Women's Leadership Development Programs

Amruta is a Co-Founder at Breath Beings. She brings two decades of expertise in guiding DEI efforts, along with her proficiency in Consulting, L&D and Talent management for global enterprises. She has been a strategic solutions partner adept at addressing multifaceted business challenges related to inclusion and team collaboration.

She translated the intent of the DEI charter into concrete actions as DEI Head at Flipkart. She played a HR leadership role at Infosys, ING and Max Life. At Interweave, she crafted and facilitated transformative learning programs for esteemed organisations such as SAP, Reliance, Aditya Birla Capital, Samsung, First American, Myntra, BNY Mellon, CGI and many more. She has impacted over 2500+ women leaders, facilitated over 80+ workshops and coached for 1200+ hours.

She has an Advanced Diploma in NLP Coaching and is a Master Coach. She is also an Emotional Intelligence Master Coach. She is currently pursuing Psychotherapy through Human Givens, London and has a multidisciplinary approach to women leadership development which blends various psychological and coaching frameworks.

Through her work at Breath Beings, Amruta is manifesting psychologically safe environments for people to talk about differences, biases and privileges. She believes that these conversations become easier with art, reflection and expression. She collaborates with organisations to design for diversity to thrive, strengthen equity, spark inclusive behaviours and nurture a sense of belonging.

Aruna is a Co-Founder at Breath Beings. As an Artist, DEIB, Design & Marketing practitioner, she curates learning experiences through various creative mediums. -Theatre, Films, Illustrations, Games. She is among the very few women theatre Directors, who has self produced and toured over 20 productions across India, Singapore and London.

Aruna realised the need for Arts in the space of Inclusion and developed her own trademark theatre shows and films to build an appetite for inclusion at workplaces. She has facilitated 500+ workshops in DEIB, with a focus on disrupting bias, and nurturing allyship and through her work at Breath Beings, She is manifesting psychologically safe environments for people to talk about differences, biases and privileges. She believes that these conversations become easier with art, reflection and expression.

She also brings in corporate experience with Daimler & Ashok Leyland and is a Marketing and Communications expert and has an overall experience of two decades.

She holds an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice from The Royal Central School of speech and drama, London. She has a masters in Marketing Communications and a degree in Visual Communication.

Ruchira is a Certified Diversity Professional and a qualified Human Resource specialist with a career spanning two decades, a large part of which has been across organisations such as Thermax, Cummins and Interweave Consulting; and is currently engaged with Breath Beings – a DEIB start-up – in an Advisory and Consulting capacity.

The latter half of her career allowed her to not only listen to her callings, but also respond to those through her work.

Her passion and conviction for workplaces that embrace differences and provide equalopportunity led her to step into the then nascent space of Diversity, Equity , Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB).

Over the last decade, Ruchira has been able to create impact through deep consulting partnerships with clients across the length and breadth of the country, and even outside of it. This includes supporting organisations in crafting their DEI charter, advising DEI Councils, designing and deploying diagnostics that enable targeted interventions, facilitating leadership advocacy, promoting systemic equity through inclusive policies and processes, and so on. To name a few clients – Asian Paints, Bajaj FinServ, ITC Group, PhonePe, Zomato, Multiples Equity, Flipkart, L’Oreal, CGI, Rakuten, SunLife, Pfizer, PwC. Participating in DEI panels as well as being a CDP (Certified Diversity Professional) faculty has allowed her to not only further her own thought leadership on this topic, but also mentor other DEI professionals.

As an Inclusion Ally, Ruchira is committed to enabling inclusion and equity for underestimated groups within her sphere of influence, both professionally and personally.

In a more recently acquired role as a Certified Coach, Ruchira’s intent is to facilitate growth journeys for individuals and teams. Her personal belief guiding her work here is that there is opportunity for each one of us to live in ways that are more aligned to our true and best selves.

Born in Mumbai, Zainab is a transgender person and is one of the petitioners in the National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India case on transgender rights and in the marriage equality case.

She currently works with Pernod Ricard India as the Chief - Inclusion and Diversity; prior to this she worked with KPMG as the Director - Diversity and Inclusion. Zainab holds an MBA in HR and was the National Manager - Health and Human Rights at the UNDP country office in India and was the regional policy analyst on human rights in Asia.

Her areas of interest are health and social development issues and has over 20 years of national and international work experience. She also is a social entrepreneur and employs 18 trans and non-binary folks through her two initiatives in Mumbai - The Trans Cafe and The Transformation Salon. Zainab currently serves as the Western India representative in the National Council for Transgender Persons. She is a Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellow, a part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

As the Growth Manager at Breath Beings, Priya brings over a decade of expertise in operations, client management, and team leadership, which are pivotal in driving the company’s growth. Her extensive background in financial planning, analytics, and strategic problem-solving equips her to develop and implement growth strategies that enhance customer experience and streamline operations.

In her previous roles as a financial advisor, she successfully led large teams, optimized workflows, and managed complex financial strategies, all while ensuring compliance and delivering high-quality results. Her strength in building strong client relationships and leading cross-functional teams has been a cornerstone of her success.

In her current role, Priya leverages on her expertise to foster strategic partnerships and execute data- driven initiatives that accelerate business growth.

Her experience in training, mentoring, and managing high-performing teams aligns perfectly with Breath Beings’ vision of delivering exceptional results through customer-centric strategies.

Anushka has a dual master's degree in Political Science and Women's Studies from IGNOU and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Anushka is passionate about creating inclusive workplaces by gauging the strengths of diversity and equity in the workforce. She brings her academic and experiential knowledge of everyday socialites to her work at Breath Beings.

Her area of expertise lies in working with marginalized communities by speaking with them instead of speaking for them. One of her passion projects has been her master's dissertation, where she worked with the tribal communities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which she is a native of. Anushka aims to take her learnings and ideologies beyond the academic space and work on the praxis of inclusive practices in everyday spaces, including the workplace.

When she's not working, she enjoys expressing her creativity through art with a cup of cold coffee by her side. She's an avid traveler who's always on the lookout for unexplored terrains. Anushka also enjoys the company of books spanning across genres.