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Our guest today is the inspirational Madhura DasGupta Sinha, the Founder & CEO of Aspire For Her, a unique start-up to motivate women to enter and stay in the workforce. Madhura has been a banker for the last 25 years – holding leadership positions in IDFC, Standard Chartered, and ANZ Grindlays Bank, She completed her MBA from XLRI and Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. Madhura was one of the 12 women across India to be awarded the British Chevening Scholarship in 2003.
Since its birth on Women’s Day, 2020, the rapidly-growing community at Aspire For Her has become a movement for women, in India and across the world, getting together members, supporters, and mentors to unleash the trillion-dollar potential in the Indian economy. Madhura’s work has been covered widely in the media including CNBC, NDTV, BBC, The Times Of India, New Indian Express, etc.
Aspire For Her has been honored with awards from UN Women, Economic Times, T-Hub, NDTV, and International Advertising Association. Madhura was among the 23 of the Twenty-Three list published by the HR Association of India. She also is invited to speak at various prestigious forums including IITs, IIMs, Niti Aayog, G 20, UN Women, Global Fintech Forum, National Commission of Women, and many acclaimed podcasts.
Aspire For Her is proud to be part of the first-ever cohort of Women Founders launched by Google, India.
Listen in as she shares her journey, her motivational moments, and what keeps her so positive all the time.