India Women's Leadership Conference 2025

India Women’s Leadership Conference 2025

28 November 2025 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

India Habitat Center, New Delhi

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Not just a day-long event — but a step toward redefining the fabric of leadership not as a position, but as a purpose.

Overview

ILSS envisions India Women’s Leadership Conference 2025 (IWLC 2025) as a living, breathing platform — a catalyst for courageous dialogue, shared learning, and action that reshapes the future of women’s leadership in India’s social sector.

IWLC 2025 returns bigger, bolder, and more intentional — with a wider range of speakers, cutting-edge topics, and immersive experiences designed to create a truly transformative space. It will combine expert-led masterclasses, powerful TED-style talks, thought-provoking panels, impactful gallery walks, and curated networking spaces to inspire, equip, and connect participants for leadership growth, wellbeing, and advancing gender equity through collaboration and impact.

Objectives

Anchored in three powerful imperatives—INSPIRE, EMPOWER, CATALYSE—IWLC 2025 will focus on

INSPIRE – Redefining Leadership Stories

Share bold, authentic narratives that challenge conventional leadership models, showcasing resilience, risk-taking, and success without privilege to reimagine what’s possible when women lead.

EMPOWER – Breaking Invisible Barriers

Create intentional spaces addressing mental health, invisible labour, allyship, and self-built personal brands, equipping women with tools and confidence to lead.

CATALYSE – Driving Systemic Shift

Spark sector-wide change by redefining leadership, challenging power structures, and fostering collaborations that advance equity and representation in leadership.

Why You Should Join

Amplify your voice and achievements as a woman leader

Gain the skills, networks, mentorship and confidence to advance in leadership roles

Build a powerful community that champions gender equality

Learn strategies to create gender-inclusive environments within organisations

Join us to network, learn, and thrive in a community dedicated to gender equity and leadership advancement.

Be part of shaping the future of women’s leadership in India’s social sector

Who Should Join

Individuals committed to gender equity and inclusion irrespective of age, experience and gender

Aspiring leaders who identify themselves as women in the social sector/social impact space

Organisations aiming to foster gender-inclusive workplaces

Advocates and allies across genders (including men) supporting women's leadership and development

Community builders seeking to create supportive networks for women

Changemakers passionate about advancing women’s leadership in India

Agenda

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Welcome Address by Archana Ramachandran & Shradha Roy (Team ILSS)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Opening Keynote Address
Speaker - Rekha Menon

10:45 AM - 11:10 AM

Transition Break

1:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Hall - Gulmohar

Panel Discussion : Breaking the Unseen Ceiling Theme : “Leadership Beyond Templates”
Session Anchor - Anuradha Das Mathur, Founding Dean, The Vedica Scholars

1:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 01

Panel Discussion :: Beyond Allies : Men as Partners in Advancing Women’s Leadership
Focus: Moving beyond numbers to meaning including a practitioner lens

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 02

Masterclass 01 :: Redefining Impact : A value-based lens to meaningful evaluation
Focus: Moving beyond numbers to meaning including a practitioner lens

12:25 PM - 1:25 PM

Hall - Gulmohar

Lunch

12:10 PM - 1.00 PM

Hall - Jacranda 1 & 2

Lunch

1:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Hall - Gulmohar

Masterclass 02 :: Branding out of Inheritance or Building Intentionally

1:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 01

Your Story | Round Table

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 02

Focus: Building emotional, physical & mental resilience as a leader

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Hall - Gulmohar

High Tea (Break)

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 01

Transition / Break

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 02

High Tea

3:10 PM - 4:25 PM

Hall - Gulmohar

Her Story :: TED Talk Series

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 01

MELA: PechaKucha Spotlight

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Hall - Jacaranda Hall 02

Leadership Lounge

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Transition / Break

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Jacaranda Hall 01

ANLM Report Launch
Followed by "From Margin to Mainstream :: Reframing Power, Purpose & Progress with Gender at the Core "
Session Anchor - The Udaiti Foundation