Mumbai: Havas Group India kickstarts ‘Women who Inspire’– an initiative to foster gender diversity and women leadership.
The objective is to bring about a cultural transformation and mindset shift that will help us to build a diverse and strong workforce that is futuristic and encourages many more women leaders in the group. A core group has been formed which consists of members in senior roles, across all our six agencies, who are in a position to influence, inspire, and mentor the next rung of leadership. This core team meets every alternate month to discuss key issues, opportunities, and changes relevant for the group as a whole and works towards recognizing and celebrating the great work that women leaders do across the group.
There are four key objectives that the group will drive:
Provide encouragement and mentorship to high-potential women leaders.
Promote the exchange of ideas and provide networking opportunities.
Help enhance the growth of our women staffers as leaders and decision-makers.
Create the right environment that allows development and growth opportunities.
Rana Barua, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Group India, said “Being diverse is all about enabling a culture that is conducive to freely express, sharethoughts&perspectives.As we embark on this journey, we are excited about the potential cultural and mindset change that it can bring to the lives of women employees within Havas Group India. We see this as a step to bring about a huge transformation and one that will help us move in the direction of building a versatile workforce that is futuristic and aligned to the changing global world order and economy.”
Vandana Tilwani, CHRO, Havas Group who is leading this initiative adds “As we gear up for our next phase of (post-covid) growth at Havas, we have to adapt to a different way of working which involves merging of work and life, remote working and adapting to agile and flexible team structures. Becoming a gender-diverse organization, breaking off many fixed rules and taboos and thus encouraging more women leaders is not only important in creating a futuristic workplace, but it is also now a necessity in order to have a competitive advantage.”
Members of the core committee:
Rana Barua, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Group India
Vandana Tilwani, Chief HR Officer, Havas Group India
Mohit Joshi, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Media Group India
Susan Josi, Managing Partner, Havas Life Sorento
Deepali Saini, Co-founder and Design Director, Think Design
Priyanka Mehra, Director Marketing and Communications, Havas Group India
Toral Shah, General Manager HR, Havas Group India
Sanchita Roy, Head – West, Havas Media
Geetika Thakur, Senior Vice President – Client Servicing, Havas Creative
Dr. Rasika Bhat, Sr. Manager Scientific Communications, Havas Life Sorento
Sreyashi Datta, Creative Director, Shobiz
Pavithra Eshwar, Head HR, Langoor Havas
