Neerspires Events: Career Conversations for Professionals

Neeraja is a true force in leadership development and women's empowerment, a fact underscored by her recognition as a three-time Top 100 Thought Leader by Thinkers360. She's not just a thought leader; she's an action leader. As a sought-after TEDx speaker and keynote presenter at prestigious global forums like Lean in, IEEE, PMI, TIE, NASSCOM,  CII,  SWE, WomenTech Network, GHCI. Neeraja's insights on 'Networking for Results' and 'How to Tell Your Story' have empowered countless individuals.

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Neeraja's journey, from a 25-year career in IT to her current role as a champion of gender advocacy, is truly inspiring. This transition came when she saw many women who were overwhelmed, stressed, struggling with impostor syndrome, or even overcoming perfectionism and self-doubt. Over the years, transforming mindsets through mentoring, coaching, and facilitating workshops, her dedication to fostering women's leadership has now been packaged into her groundbreaking 'TrailBlazHERs' program. It’s a 6-month initiative to cultivate the next generation of female leaders. Her expertise has garnered her numerous accolades, recently also being featured on the New York Times Square billboard. She has been building the Neerspires Community whereby helping people to bring about a mindset shift in many areas of their personal and professional lives, be it to show up as their authentic brand, or become an impactful communicator through storytelling or just being themselves and not get trapped with the herd mentality!

 

She's also been featured in the book 'Magical 40 @ 40,' highlighting her extraordinary life journey. Her career transition story has been published in the book The Turning Point which showcases career transitions of 99 industry leaders.  She is a mentor on platforms such as Aspire for Her and GLEAC, has led JobsForHer Foundation, and has worked with the National Education Society of Karnataka.

 

When she is not working on her keynote speeches, or impactful training interventions, she chooses to

spend time with her family or pick up bingeworthy series on Netflix! Being called a Networking queen, she has built and nurtured authentic connections with people, and also spends quality time with them over food and coffees!