Impact at Scale

EP 77 - Aparna Bhatnagar Saxena - CEO of TORAJAMELO - Empowering Women in Rural Indonesia

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Impact at Scale could not have enjoyed its conversation with Aparna Bhatnagar Saxena more.  You can hear in our voices how much fun we were having.

Aparna is the CEO of TORAJAMELO, a slow, ethical, sustainable, lifestyle brand that is working towards alleviating the cycle of systemic poverty in rural excluded communities, preserving the cultural heritage of “backstrap loom weaving” in Indonesia, preventing the breakdown of rural communities due to outward migration, and environmental sustainability of natural habitats.

Some of the topics that Aparna covered:

  • Being raised by two feminists, a scientist father, and a banker mother
  • Growing up in a household where there was no discrimination based on gender
  • Her very traditional career arc prior to joining TORAJAMELO
  • TORAJAMELO's Founder's life-changing experience with the weaving community in Toraja
  • How telling the TORAJAMELO story led to her becoming its CEO
  • The importance of having agency and a sense of ownership over your work

    • Some other titles we considered for this episode:

    1. You Should Carry Only Enough Luggage that You Can Manage
    2. Don’t Let My Gender Decide That I Need Help
    3. I Owned the Responsibility
    4. How Do You Navigate Through Ambiguity?
    5. I Didn’t Do It to Prove a Point
      6. ...more
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