“Leadership is not about titles, its about positively impacting your teams’ goals and helping your organization/s bring out the best in yourself and others. Whenever opportunity arises, practice giving back.” Born and raised in Mumbai. today’s woman dreamer, Aarti Sawant, is a Director at Astrazeneca, and has extensive pharmacology experience, previously at Pfizer for 15 years. In her Women Who Win interview, Aarti reflects on her journey, including how her grandfather’s health challenges inspired her early interest in healthcare, essential leadership advice, the empowered women she admires, and her next big dream to start a non-profit organization for a rare subtype of Parkinson disease called PSP (Parasupranuclear palsy) in memory of her father. An inspiring woman to watch in healthcare, we are excited to share her story for Women’s Health Wednesday!

Today’s woman dreamer, Mridvika Raisinghani is an entrepreneur, podcaster, innovator, leader, and mother. Her startup. Sama [meaning equal], is revolutionizing equality for women at work, as they are building towards creating an algorithm that tracks patterns in womens' lives to predict their risk of falling out of the workplace. A multi-faceted woman, she is the podcast host and creator of  Just an Ordinary Mom, where she helps mothers tell their stories of perseverance and success. Through her experiences in technology and motherhood, her impact on women in the workplace is twofold: emotional and data-oriented. Rasisinghani spoke to Women Who Win on her journey founding Sama, creating her podcast, and her mission to amplify women’s voices.

“I started writing my book, African Girl, African Women , after coming back home one evening, during a professionally tumultuous phase in my life. I looked at my girls and I felt I need to fight for them, to pave the way for a better future. I wrote this book for them and for all the young girls and women in the world.” Today’s woman dreamer, Hynd Bouhia, nominated by Forbes as one of the 100 most influential women in the world, started her career at the World Bank in Washington before joining Morocco’s Prime Minister as an economic advisor. Now an author, and CEO of Strategica, Hynd shares her mission to empower 2 billion young women worldwide to become tech-savvy, independent, and confident. A truly inspiring global woman, enjoy her story below!

This year, after a rigorous buildup that took 8 months of training, I took on the challenge of trekking the Himalayas for twelve days to the Everest Base Camp, which is at an elevation of 17958 feet. This life-changing experience challenged my mental toughness way more than my physical limits. As I reflect on my experience, I found many parallels with my journey as a tech entrepreneur, which I want to share with you.

“I first joined Leda as an intern to develop one of our digital platforms. My involvement quickly grew to me eventually joining full-time as the first software engineer. I was moved by Leda’s mission to support survivors of sexual assault and increase access to care and autonomy in their healing journey.” Today’s woman dreamer, Shweta Shrivastava is a Founding Engineer at Leda Health, with a passion for empowering women in technology. In her interview with Women Who Win, Shweta shares how she navigated her role at Leda and writing the code in a scalable, secure, and robust way, and advice to young women looking to break into the technology and entrepreneurship space.

“Since my childhood, I used to look at various magazine covers and business interviews of charismatic leaders and aspire to one day have a successful entrepreneur.” Today’s woman dreamer Priti Shah is a fintech entrepreneur to know. Priti is the founder of Payswiff, and is on a mission to revolutionize payment systems. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career including “50 Most Influential Payment Professionals” and “30 Women Entrepreneurs to Watch in India. A must read story for women entrepreneurs, Priti shares her advice to women interested in fintech, how she grew Payswiff, and more!

“I realized that a lot of science was simply not easily accessible or affordable; The idea was to help businesses access scientific knowledge, while also enabling scientists to work on impactful, real-world projects.'“ Meet Ashmita Das, a trailblazer in the world of science. The co-founder of Kolabtree, the largest freelance platform for scientists, wants to bring researchers and businesses together for innovation. With a life-long passion for science, she shares her story, and her advice to budding scientists! Enjoy her story below!

“Traditionally, it is hard for women to get funding. Last year alone, female owners of smaller businesses received $6,655 less per Payment Protection Program loan compared to male owners. Crowdfunding provides options for ladies who are providing real products and services to their customers.” Today’s woman dreamer, Beau Wangtrakuldee, is the founder of Amorsui, a startup that is creating sustainable personal protective equipment (masks, hospital gowns etc). A Forbes Female Founder to Watch, Beau shares how she founded Amorsui, how she navigated from being a scientist to entrepreneur, and tangible tips for all women on brand-building and crowdfunding! Enjoy her story below!