Women in Technology

Pooja Bangad, co-founder of SheWork, overcame family expectations to change women’s roles in tech. SheWork helps women return to the tech industry after breaks, fights for equal opportunities, and challenges the gender bias that holds women back, empowering them to grow and succeed in their careers.

After founding IPexcel, a multi-million dollar revenue generating technology and innovation consulting firm, Madhumita Agrawal cofounded an electric vehicle company, OBEN, with her husband, Dinkar.

From a solar perspective, the buy-in from the family during and post installation is really critical.

Six months after joining the People’s Archive of Rural India as part of AIF’s Clinton Fellowship for Service in India, Olivia Waring shares her journey of leaving a lucrative job in Silicon Valley to put her coding skills to use for the greater good. 

Today we profile the efforts of 23 year old Mehvish Mushtaq, a young Kashmiri entrepreneur who is using the power of technology to bring about a change in Kashmir. In fact, Mehvish is the first Kashmiri woman to develop an android application. Read about how her app "Dial Kashmir" is bringing about this change.