Geeta Aiyer -President, Boston Common Asset Management
A HBS graduate, Geeta is the founder of a sustainable investment firm with 2 billion dollars in asset. She serves on several boards on environmental, educational and social change. She is fluent in several languages, has completed a marathon and is the mother of two beautiful daughters. A little known fact - she lead the charge to "Gherao" the Vice Chancellor while she was a student at Delhi University!!
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Deepti Nijhawan, Director, BU-India Initiative
Deepti Malhotra Nijhawan is an architect and urban planner by training, but her passion for working with India has led her recently to Boston University (BU) as Director of India Initiatives and before that to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for over seven years where she served as Managing Director of the MIT-India Program.
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Geeta Pradhan - Associate Vice President For Programs, Boston Foundation
From the beautiful valley of Kashmir to the city of Boston, the journey of Geeta Pradhan is an inspiring one. The Associate Vice President of Programs at the Boston Foundation has many accomplishments; from the foundation's Housing and Community Development, Civic Engagement, and Nonprofit Sector work to a major study on the financial health of the Massachusetts nonprofit sector titled "Passion & Purpose" as well as co-authoring two Boston indicators reports.
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Tara Anand - Founder, Anubhava School Of Music
Tara Anand is an accomplished violinist and vocalist in the Carnatic tradition who has trained hundreds of students in the Boston area. Her students have consistently won at the national Carnatic music competition and this year they received eleven awards. Her impact on Carnatic music in New England has been amazing.
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Dr. Mina Paul, Dental Director GRMDC
“When I look back, I think that my mother is an amazing woman.She came to this country alone in the late 60’s on a fellowship to become a physician when there were few.She has served as my best role model,"says Dr. Mina Paul who has in a distinguished career in dentistry has broken a few barriers herself.She is the first South Asian to serve as Chairperson of the Mass Board of Registration in Dentistry, 2013 for the 6th consecutive year.This October,she will also be the first woman President elect for the Association of Dental Boards
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Women Of Influence - Zenobia Mocchala, Co-founder Care.com
"When Care.com started it was a small company, my husband and me had a specific conversation on my time and investment into the company.“I loved the idea,was passionate about the mission, loved the team and that we were finding a solution to a problem. It was like a calling."- Zenobia Mocchala, Care.com.
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Women Of Influence - Poonam Ahluwalia, Founder, YES
“I have always had a deep need to level the playing field so that everyone could have the opportunities that I have always taken for granted in my life” says Poonam Ahluwalia, Founder,YES.She found that once she became a mother she “simply could not look around me and not get involved.”
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Women Of Influence - Nalini Sharma
"If the work we do makes a positive difference in someone’s life or place,it makes it that much more satisfying.We need to leave a meaningful legacy,to build bridges of understanding and caring between people and places" Says Nalini Sharma.
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Women Of Influence - Durga Krishnan
Carnatic Music is as well known in main stream America as Hindustani Music and there are many reasons for that. If my work brings awareness of this wonderful form of music to even a few main stream population here in Boston and other places, I would consider it a success - Durga Krishnan, well known artist and exponent of Veena.
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