INSPIRUS: XLRI conducts roundtable conclave on success stories of Women in Business

The roundtable was conducted online on the media platform Zoom with XLRI’s Human Resource Management & General Management Area Faculty, Dr Tina K Stephan moderating the session.

XLRI’s Placement Committee hosted its annual Women Round Table Conclave – INSPIRUS on August 4. Aradhana Khaitan, Founder & Managing Director, Manya Education Pvt. Ltd., Anuranjita Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, We-Ace, Masterchef Shipra Khanna, Indian Celebrity Chef, Author, Restauranteur, TV Personality and Shalini Pillay, Office Managing Partner Bangalore & India Leader- Global Capability Centers, KPMG India, attended the event as panelists.

According to the official press release, the roundtable was conducted online on the media platform Zoom with XLRI’s Human Resource Management & General Management Area Faculty, Dr Tina K Stephan moderating the session. Members of the placement committee Urvashi Kaul &  Divya Enamandra were the host and co-host for the event.

Women empowerment is not a gender-focused job

The event’s discussion was focused on how important it is to have empathy, especially when it comes to women in the workforce. The central idea of the INSPIRUS event was to discuss the success stories of women in positions of power and how they achieved their ambitions despite multiple hurdles.  Speakers discussed that it is essential for both men and women to support each other and coalesce into a unit to excel in this journey called life. Women empowerment is not a gender-focused job. While both men and women have their own set of challenges, the situation gets ideal when both works together as a team.  

Speakers Anuranjita Kumar and Shalini Pillay shared the opinion that their spouses played a major role in their success stories, who understood & supported throughout their professional and personal journey.

Do not restrain yourself under societal pressure

Aradhana Khaitan also shared that it is equally crucial to not restrain your ambitions based on the restrictive opinions and thoughts of the society around you. She also talked about experiences regarding the difficulties she faced to pursue education and the subsequent successful business venture she launched. While the most rebuttal came from her immediate family, she advised continuing to move forward without the worry or fear of the unknown outcomes holding you back. When you continue to follow your instincts relentlessly, things have a way of falling in the right place at the right time.   

All the women panelists talked about being strong and following their dreams in order to achieve heights in their career.  

At the end of the day, one needs to prove their worth and claim their value irrespective of their gender. After all, when performance is appreciated it should not matter who the achiever is. A wider ecosystem is required to accommodate the changing patterns of the world. Intersectional feminism is the call of the hour and men need to step up to counter the challenges of the patriarchal world, the press note said.

The grand event was concluded with a vote of thanks by Urvashi Kaul summarising the whole session and bringing it to a delightful close.

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