About Aspire For Her
Changing the Future of Women's Economic Empowerment
Aspire For Her is building India's largest ecosystem for women — enabling ambition through mentorship, opportunity, community, and learning.
What Drives Us
Our Mission & Vision
Less than 20% of working age women in India contribute to GDP. We're changing this through empowerment, opportunity, and community.
Mission
Creating a generation of financially independent women by motivating women to enter and stay in the workforce using the power of communities and networks
Vision
Impacting 10 million+ women in India's economy by 2030
Heart & Soul of Aspire For Her
Meet Our Founder
Madhura founded Aspire For Her in 2019 to create a supportive ecosystem for women's professional growth. With her tech background and passion for empowerment, she built India's largest community for women.
Under her leadership, the community has grown to over 1 million members, impacting hundreds of thousands of careers through mentorship and networking.
Strategic Guidance
Our Advisors
Guiding our vision and strategy with decades of expertise.
Poornima leads Hummingbird Advisors, helping young businesses take flight, especially those led by women. A true powerhouse, she sits on the boards of Dixon, NSEIT, Co-Forge BPM, and Padget Electronics. She is a TiE Charter Member, a British Chevening Scholar, and co-author of Accelerating Her Business.
With almost 30 years in bank tech, Jaya brings a mix of strategy, tech expertise, and solid leadership. She's been recognised as a leading woman achiever in the BFSI space, winning multiple awards along the way. Passionate about empowering women, Jaya also set up a customer care centre that creates job opportunities for women looking to get back into the workforce.
"Every woman deserves the opportunity to realize her full potential. Our team works tirelessly to create pathways for success, breaking barriers and building bridges. Together, we're not just changing careers—we're transforming lives."
Madhura DasGupta Sinha
Founder & CEO, Aspire For Her
Our Impact
Powered by Community
Every number tells a story of transformation
Career Impact
Building futures, one career at a time
Community
Growing together, stronger together
Awards & Recognition
Recognized for Driving Change
Celebrating the recognition that fuels our mission.
Social Entrepreneur
of the Year Award
India 2024
T-Hub
March 2022
Innovation Award
Women Achievers
Awards 2.0
Inspired Change
WEPs Awards
1st Runner Up
2022 & 2023
Bharat Nirmaan
Award 2025
Making India Employable
Social Entrepreneur
Award Ceremony
New Delhi 2024
Social Entrepreneur
of the Year Award
India 2024
T-Hub
March 2022
Innovation Award
Women Achievers
Awards 2.0
Inspired Change
WEPs Awards
1st Runner Up
2022 & 2023
Bharat Nirmaan
Award 2025
Making India Employable
Social Entrepreneur
Award Ceremony
New Delhi 2024
In the News
We're Making the Headlines
Stories, interviews, and features that spotlight our work.
Latest Insights
Latest Blogs
Stories, lessons, and perspectives from our community and partners.
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The Identity Conundrum
A father and his son are in a car crash. The father dies at the scene and his son is rushed to the hospital. At the hospital the surgeon looks at the boy and says 'I can't operate on this boy, he's my son.' How is this possible?
Breaking the Maternal Wall
Beyond the innumerable sleepless nights and a newly added mountain of responsibility, every mother swears that motherhood is an indescribable journey of transformation and growth.
A Fictional Reality
Be it the Avengers fighting aliens, the Golden Trio navigating the wizarding world or Jurassic Park and its dinosaurs, there's something about the fictional world which captivates us.
Make Mentoring Matter
Have we not heard people say – 'One should always have a mentor!' For sure! But why? The simplest way to explain it is that you learn from the mentor's experiences.
Label Jars, Not Her
This incident happened a short while ago when attending conferences and firm handshakes were a daily routine. I remember being an intern, walking into this huge corporate office.
Women In Civil Services
The other day I got to know a friend of mine was hunting for a job. I knew how badly she wanted to be an IPS. She was preparing for UPSC exams for almost 3 years after graduation.
If We Spend So Much on Her Education, How Will We Pay for Her Wedding?
It was a hot summer day when I sat by the balcony with my friend, both of us eagerly discussing the multiple plans we had for the vacations.
Women In CyberSecurity
Jamuna Swamy, an award-winning Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has said, 'There is certainly a rising trend among women to take up the cybersecurity domain for their profession.'
What is Your Story?
We are our own brand ambassadors. While we can speak about having mentors and sponsors who will talk about our achievements inside and outside organisations, to get ahead in life and business, women need to promote themselves.
Mind the Gap
Anchal Gangwal, recently commissioned in the Indian Air Force is a tea seller's daughter. She was inspired by an IAF personnel during the Kedarnath tragedy in 2013.
Women In Defence
Early in the morning, on the twenty-sixth of February 2010, Kabul woke up to a deafening noise — a huge blast and continuous loud gunfire, bullets raining from the sky.
Are You T-Shaped?
I heard about the term 'T-shaped' some years ago and was happy to have learnt a new terminology but didn't think too much about it at that time.