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Topic Abstract
Why organic is important and how to get the balance right
Speaker profile
With over 13 years of experience in Marketing, Communications and CSR across industries, she has worked and consulted with corporate groups and start-ups like First Advantage, CoreObjects, Wooqer, Collabera, JGI, Creative Geeks, Write Impressions, Toozio Technologies Pvt Ltd. Previously she was Director – Marketing, Communications, Product and CSR at First Advantage.
She is on the advisory board of four companies and four not for profits and is an entrepreneurship mentor. She started her own consulting firm called Onyx Communications in 2006 and worked with start-ups to set up their marketing and communication modules. She mentors entrepreneurs and is also a member of the NASSCOM MarTech Forum. Top 50 Most Talented CMO’s in India, Top 100 Most Influential Marketing Leaders by CMO Asia and World Marketing Congress in 2015 and 2016 and The Top 50 Most Talented Corporate Communications Leaders in India by Corporate Affairs in 2015 and The Greatest Marketing Influencers in 2017 and 2018 are some of the industry awards that she has been conferred. More recently she has been listed in the 40 under 40 class of 2017 young leaders in Communications by Reputation Today.
A graduate degree in Environmental Science and honours in English Literature, Journalism and Media Studies and a Mass Communications Post Graduation, with a Gold Medal from SBMJC – Centre for Management Studies, Bangalore are her education credentials.
She started her career as a journalist for The Hindu and continues to write articles for magazines and newspapers. She teaches and engages with colleges as a visiting faculty and is on the Academy Board of SBMJC – CMS. She is an active contributor to magazines and newspapers and has several published articles in the space of Women and Gender, Marketing, Communications and CSR and the social sector. She authors a column called Forward Leap for Reputation Today.
She is an anchor and speaker and has anchored for over 1500 entities, brands and events for over 12 years and moderated and chaired sessions across industry events, she moderates and anchors for National and International events and is also is a well-known speaker in the Diversity, Marketing and CSR circuits at national events. She is also a TedX speaker.
A champion of causes relating to the environment, women empowerment and children, she has volunteered and worked with organizations like ESG, Greenpeace, CEE, UNEP, Radio Active, Samarthanam, Vidya Foundation, Rainbow Homes, Selco and others.
She is a Corporate grooming consultant and a trainer in soft skills, communications, prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace, gender sensitivity, workplace equality and other gender issues.
She loves reading, cinema, writing, cooking, travelling, theatre and photography. She is a published poet and author, trained dancer in over thirty forms of dance, awarded theatre artist and choreographer. She runs a fashion and lifestyle blog on Instagram called DramaRani and is a proponent of ethical and sustainable fashion.
She has won several pageant titles including Cloud Nine Queen 2013, Miss Cherish 2014, Super Mom 2014 and Corporate Diva 2017. She recently was crowned Mrs India World 2017 and won the subtitles Mrs India Universe Beauty with a Purpose, Mrs India Universe – Confident and at the Mrs India Universe Pageant 2017.