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Dr. Saundarya Rajesh

Managing Trustee, Avtar Human Capital Trust.

Dr. Saundarya Rajesh is one of India’s most respected thought leaders on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. An award-winning social entrepreneur, she is best known as the pioneer of Second Career opportunities for women in Corporate India. A relentless advocate of the potential of women in the workplace, Dr. Saundarya is the founder of successful social enterprises such as Avtar Career Creators, Flexi Careers India, Bruhat Insights Global and Avtar Human Capital Trust. Her latest brainchild myAvtar.com is India’s first diversity jobs portal for candidates belonging to the under-represented groups such as Women, People with Disabilities, People with LGBTQ+ identity and Veterans.

A recipient of several awards and recognitions, Dr. Saundarya has irrevocably changed the game for the Indian Woman Professional, by introducing the concept of “Career Intentionality” and “Career Re-entry” to Corporate India. Her path breaking and exemplary work in the space of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has established her into a much sought-after advisor of choice for an impressive list of organizations and leaders on the benefits of a diversely inclusive workplace. Dr. Saundarya is a highly sought-after speaker at conferences — both national and international– and a firm believer in integrating work and life.
Her book ‘The 99-day Diversity Challenge’ published by SAGE in 2018 has won several acclaims from industry leaders, including the first prize for the Book of the Year Award 2021 from the Indian Society for Training and Development.
Project Puthri an initiative by AVTAR Human Capital Trust (AHCT), is India’s first ever developmental project that seeks to create Career Intentionality among underprivileged girl students. Dr.Saundarya Rajesh envisions through Puthri, an India, where young girls at the bottom of the socio - economic pyramid are able to rise to their fullest potential by breaking out of the domestic labour economy to graduate into the knowledge economy, thus, eventually being able to contribute directly to the GDP of our country