Paromita Bannerjee, an alumna of IIM Bangalore, writes to explain what helps people truly thrive—in love, at work and within themselves. A strategist and storyteller, she explores the delicate intersections of relationships, resilience and leadership through a deeply human lens. Her work is rooted in a profound curiosity about human behaviour and a belief that when people feel seen, they connect better, perform better, and lead better. In Hitched or Ditched, she examines how personal relationships shape emotional balance and influence our ability to bloom professionally and in life.
An award-winning HR strategist and consultant with over two decades of global experience across India, Singapore, the UK and Dubai, Paromita has led initiatives in organizational culture, diversity and belonging. She blends sharp business insight with emotional intelligence to help organizations foster cultures based on trust, purpose and psychological safety. Her book POWERS explores the intrinsic motivations that drive women to excel in STEM despite systemic barriers. A LinkedIn Top Voice, her insights have reached over a million readers worldwide. Her columns in lifestyle and leadership publications focus on gender diversity, emotional well-being and relational intelligence. She is a Miss India International finalist, certified in psychology from Yale University, a poet and a passionate animal lover.
At the heart of her work lies a simple yet powerful mission—to make leadership more humane by bringing intellect and intuition together and balancing structure with soul. She wants to help create a world where work and life fit together in harmony, not conflict.
Rahul Singh gives work and ambition their deeper meaning, that is, purpose of life. An advisor, banker and community builder, he explores how ideas, insight and individuals come together to redefine success—not as accumulation, but as alignment between what we do, why we do it and how we do it.
Through his writing and leadership, Rahul encourages organizations and individuals to look beyond outcomes and rediscover the inner drivers of communication, curiosity and connection for communities that make achievement truly fulfilling. With a career spanning banking, education and social impact, Rahul bridges analytical rigour with human insight. His work reflects a rare ability to make strategies tell stories and serve people. His acclaimed books—You Know the Glory Not the Story, Engineering to Ikigai, and An Atheist Gets the Gita—invite readers to rethink ambition, faith and identity through the lens of purpose.
His forthcoming titles ESG: Putting Purpose Back in Money extend conscious capitalism to corporates and Hitched or Ditched anchors meaning to modern relationships. In POWERS, Rahul celebrates the women whose courage and curiosity have changed the face of science, reminding us that the most powerful discoveries begin not in laboratories, but in the human spirit.
Hailing from Ayodhya, brought up in Lucknow, and now living in Singapore, Rahul is a true global citizen. He studied Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, on a full scholarship and has an MBA from IIM Bangalore.
