She Walks, She Leads: Women Who Inspire India

Nita Ambani launched the Indian Super League on the lines of FIFA to boost football in India Sudha Murty gave her savings to her husband Narayan Murthy to help start Infosys Naina Lal Kidwai was the first Indian to graduate from Harvard Business School Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw started Biocon with a seed capital of Rs10000 At the age of sixteen Sania Mirza became the youngest and first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam These are some snippets from She Walks She Leads which profiles twenty-four iconic women in modern India. These leaders tell their stories up-close and personal. Their relentless ambition to shatter the glass ceiling their pursuit for excellence and the challenges that came their way - all of this is captured vividly in this exclusive anthology. Each chapter is based on extensive research and has never-seen-before photographs of these luminaries and interviews with companions who have seen them grow over the years. The chapters are followed by interviews with their companions and close confidants who have seen them grow over the years. The women profiled in the book come from different fields like banking media cinema sports fashion philanthropy and industry. Review I have always believed that women possess greater creative power than men. The power to give birth to new life places them on a higher pedestal. However in modern times more and more women are also demonstrating that they can excel even in those areas of public life - business diplomacy research philanthropy national leadership etc. that are traditionally regarded as male domains. All the women Gunjan Jain has so marvellously profiled in her book She Walks She Leads are inspiring role models who prove that there is no such thing as a glass ceiling for those with talent and determination to reach higher summits of success. It is society’s responsibility to create a supportive environment for every aspiring daughter sister wife mother friend and colleague so that women’s unleashed creative power can transform mankind as a whole. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to both men and women in India and all over the world. - Mukesh D Ambani Chairman & Managing Director Reliance Industries LimitedShe Walks She Leads brings to the fore fascinating profiles of leading Indian women who have carved a niche for themselves in a multitude of sectors. It is an interesting and eclectic mix. Many of these are moving stories of hope of women achievers in the midst of grappling with life’s challenges given their multiple roles. Sheer guts and grit have seen them through. Quite a few of these brave women have moved out of the shadows of their mentors - men who had stoked their ambitions and helped propel their careers. And indeed done amazingly well. Gunjan Jain has scripted these stories splendidly capturing the nuances and expressions that have gender agnostic takes.- Kumar Mangalam Birla Chairman Aditya Birla GroupShe Walks She Leads is certain to speak to women - those in fledging careers those struggling up the ladder even those nearly at the top. But equally it is a book for men. A valuable collection that sensitises them to the many struggles any professional woman inevitably has to face. - NR Narayana Murthy Chairman Emeritus Infosys Technologies Pvt LtdWomen make up half our country’s population and if we can unlock their creativity it will create a quantum leap in the economy. Gunjan Jain has used the stories of extremely talented women of India who have mastered not only their own fields but have a much wider impact on the environment. Each story profiled in the book will be an inspiration to others and help the reader in their own growth. Woman has that expression natural to her - a cadence of behaviour producing the poetry of life. The well written and inspirational stories are of women who are like the vital health of a nation not only imparting the bloom of beauty but joy to t