I sat down with Shilpa to speak about not only her personal life and journey but also her professional accomplishments. 
For anyone who thinks they  cannot chart their own path, listen to Shilpa here. There is always a way.
Shilpa has spent over two decades in the textile, craft and lifestyle retail space. After a 12 years innings with Fabindia, building their growth story, she quit in 2010 to live her entrepreneurial dreams and co-founded Jaypore, India’s first online retail portal for exquisite Indian handmade and contemporary design craft products. She handed over the baton to a strategic partner and an able team in 2019,while she looked to paint a new canvas of growth
She is currently mentoring Flourish, a global platform that envisions making ‘conscious consumption’ an accessible lifestyle choice for consumers around the globe, and which upholds values that democratize wealth creation as well as give recognition for creator/producer groups.
She continues to nurture two other ventures, Breakaway (an outcome of her passion for travel, this venture plans and executes bespoke Beyond the Brochure experiential journeys around India) and Mustard, (a delectable blend of a shared love for fine food and exceptional experiences, it offers Bengali and French cuisine and has a presence in Goa and Mumbai) Aside from these, she enjoys her work with FMCG, Creative and Lifestyle businesses as a consultant, mentor, and advisor. She is actively advising founders at Purplle and Bzaar ( a B2B startup catering to wholesale & retail buyers worldwide) on strategy & growth She has recently been appointed as an advisor on the Bain Advisor Network , a global community of Advisors who work with Bain on high-impact projects, adding value through their insights, expertise and connections.

Many men in tech want to support women's advancement and help to improve equality in the workplace. They just don't know where to start and what they can do.
This month, our guest is Eva Helen , who has worked to improve diversity and inclusion for years.
Eva Helén is the founder and CEO of EQ Inspiration. She works on engaging men in the conversation of gender equality and women’s advancement. 
She's the author of "Women in Tech, a Book for Guys". Eva is on Vasion's Board of Directors. A successful entrepreneur, in 2000 Eva co-founded and ran Sanbolic, an enterprise software company, acquired by Citrix in 2015. Prior, Eva co-founded Number One GM, acquired by Autodesk in 1999. Eva was born in Sweden and holds an MBA from the University of Stockholm. She relocated to Silicon Valley in the mid 90’s. 

As a speaker, coach and mentor to women and men in tech, Eva stresses the importance of inclusion, diversity, and equality. 
If you want to gift men something that stays with them for life, think about this book.
Hear our very interesting chat.

As a child growing up in Kashmir, seeing women in power, working with men and being equal was a norm for me. It’s because of the non-conformist familial values that I was bought up in. It was normal for women in my family to not be engaged in gendered roles. I was fortunate to grow up watching my aunts, my cousins, and my siblings living their lives to their real potential.

My aunt, Khem Lata Wakhlu was one such role model.

I have wanted to document her journey and philosophy for a long time and what better time than the launch of her book “A Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux” to sit down with her to talk about her life, work, and philosophy.

When Wakhlu started her political career, it was the early 1970’s. A defining move by a woman. 

DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE TO HEAR HER STORY.