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Finalists in the 2018 Virangana Project
from 2018-11 Sydney (1)
by Indian Link
Dr Suba Dravida is a PhD qualified founder who is working on a cure for Alzheimer’s disease using stem cells, and who was recently nominated for a Nobel Prize for Science.
Aditi Balbir is managing a network of over 150 resorts across India, who is acknowledged as having the record for the 3rd largest capital raise for a female founder in India (over $A 11M), and who is on course to raise another $A10M round.




Rajlakshmi (“Raji”) Borthakur has developed a wearable device to predict epileptic fits and whose work has been recently been acknowledged by PM Modi.
Ruchi Rastogi threw in her high powered career to create a foundation that assists and trains India’s most vulnerable and isolated women by creating small businesses that allow them to earn an income and interact with other women.


Devika Srimal Bapna started her career at Ernst & Young London, in Financial Services and simultaneously qualified as a Chartered Accountant. She has had an entrepreneurial itch since she was little and found her calling when she moved back to Delhi and identified a gap in the footwear industry. She was nominated as one of the Top 35 CAs under 35 in 2017 by ICAS (the professional body of CAs). She won the Digital Women’s Award for E-commerce, hosted by SheThePeople in Dec 2017.
Nayab Bookwala (who could not make it to Sydney) spent the last decade in television and broadcast media in various roles with expertise in Brand Development, Marketing and Events with some of the leading media conglomerates in India. She is also working towards reducing child hunger through their Meal For A Meal campaign, where they donate a meal for every meal sold on their platform. Nayab was listed as one of the Top 50 Women in Tech by Goodman Lantern, UK in 2017.

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