2024 Women Leadership in STEM Cohort
A leadership development program towards gender equality in STEM in India
Women Leadership in STEM
Women Leadership in STEM
Grand Challenges India, the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a Government of India enterprise, and WomenLift Health have selected 20 mid-career women scientists to participate in the inaugural 2024 cohort of Women Leadership in STEM (WLS), a part-time leadership development program to enhance the power and influence of women working in STEM fields in India.
Anmoldeep Randhawa
Assistant Professor, Amity Universty Punjab
Banasri Roy
Professor, BITS Pilani
Devina Kothari
Director, Zuan Design Labs LLP
Divya Khanna
Project Scientist III, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, CSIR, New Delhi
Ira Praharaj
Scientist E, Indian Council of Medical Research
Iram Naim
Assistant Professor, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP
Jayashree Mahesh
Associate Professor, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
Kavita Pandey
Scientist C, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences
Keithellakpam Sanatombi
Professor, Manipur University
Mathangi S K
Assistant Professor, College of Food and Dairy Technology, Tamil Nadu Veterinary Animal Sciences University
Pooja Singh
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Centre for Waste Resource Management, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
Pranaya Joshi
Lead Researcher, Scigram Technologies Foundation
Rajeswari Aghoram
Additional Professor, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
Resmi G
Associate Professor, Dept. of Design, Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka
Rita Narayananan
Professor and Head, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Shilpi Sharma
Professor, IIT Delhi
Shreya Malik
Head - Biotech / Medtech / Agritech Startups, Startup Incubation and Innovation Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Sonal Saxena
Director Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Vasudharani Devanathan
Associate Professor, IISER Tirupati
Vijayalaxmi Biradar
Director IQAC, Kalinga University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
