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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.

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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

Agenda

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Registration

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Welcome Address
Archana Ramachandran, COO, ILSS
and
Harish and Bina Shah Foundation (virtual)
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Keynote Address
Rekha Menon, Ex Chairperson and Senior Managing Director
Accenture, India
in conversation with
Anuradha Prasad, Founder- CEO, ILSS

Hall – Gulmohar

Pink
Gulmohar

Hall – Jacaranda

Blue
Jacranda

11:10 AM – 12:25 PM
Conversation Circle
The Becoming of a woman leader: unplugged stories of women redefining leadership
12:25 PM – 12:45 PM
ANLM Report Launch (20Min.)

10:55 AM – 12:10 PM
Panel Discussion
Catalysts of Change – Women Entrepreneurs Driving Economic Development in the Social Sector
10:55 AM – 12:10 PM
Masterclass 01
Measuring What We Value: Evaluating Social and Feminist Transformative Change

12:25 PM – 1:25 PM
Lunch
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM
Lunch

1:25 PM – 2:40 PM
Masterclass 02
Building an Intentional Leadership Presence: Tools to build Influence and Authentic Impact

1:10 PM – 2:10 PM
Impact Spotlight
Organisations Shaping Equity, Driving India’s
Change
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM
Leadership Lounge

2:40 PM – 3:10 PM
High Tea
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM
High Tea

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Her Story
TED Talk Series

2:20 PM – 3:35 PM
Masterclass 03

Leadership & Wellbeing : Thriving, Not Just Surviving

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Transition / Break

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Closing Plenary
Together in this: Men as Partners in Advancing Women’s Leadership
5:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Shradha Roy, ILSS