On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Brainfeed took the opportunity to recognize the efforts of twenty exceptional women leaders in the field of education. We featured them in our cover story “Women Edupreneurs” of March 2023 edition of the Brainfeed Magazine. These women leaders focused and strived for creating a positive ecosystem at their workplace that helped other women in contributing to their fullest and ushering in the much needed change. Each one of these women educational entrepreneurs shared what it took them to successfully complete their entrepreneurial journey during which they have explored and found new identities for themselves and other women working with them.
“In the educational field, the world is your oyster. One needs to take the opportunities this field offers,” says Lina Asher, Founder-director, Kangaroo Kids Education Pvt. Ltd. In the Indian education system, women have no glass ceiling. If one looks at the percentage of men and women in the educational space, it is evident it is dominated by women. One relevant glass, however, is one’s own self-doubt and underestimating themselves. This ceiling can only be broken by themselves.
Elsewhere, there are instances where men may get preference over women, especially in male-dominated industries like banking and finance etc. Today, however, it is levelling out with the advent of Artificial Intelligence. Things that the men are good at, the analysis, the drive, and the masculine energy works are being taken up by AI. The workplace, therefore, has started demanding empathy, something majorly associated with women. With evolution, women’s brains have been wired to nurture, protect and build rather than having a sort of hunter mentality.
I am very hopeful for the world going forward because I think as more women come to leadership roles and the empathy is higher, we kind of see less competition and we see more collaboration. With women we see people coming together for humanity rather than doing things of personal interest.
Personally, I wanted to be the best version of myself. I always felt my competition is against myself, trying to outrun my yesterday’s version. When my institutions, Kangaroo Kids Preschool and Billabong High International School scaled heights, I would start all-over again redrawing newer goals and go for more success. Women need to conquer their own self-doubts and nothing can stop them from reaching their goals.
‘Women’s brains have been wired to nurture, protect and build. More women need to take up leadership roles which is the need of the hour in the present age. The inbuilt empathy will help solve many a problem
