Our women in America

We often hear the success stories of Indians in America. Most of them are men. So, Kamini Ramani has written a book about powerful Indian-American women leaders. She is also Indian-American. Living in Silicon Valley for 42 years.

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AWe often hear the success stories of Indians in America. Most of them are men. So, Kamini Ramani wrote a book about powerful Indian-American women leaders. She is also Indian-American. He has been living in Silicon Valley for 42 years. The book is titled 'Lotus Leadership: Modern Playbook of Ancient Wisdom'. Here are 30 Indian-American women winners who have made a mark in the corporate world of America. Three other non-Indian women have also been given a place in it.

Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, Priyamvada Natarajan, chair of Yale University's Department of Astronomy, Aparna Bajwa, former CEO of Zoom and now Intel Executive Vice President, Meera, Chief Information Officer of Palo Alto Networks. Rajavel, Lathakrishnan, co-founder of the American Indian Foundation... all of them find a place in this book. 'If we talk about the achievements of Indian Americans, we will cite people like Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai. Not much is known about the fact that there are many successful women here, barring a few like Indra Nooyi. I want to tell about them.

Many of the winners in the book were Shiva, Shakti, Parvati, Saraswati, Lakshmi... He said that the stories heard about them are the inspiration to grow in life. That's why this book was given that name,' says Ramani. Ramani asked questions mainly about the challenges faced in reaching higher levels in the career and the ways to overcome them. Would you say that if young people read them, they will understand how they can go up in their professional and personal lives. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Ramani worked as an advisor to the likes of Steve Jobs and as the Chief Marketing Officer of the venture capital firm Mayfield Fund.