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XLRI FOR WOMEN
Core Themes of the Learning Experience
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EVOKE YOUR DREAMS
Engage in reflective practice to articulate a clear leadership vision, aligned with personal values and long-term aspiration
A structured leadership development program designed for senior women professionals with 14+ years of experience, preparing to step into executive and enterprise-level roles. The program integrates self-reflection, strategic direction, and purposeful leadership to support participants in their transition toward C-Suite responsibility
02
NAVIGATE YOUR PATH
Build strategic awareness, strengthen resilience, and leverage networks of support to effectively lead through complexity and change
03
AMPLIFY YOUR IMPACT
Develop executive presence, lead with conviction, and foster influence that extends across teams, organisations, and systems
Learning Outcomes
CLARITY OF LEADERSHIP IDENTITY
Define your leadership style and purpose with precision
STRATEGIC CAREER ROADMAP
Map your path towards
C-Suite level roles
BOARD LEVEL INFLUENCE
TOOLS
Build presence, persuasion, & decision-making strength
STRONG PEER & MENTOR NETWORK
Connect with CXOs, coaches, and senior XLRI alumni.
Discover the Diversity in Moves and Opportunities in the C-Suite Space
An award - winning coach and author with 33+ year of global experience shared this perspective at the up! SURGE event, offering the XL4W community a deeper lens into leadership journeys
Harish Devarajan,
Leadership Coach & Author
Panel of Visionary
Women Leaders
This powerful panel bought together senior leaders from across industries: Bindu Vindodhan (Founder, TILT & Meouna Ehaathi) Ranjani Mani (Director & Country Head, Head, Generative AI, Google Cloud India), Sandhya Sriram (CFO,Navi), and Supria Dhanda (Co-Founder, Beyond Inclusion)
Up! SURGE 2024 Cohort,
Bengaluru
Discover the Diversity in Moves and Opportunities in the C-Suite Space
With over 25 years of experience shaping 2,600+ leaders and 46 organizations, this authority in global leadership now takes the up! SURGE stage. Sharing her definitive model, ‘THE POWER OF i’, she empowers the modern leader to thrive in a BANI world and create a lasting, positive impact.
Diya Kapur Misra,
Leadership Impact Advisor & Coach
Journey breakdown
In City Meet
A one-day, in-person session held in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi, designed to deepen leadership learning through peer exchange, applied exercises, and direct engagement with program faculty
10th July 2026
Virtual Deep Dives
A two-hour, faculty-led session conducted online, focused on exploring critical leadership themes. Each session blends conceptual input, peer exchange, and reflection to reinforce learning between in-person modules.
17th July 2026
Residential Workshop
A two-day residential session hosted at Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru. Designed for focused leadership development, the experience includes peer learning, guided reflection, and direct engagement with CXO-level mentors, faculty, and senior XLRI alumni
23rd-24th July 2026
Insights from Senior Women Leaders Who've Been There
Right from aligning my career map and understanding how to outline my dream, to making clearer goals and objectives, the up! SURGE program is proving to be an eye-opener for women who aim to rise up the ladder efficiently and strongly.
up! SURGE is certainly an empowering learning journey and is helping me understand my power.
Urvashi Patole,
Manager - Rides & Community, KTM India
Insights from Senior Women Leaders Who've Been There
Being part of up! SURGE has been a thought provoking experience. Key takeaways like Dreaming Big, Believing in Oneself & Being Authentic to achieve your dreams with a Sense of Purpose, are drivers to move the needle for oneself and for the organisation.Great interaction with amazing industry leaders. Their emphasis that we must invest in ourselves and not shy away from asking for help is very powerful
Sharmila Raman
Director of Information Technology, Intel Corporation
Insights from Senior Women Leaders Who've Been There
Honestly, when we started, I was a little unsure about whether I would be engaged in a virtual format for such a long duration. I have got to say I am hooked!
Every session of up! SURGE has been so engaging, insightful and relatable.
Thank you.
Yamini Subramanian,
Director of Corporate Communications, KPMG Global Services Pvt Ltd
Program Mentor
Have more than 30 years of work experience primarily in Human Resources. Chairperson, CII Indian Women Network ( IWN) - Western Region. Member, CIi National committee on Leadership & HR 2019-2021 Specialties: Human Resources
Madhavi Lall
Managing Director, Head - HR, India at Deutsche Bank
Program Mentor
During the 4 decades of my corporate and consulting career I have worked and engaged with MNCs, family owned businesses, Indian conglomerates and new age start-ups. My last corporate role was CHRO @ HUL. My experience and expertise has been mostly in the area of Human Resources, Organisation development and Strategy into Action.
Harish Devarajan
Leadership Coach, Transformation Consultant, HR Champion, Author, Evangelist of Social ventures.
Program Mentor
Passionate about women empowerment , employment , equity and justice. Set up , launched and co-own social enterprises working to promote women owned businesses, vocational skilling , social impact projects and employment. Have great ideas, conceptual clarity , design thinking skills , high integrity and ability to support people and institutions with connections, expertise , resources and time. Backed by interesting and rich experience in HR of about 16 years. Guest faculty associated with several institutes, including IIM Bangalore, IIM, Vizag, MDI Gurgaon and IMT Ghaziabad.
Pritha Dutt
Independent Director Dalmia Bharat Refractories
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