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For years, using emojis and emoticons in texts and emails was considered unprofessional. But many things have changed in the...

India Development Review (IDR) is India’s first independent media platform for the development community that publishes fact-based cutting-edge ideas, lessons, and insights in mainstream media. Smarinita Shetty is co-founder and CEO of IDR and has been leading IDR for more than 5 years. Smarinita shares her experience of transitioning between a variety of different work environments, how gender impacted her work and how she managed to maintain a work-life balance, while building an institution with a purpose.

SNEHA is a non-profit organisation that works with women, children, public health and safety systems. Their innovative work in urban informal settlements aims to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, child malnutrition and gender-based violence. Vanessa Dsouza has been leading this organization for 9+ years.

Samhita Social Ventures, set up in 2010 by Priya Naik, is a social sector consulting firm that aims to redefine business environments and create a ‘better normal’ for India’s most vulnerable communities.

The Aangan Trust works in a very tough space – with at risk children and adolescents in hotspots for child trafficking, early marriage, child labour and violence. Working with the extremely marginalized, the effort is to seed systemic support for children, young girls and boys who need help guidance and even protection – often from people within their own communities.

As many people return to in-person work in offices, teams grapple with finding a routine, a rhythm to their workday....

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair”,  -Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman...

I was shopping at the mall when I got a casting call for an audition. They wanted it ‘ASAP’. It...

I started my dance journey as a little 7-year-old girl, unaware of how strongly Kathak would influence my life and...

After almost two years of remote work, businesses are planning to return to their office spaces. Work from home has...

How do you exercise personal presence for an online audience? Here is how some practices from the performing arts can enhance your message onscreen!

Follow our study of the evolving workplace as we talk to Anuradha Razdan, Executive Director HR, Hindustan Unilever, on her experience of the lockdown and the role of personal leadership and connecting with the workforce in navigating through the crisis.