Women In Corporate

Awards 2019

Presented by Women's Web

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With 500 nominations, WICA 2019 has been an enriching experience for the whole community - every one of these 500 women stood up to be counted, and have her success story told. 

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Here is the final list of 25 awardees, who were felicitated for their work as Diversity, Growth and Innovation Champions.

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You can read more here about our eminent jurors and the process followed to confer awards.

Diversity Champions

Top 15 Shortlisted Nominees for Diversity

1. Tina Vinod, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, ThoughtWorks India

2. Disha Dhairyawan, Manager : Regulatory Affairs, Nestle Skin Health

3. Padmavathy Ravichandran. Senior Management, Talent Management, GAVS Technologies Pvt Ltd

4. Shweta Joshi, Strategic Account Manager, Amway India Enterprises

5. Amarjeet Sharma, Director-HR, APAC, Mediaocean Asia Pvt Ltd

6. Anupama Pillai, Director-HR, Diebold Nixdorf

7. Nida Hasan, Country Director, Change.org, India

8. Deepa Davala, Assistant Manager, Accenture Services India Pvt Ltd

9. Pinky Pradhan, Director Communications and Marketing, Plan India

10. Resham Chhabra, Head of Communications, Nestaway Technologies Pvt Ltd

11. Kapila Rattan Bhowmik, SME Arcsight, Service Delivery Coordinator Managed Security services, DXC Technology

12. Manjit Legha, Director, Academics & Training, Little Millennium Education Pvt Ltd

13. Laxmi Todiwan, Professor and HOD, Apeejay Institute of Hospitality

14. Deepa Vijayaraghavan, Director PMO, PayPal India Private Limited

15. Soraya Rebello, VP Hospitality & CSR Head-Jakson Group

Growth Champions

Top 20 Shortlisted Nominees for Growth

1. Pooja Archana Patnaik, Senior Manager - Strategic Projects, nFaktor Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

2. Anam Shaikh, Manager - Learning & Development, Novartis

3. Anshul Agarwal, Senior User Researcher, Flipkart

4. Niharika Joshi, Senior Manager, Customer Strategy & Growth, Uber

5. Ruby Mathew, Digital Marketing Anlalyst, Redington

6. Radhika Chavan, Director - Technology, Synechron Technologies

7. Nischala Murthy Kaushik, Global Marketing Director - Innovation & technology Ecosystem, Wipro

8. Meenakshi Patil, Head Emerging Technologies - IGNITE, IBM India Pvt Ltd.

9. Priyanka Puri, Group Product Head - Marketing, Marico India Ltd.

10. Priyam Bortamuli, Consultant Corporate Communication & Branding, Motherhood Hospitals

11. Ria Shroff Desai, Associate Vice President, People Operations, Sula Vineyards Pvt Ltd

12. Ramya Nirmal, Director, Sengen Software Private Ltd

13. Anupama Tej, Founding Member & Chief Operating Officer, Tinystep

14. Bhavna Tewari, Deputy General Manager Marketing, U2opia Mobile Pvt Ltd

15. Rekha Nahar, General Manager, MTR Foods Pvt Ltd

16. Samina Ansari, Group Product Manager, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

17. Visalakshi Subramaniam, Global Head of Retail - ThoughtWorks

18. Sanchita Banerjee, Chief General Manager LPG, Oil India Limited

19. Suneetha Nagaraj, Director (Customer Satisfaction & quality), Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd

20. Padma Parthasarathy, Sr Vice President & Global Head, Consulting & Digital Transformation Services, Tech Mahindra

Innovation Champions

Top 20 Shortlisted Nominees for Innovation

1. Amanda Puravankara, Director, Provident Housing Limited

2. Anitha Raj, Product Manager, Tata Communications

3. Roopa Jayaraman, VP, Program Management, Odessa

4. Revathy Kannan, Lead - Software Engineering, Fidelity Investments Inc Ltd

5. Anushree Dewen, Sr Brand Manager, Nestle Skin Health India Pvt Ltd

6. Riya Shah, Senior Functional Safety Engineer, Harman Connected Services 

7. Sitara Panikar, Director- Marketing & Commercial Operations, India. APAC Innovation lead, Healthcare, Beiersdorf India

8. Shashikala Gowda, Assistant Manager, Syngene International Limited

9. Subineta Pandey, Regional Business Manager, Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd

10. Akina Jacob, Associate Manager - Service Delivery, Sutherland Global Services 

11. Sumana Roychowdhury, Science Manager, Unilever 

12. Madhavi Irani, Chief Officer - Content, FSNE Commerce Ventures Pvt Ltd (Nykaa.com)

13. Rashim Arora, Vice President - Risk, Compliance & Quality, Fiserv India Pvt Ltd

14. Anupriya Balikai, Managing Director, Spookfish Innovations Pvt Ltd

15. Dr. Smitha Samdariya, Chief Medical Officer, Assistant Vice President, Vidal Health Insurance TPA Pvt. Ltd.

16. Poornima BS, Zonal Coordinator, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust

17. Sitara Unni, Affordable Care Portfolio Services Leader, GE Healthcare

18. Shilpa Sharma, Senior Engineering Manager, Unisys India

19. Harshada Mondkar, Manager - Insurance, Marico Limited

20. Harinee Muralinath, Security Practice Lead - India, ThoughtWorks India