Young Trailblazer: Shivangi Ruperee On Being The Future

As measures are being taken to close the digital gender gap, it becomes increasingly important to complement it with easy access to learning adapted to rural and urban populations. In this feature, Technologist and celebrated young author Shivangi Ruperee shares her perspective.

The opportunity to develop the right skill at the right time is a gift of hope, which enables women to dream bigger than reality, push through circumstances and achieve their true potential. Education is the primary foundation on which ambition and aspirations can be built. Today, digital technology can cater to flexible learning needs and provide a vast array of quality content, way more interactively than resources previously available physically. 

We have a global library in diverse areas of study and future skills, which has to be made lite (mobile friendly), catering to online and offline modes with multilingual translations. In addition, we need to ensure that the pedagogy is gender-neutral, recognizing women in various roles and professions, although the challenge continues. To break stereotypes and stir motivation in women of all ages and their families, it's critical to walk the change starting from this day.

Women must understand how being financially independent will change their life. We need to create an end-to-end ecosystem where learning these skills can help women make a real impact. Digital connectivity can facilitate support for communities beyond geographical boundaries. These interactions help in sustaining goals and seeking guidance at every evolving stage.

Most importantly, it's our responsibility as women professionals to embrace the opportunity we achieved, sensitively, knowing that our actions today will affect the lives of the next generation of women. We should individually aim towards creating a sense of trust that the opportunities in our field are based on merit and can be seized by developing the required skill sets. 

One way to practice this mindset regularly is by accessing how our decisions today at work will impact the professional journey of a 10-year-old girl striving to be in our shoes in future. We should always act in a way which makes her professional journey easier and align our efforts towards building the new.

About Shivangi Ruperee
Shivangi Ruperee is a young trailblazer in the technology industry and an acclaimed author. Last year, her debut novel Through Lemons & Peaches launched globally, made it to the list of Indian bestsellers and was reviewed to be a beautiful representation of the ambitions and emotions of today's contemporary young women. Shivangi has been a valedictorian since high school, during which she was also a radio jockey for a famous afternoon show in Jaipur at a leading FM station. She started her career as a successful engineer. Soon after completing her MBA from SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy, she won an Under 30 Industry Award for delivering exceptional enterprise growth through digital solutions to major global corporates. 

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