Empowering Indian Women Professionals to harness potential, connect with mentors, craft career moves and design your success
SEGUE Sessions 2026, in its 18th edition comes to Hyderabad built on the theme – #LeadtoRise inviting every woman professional rise together as a community, rather than alone. This avant-garde conclave designed exclusively for women will inspire participants to harness their skills, connect with mentors, and build strategies that align with both personal values and professional goals.
Open pathways to march towards exciting opportunities
Enhance your skills and knowledge
Develop clarity and capability to define your career
Pivot into new pathways of success with intentionality
Enhance your skills and knowledge
Gain practical tools and techniques to strategize your career
Build your confidence and resilience, and develop a clearer sense of purpose and direction in your career.
Have fun and enjoy a positive and empowering experience that will leave you feeling inspired and motivated to take on new challenges in your career.
Who Should Attend?
Early Career Women Professional
As an entry-level professional looking to establish your career, this session will give you the confidence and tools you need to succeed
Mid-Career Women Professionals
As a mid-career women professional, looking to transition in your career, this session will help chart new pathways of relevance.
Second Career Women Professionals
Planning to re-enter the workforce, this session will give you the confidence to pivot with renewed clarity and capability
Women in Leadership
Already a leader? This session helps harness your skills and opens pathways to enterprise leadership.
SEGUE
Sessions 2025
- In-person
- 20th March 2025
HackEquity
Connect with like-minded women professionals and build a strong network of supportive peers.
Transformative Sessions on
Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion
Agenda for SEGUE 2025
TIME (IST)
DESCRIPTION
9.50 am
Program begins
10.00 am – 10.15 am
Inaugural Address by
Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Founder – President, Avtar Group
10.15 am – 10.30 am
Inclusion Victory Book Launch
10.30 am – 10.55 am
Keynote Address
Ashok Ramchandran, Director, Human Resources, Aditya Birla Group
10.55 am – 11.35 am
Exclusive Session
Cast Your Net, But Be Picky: A Guide to Networking with Purpose
This session will explore the power of building intentional and strategic connections that align with the Indian Women Professionals’ career goals and values.
By Anju G Parvathy, Vice President, Avtar Group
11.35 am – 11.45 am
Networking Break
11.45 am – 12.45 pm
Role Model Talks
The Resilience Blueprint: Overcoming Gender-Specific
Challenges in Leadership
Established women professionals will talk about their success stories and how accelerating their own actions have enabled to climb the corporate ladder.
- Ritushree Panigrahi, AGM – Human Capital and General Affairs, Welspun Enterprises Ltd.
- Amrita Ganguly, Chief Diversity Officer, Tata Motors
- Manali Doshi, Head, Commercial Controller, NIVEA India
- Umasanker Kandaswamy, Co-founder, Head of Solutions, Avtar Group (Moderator)
12.45 pm – 1.30 pm
Panel Discussion
Doing the Confi-Dance: Making Purposeful Career Transitions with Confidence
This session is aimed at women looking to make meaningful career shifts, this panel will address how to approach transitions with purpose and planning. This session will offer a reflective exploration of how the panelists have navigated their careers or enabled others’ careers, managed challenges. The session will also highlight the enablers — mentors, allies, and strategies — that supported in a confident career journey. The session aims to inspire participants to embrace their achievements and confidently claim their space in their professional growth.
- Jyotsna Malhotra, General Manager, HR, TVS Motor Company.
- Priti Singh, Chief People Officer, Universal Sompo General Insurance.
- Shefali Kohli, CHRO – Chemicals, Filament Yarn & Insulators, Grasim Industries Ltd Aditya Birla Group.
- Karthik Ekambaram, Co-founder, Head of Solutions, Avtar Group (Moderator)
1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
Lunch & Networking
2.30 pm – 3.45 pm
HackEquity
- Fixing the Leaky Pipeline
- Designing Equal Leadership Pathways for Women
- Impactful Upskilling
Jury Members
- Rajnish Kadambar, Executive Director & Head ESG, Eversource Capital
- Dr. Seema Sant, Professor & Associate Dean of Human Resources at Vivekanand Education Society Institute of Management Studies and Research (VESIMSR)
- Dr Vidhya Thakkar, Assistant Professor, K J Somaiya Institute of Management
3.45 pm – 4.30 pm
Panel Discussion
From Career to Calling: Building a Purpose-Driven Professional Path
This panel will explore the importance of aligning career paths with personal purpose and values, emphasizing strategies for long-term fulfilment. The panellists will explore, how does one define purpose in a career? What practical steps can help identify and pursue a meaningful career path?
- Captain Dileep Narayan, Director HR, EPAM Systems
- Kasthuri Prasad, Vice President, Property and Casualty Insurance Sub BU Leader, APAC Financial Services BU, CGI.
- Simi Sabhaney, Chief Growth Officer, Dentsu India.
- Tripti Tandon, Head, B2B Sales, TransUnion CIBIL Limited.
- Lakshmi Vijaykumar, Assistant Vice President, Events & Conferences, Avtar Group (Moderator)
4.30 pm – 4.45 pm
Special Session
Power Through: Inspire Inclusion – This session will be interactive and aspirational. Established women professionals will talk about their success stories and how accelerating their own actions have enabled to climb the corporate ladder. of that being inspired to be included for the sense of belonging, relevance that resulted in a more equitable workspace.
- Dr Archana Yemeshvary, CHRO, Hindustan Colas
4.45 pm – 4.50 pm
Hack Equity Winners Announcement
4.50 pm – 5.00 pm
Vote of Thanks
Veena Mukund – Vice President – Client Engagements
Leaders, Pioneers, and Change Makers Meet Our Esteemed Speakers
Dr. Saundarya Rajesh
Chief Executive Officer
Krishma Narayanan
Medical Devices, Cognizant
Priyanka Chaudhry
Tax Leader
Tryphena Edward
Beena Sarkar
Crux Intelligence
Suchita Dantre
Network Access
