Event Date: March 2021. Apurva Purohit is one of India’s most powerful women in media and business. She is the President of Jagran Prakashan, one of India’s largest media houses that has a presence across print, radio, digital, and outdoor. The Jagran Prakashan Ltd owns publications like Dainik Jagran, Mid Day, Inext, and Inquilab along with India's first private FM radio station Radio City (Indian radio station).
A staunch supporter of gender diversity in the workplace, she has authored books on the subject. An IIM-B alumnus and media industry veteran for over three decades, Apurva manages a $800 million multimedia conglomerate. She is also credited for the successful IPO of Radio City FM in 2017. This year, it was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work for Women. Prior to Jagran, she set up Lodestar, one of India’s most prominent media buying agencies, and had stints at Times Network and ZEE Entertainment Enterprises. Apurva has also been listed among India’s most powerful women in business by Fortune magazine.
Apruva is a leading advocate of gender diversity in corporate India, and has authored national bestsellers, including 'Lady You’re Not a Man!' and 'Lady, You’re the Boss!' She’s stressed upon the need for men to become allies in the fight for gender equality and highlighted the need for organizations to have more women in the boardroom. She’s even cited research to establish that if women work at their full potential, it could add up to $28 trillion to the global GDP by 2025. Yet, women don’t constitute even half of the global workforce. The situation is bleaker in India. Apurva has also outlined steps to tackle invisible gender bias in the workplace and called for women to be more assertive about their professional achievements. Another area of her writings focuses on “mindfulness” and the need to occasionally disconnect from a tech-obsessed world. She urges us to find beauty in the simple and mundane things of life.
Join us for a fireside chat with Apurva in a moderated online forum in March 2021 to celebrate International Women’s day.
More details about the event shall be released soon.