Women Making Impact - India

Roma Priya is the Founder of Burgeon Law. She advises and mentors early-stage & high-growth startups, incubators, accelerators, angel investors, family offices, and venture capital/private equity funds. Roma has worked with over 500 clients over the course of her almost decade-long career. With her distinctive viewpoint and strong market understanding, she has guided businesses on complex legal issues ranging from formation to exit.

Burgeon Law is a new-age boutique law firm that provides a one-stop legal shop to emerging companies, incubators, accelerators, angel investors, family offices and venture capital/ private equity funds. Started in 2015 by an entrepreneurial lawyer, mentor, and startup enthusiast Roma Priya, it has facilitated 400+ deals since inception and has successfully represented leading Indian and international clients from multiple jurisdictions such as Singapore, USA, the UK, Mauritius, China, and Japan. Some of the top clients successfully served by Burgeon Law are INDwealth, AngelList, VH Capital, Bulbul, GrowX, Innerchef, Money 91, Akiva, GSF Accelerator, Mamaearth, BiryaniByKilo, Suman Munjal Family Office, Niki.ai.

Richa Jaggi is an Award winning digital marketing and strategy specialist with 8+ years of rich cross-category and sector experience with leading global brands. Richa is a leading marketer and social media influencer.

Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana have started The Sound Space India. It is an endeavor started by Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana. They create modules, workshops, and interactive sessions with music at the core. Through The Sound Space, the duo is paving the way for innovation in traditional Indian music the world over. Crafted with a holistic approach the programs are designed for both adults and children and focused not only on teaching Indian music in a deconstructed form but also on other aspects like distressing, achieving inner balances, and healing.  The Sound Space works extensively with NGOs and care centres apart from schools, corporates and are pioneers in the field of music wellness.

In this episode, we do a live chakra balancing session which is facilitated by Mr. Harendra Khurana who is an expert in this field. This session balances the energy levels in the chakras in our body leading to a more harmonious life.  

The Sound Space can be contacted via their Instagram page or their website. 

Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana are sisters who are professionally trained in Indian classical music. They create modules, workshops and interactive sessions with music at the core. Through The Sound Space, the duo are paving the way for innovation in traditional Indian music the world over. Crafted with a holistic approach the programs are designed for both adults and children and focused not only on teaching Indian music in a deconstructed form but also on other aspects like distressing, achieving inner balances and healing.  The Sound Space works extensively with NGOs and care centres apart from schools, corporates and are pioneers in the field of music wellness.

In this episode, we talk about how music is a form of energy and is capable of transforming a person's life. We also discuss about the finder aspects of music therapy and how it has been recorded in our scriptures that specific rags can help in different health conditions.

The Sound Space can be contacted via their Instagram Page or their website. 

Jerlyn Dsilva aka Radiowali Ladki. Jerlyn has a background of working with Radio as a radio jockey, then made a move to branding, PR, Social Media marketing and currently working as a Marketing Communication Executive at a 5 star property in Pune. 

She is also a blogger and has been blogging about food and lifestyle for past 6 years now.

After finishing her business studies from Australia, Swati was all determined to join her family business in Kolkata.  Hailing from an affluent Marwari family of Kolkata, Swati soon realized that she is not fit for this number crunching role in the metal trade.

She was more of a people’s person and found her calling in spreading happiness and positivity. She started painting and enrolled her for sessions in Pranic healing.  Also, she started helping her Grand Father in running his NGO in Benaras.  While Pranic Healing helped Swati find a way to express her inner soul through her paintings, her work at NGO fuelled her determination to help poor and needy and bring smiles on their faces.

Swati’s Art Brand, Soulink, took shape in 2007 and she held her first exhibition in the year 2008. Her artworks are mostly painted in bright and colorful hues which instantly radiate happiness and peace. Through her art she believes in spreading an aura of peace, happiness and most importantly positivity.

Sahiba has provided her services to schools like Carmel Convent & Pathways, Colleges of GGSIPU & Khalsa College of DU. With working professionals being the epicentre through Ameriprise Financial, Max Life Insurance, LawSikho, Rotary Club Aurangabad, Bar Association Jalna District amongst many more.

Having a wide spectrum of training deliverables, she has empowered over 600 individuals. 

A Delhiite, Vidhi Puri has always been a social butterfly, she’s known for hosting some of the best parties right from her high school. She studied literature from Jesus & Mary College. For post-graduation, she chose Gender Studies as a specialisation from Ambedkar University.

She is a young visionary who founded The Cocktail Story, India’s first Cocktail Community in 2018. Quite popular for its unique and themed exclusive trade and consumer experiences across India. A platform especially built for the bar fraternity and spirit enthusiasts in India, The Cocktail Story has been capturing the bar scenario all across the nation, promoting the cocktail culture, highlighting bartenders and updates of local and international brands. It is the only community with a robust digital presence now turned into the biggest online portal for acknowledging the work of Indian bartenders, exclusive bar reviews, home bartending tips from the Indian masters and exciting cocktail recipes.

In a professional career spanning over 30 years, Pearl has been associated with the not-for-profit, educational and corporate sectors.

A post-graduate from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Pearl’s early job profiles ensured a close association with urban and rural development issues, inclusive development and as faculty at TISS before joining the corporate sector. Mid-career, she completed the Executive Education course in CSR from the Harvard Business School in 2008.

Pearl joined Ambuja in 2000 and ever since has been at the helm of nurturing the Ambuja Cement Foundation that has expanded from a fledging team to 400 development professionals it now boasts of today, with a pan-India presence active in 22 locations across 11 states.

CashKaro’s Co-Founder, Swati Bhargava is a global entrepreneur, who along with Co-Founder, Rohan Bhargava has turned around India’s online shopping landscape. Together they ensure users save money in the form of Cashback whenever they shop online and make CashKaro a household name. A Fortune 40Under40 entrepreneur, Swati is an exemplary leader with over 15 years of work experience. At CashKaro she spearheads departments like Investor Relations, Marketing & PR, Strategic Partnerships & Alliances among other domains.

CashKaro is India's Largest Cashback & Coupons Site which has nearly 4Mn registered users. It is also India’s #1 savings destination as here users can get the best Cashback deals over discounts from 1,500+ online retailers. One can shop for categories such as electronics, fashion, large appliances, medicines, grocery, etc., via CashKaro and earn extra Cashback on every purchase. CashKaro is the only VC funded Cashback site in India and has so far raised a total of $4.6Mn led by Kalaari Capital and Mr Ratan Tata.