Leadership Insights With Prashant

EPISODE 2 - Neeraja Ganesh


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In conversation with Neeraja Ganesh.

After a successful career in the Information Technology industry managing large teams, delivery of IT projects, Operational excellence, and customer delight for large banking captives for 25 years,

She switched her career to work in the space of gender diversity and headed the JobsForHer Foundation. In the 18 months that she single-handedly headed the not for profit foundation, which was set up to bridge the gender gaps in India, she built a unique brand, numerous partnerships, and a large community of women who experienced a variety of learning interventions through workshops, conferences, trainings and hands on projects. While she was able to bring about a positive mindset shift among the women, she turned her attention to the need of the youth of the country. She went onto serve as the Director – Relationships at National Education Society of Karnataka. Her focus in that role was to work closely with the industry veterans to build the industry-academia connect to ensure the curriculum of the institutions was relevant to the current and future industry needs.

She is now a freelance consultant, and conduct various training programs and workshops on leadership and behaviors. She also coaches people to progress in their careers.


Awards received -
2017: TEDx Women award by the Dayananda Sagar Institutions for my 25 years of achievements in the corporate world
2019: JobsForHer HerRising award in the Women Professionals category for my contributions to the work of gender diversity.
2020: HerRising Award in the Women in Education category, Women’s Web Orange Flower Award for Writing on Women at Work
2021: HerRising Award in the Women in Impact category

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Leadership Insights With PrashantBy Prashant Handoo