way . I think it’s imperative that we keep acknowledging the work they do and also provide constant feedback for continuous improvement . To offer support and acknowledgement that’s my way to keep our female folks shinning bright .
3.What’s your own personal success mantra?
To be my own self and get better which each passing day . Success eventually will meet you ..important is you trust your GUT !
Name: Tapashya Subba
Role: Vice President – Quality
1. What advice will you give to your younger self?
Don’t give up! even if you do not get there first, you will eventually achieve your goals if you are determined!
2. What do you do to supportwomen in the workplace or in your daily life?
Listen to them and understand their thought process without stereotyping. Listening is important!
3. What’s your own personal success mantra?
Do not base your action on someone else’s opinion. Since you have to face the consequences of your own actions make sure the options chosen are yours. You own 100% of the decisions you take! For better or worse.
Name: Megha Mehra
Role: VP – Client Services & Implementation
1. What advice will you give to your younger self?[Megha] Believe in yourself. There have been times when I would constantly question myself, while self-assessment is important, don’t overthink and be confident. You can do it!
2. What do you do to support women in the workplace or in your daily life?[Megha] Appreciate and recognize the smallest of efforts. A little motivation can do wonders when everyone is doing their best. Lend an ear and truly try to understand the challenges.
3. What’s your own personal success mantra?[Megha] Change is the only constant. In my career, I have taken many roles and it has made me realize that while one shouldn’t forget the basics, it’s equally important to continually improvise. It keeps you motivated and competitive.
Name: Sonia Gahlot
Role: Sr. Manager – HR & Training
1. What advice will you give to your younger self?
Looking back to my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing that stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests. And if I could go back in time and hang out with my younger self for a day, here’s what I will tell her.
Everything happens for a reason — understand this. Without mistakes and failure, you would have never learned. Without breakups, you would have never met someone new. Without pain, you would have never grown. Once you understand this — really understand this — you will know that everything comes in to serve a purpose and then it will go. Be unapologetically ‘YOU’ , take it easy and live each day fully.
2. What do you do to support women in the workplace or in your daily life?
As a training professional, my core role is to upskill and develop employees in the workplace. I believe that this is my way of giving back to the community as a whole. Outside the training room, I ensure that all my interactions are positive and encouraging. I am always there for those who need me.
3. What’s your own personal success mantra?
I have several mantras which I live by. I reflect on what I’m doing with my life and what I’ve done since the last milestone. Am I excited to do what I’m doing every day? And if not, is it me, or something else?
I think this introspection has helped me to lot in my journey.
I have a quote which I read many times during the day-
“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”- Stephen Grellet.
This quote keeps me grounded and sorted.
Name: Anjali Kushwaha
Role: Manager – Quality
1. What advice will you give to your younger self?
Do not copy anyone, be original.- Don’t inhale negativity from others instead amazed & grow them with your positive approach
2. What do you do to support women in the workplace or in your daily life?
Usually, I ask them to support other women’s perspective & do not pass bad words. When women support each other, they create amazing things & best culture. When we open our hearts, we create a platform to know others experiences & make them feel safe to speak up & talk without being judged.
3. What’s your own personal success mantra?
Do what is right instead of what people ask you to do. Right path is tough, but for sure will give you peace, justice & success.
Name: Kavita
Role: Manager – Service Delivery
1. What advice will you give to your younger self?
Never doubt yourself. I don’t have a desire to be a greater than other but to fight my biggest enemy that is ‘self-doubts’. It does not only pull you down but questions your existence too.
2. What do you do to support women in the workplace or in your daily life?
I am not in favor of one gender as both genders deserve equality. But I do believe in helping others rise and build future. Being a manager I don’t take this position as an achievement or honor but I take it as a great responsibility and be useful for others. I always try to encourage people (not only at workplace) to have courage, confidence and competent (be someone you are known for, be expect or ‘go to person’).
3. What’s your own personal success mantra?
Don’t take the challenges as a part of your job, it’s a calling for passion. Put your head, heart and hands into to make it success. Don’t let your curiosity go away, be a lifelong student. See everything as a learning source but be responsible enough to pass it on.
Name: Rashi Agnihotri
Role: Manager
1. What advice will you give to your younger self?
Looking back to my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing that stays the same is who I am, my values, my interests and my loving family. I would rather tell my younger self to be more carefree than ever and accept every opportunity that lands before her.
2. What do you do to support women in the workplace or in your daily life?
One of the best ways to support women in an organization is to make sure they are being hired in the first place and I love how MK truly believes in this and has a team of some of the smartest women in the industry. I personally always try to step up as a mentor to help guide my subordinates and help them achieve their goals. I completely conclude the fact that even if you’re on a totally different project or at the same level, you can be a work friend who helps others navigate office politics, cheers them on when they’ve landed a big new endeavor, and lets them vent when they’ve had a bad day.
3. What is your own personal success mantra?
“One year equals 365 possibilities”, I do not know where I read this but this is one thing that just keeps revolving in my head always, no matter what I am doing or where I am, I just keep remembering this every day. I believe that these lines are absolutely true to the core. If someone has ever thought that they haven’t got time to do something that they really cared about or didn’t get the opportunity to even kick start it, then they must start remembering these lines because each day that we spend on the face of the earth is filled with so many possibilities, so much emotion and action is packed in a day and all that really needs is a fuel of commitment from your end, rest everything will fall in its place and you will see how things change around you and make you a better you. This women’s day, I wish that every women who is reading this gets to become a believer and pulls herself towards the possibilities to become an achiever that she was born to become.