SheSparks 2026 spotlights women across professions, life stages, and geographies—through culture, conversations, showcases, and direct access to opportunity.
It is a festival where culture is the format, and enablement is the outcome, where India meets its changemakers on stage, on the ground.
Participation
Gap
40.3% of Indian women are employed.
Entrepreneurship
Gap
14–20% of entrepreneurs in India are women.
Skilling & Upward
Mobility Gap
Women are under-represented in advanced and emerging skills pathways.
Tech Representation
Gap
Women comprise only about 14.9% of the tech workforce.
Opportunity Access
Gap
Lack of direct access to mentorship, professional networks, and structured opportunity pipelines.
Conference
SheSparks Spotlight
Short, high-recall sessions that feel like a festival, not a seminar. Hear role model stories, inspiration and impact case studies, and more, across fireside chats, panel discussions, lightning talks and keynote addresses.
SheCommerce Bazaar
Marketplace + discovery
A vibrant bazaar spotlighting women-led brands and enterprises, including product showcases across D2C, micro-enterprise, and community entrepreneurship.
Spark Circles
Mentors, changemakers, commitments
Short, high-recall sessions that feel like a festival, not a seminar. Hear role model stories, inspiration and impact case studies, and more, across fireside chats, panel discussions, lightning talks and keynote addresses.
Dr. Danasari Anasuya Seethakka
Cabinet Minister, Government of Telangana
Frontend Developer
Dr. Ranjana Kumari
Director,
Centre for Social Research
Frontend Developer
Gazal Kalra
Co-founder,
Nuuk
Frontend Developer
Mugdha Sinha
Managing Director, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)
Frontend Developer
Swati Bhargava
Co-founder,
CashKaro
Frontend Developer
Kanika Tekriwal
CEO & Founder,
JetSetGo
Frontend Developer
