Design
Women who design and engineer intelligent systems that power real-world applications. They translate complexity into scalable AI architectures, models, and platforms, defining how intelligence is built and deployed.
Women In AI (WIn:AI)
A global platform empowering, connecting, and celebrating women who Lead with AI.
Empowering the
leaders who are
building the future
Women In AI (WIn:AI) is a global platform and community built to recognize women who are shaping the future of AI. It represents collective leadership in action with engineers building intelligent systems, enterprise leaders driving measurable outcomes, and visionaries influencing how AI evolves responsibly.
Rooted in Mastek’s Lead with AI philosophy, WIn:AI is where performance meets purpose and impact defines true leadership.
The Winners
Meet the women recognized for their standout contributions this year.
Parvathi Durisala
Design
Ritu Bhalavat
Deploy
Anuradha Mhatre
Transform
Sonali Vaghani
Transform – Function perspective
The Cohort
Women shaping progress across design, deployment, and transformation.
Parvathi Durisala
Vandana Wagh
Anjali Sohoni
Bharati Lele
Ritu Bhalavat
Sonali Vaghani
Anuradha Mhatre
Vishnupriya Narasimhan
Madhumitha Muralidharan
Our purpose
To build a global community that connects and empowers women who lead, build, and shape the future of AI.
The core pillars
of WIn:AI
Deploy
Women who drive AI deployment to deliver measurable enterprise outcomes. They lead transformation across business functions, converting AI capability into efficiency, growth, resilience, and competitive advantage.
Transform
Women who shape the direction of AI through research, governance, policy, education, and thought leadership. They influence how AI is understood, trusted, and responsibly scaled, encouraging inclusive and ethical AI adoption.
Our selection framework
Why nominate
WIn:AI recognises real impact and elevates the women driving it by:
- Elevating impactful AI work to a credible global platform
- Empowering a curated cohort of leaders shaping intelligent enterprise
- Expanding influence across platforms
- Unlocking opportunities for sustained growth
Who can be nominated
Designed for women, you can nominate yourself or a woman colleague who demonstrates:
- Proven AI contribution
- Clear leadership and ownership
- Measurable enterprise or societal impact
- Commitment to responsible AI advancement
How nominations work
WIn:AI follows a structured evaluation based on measurable outcomes
- Open nominations
- Impact-based shortlisting
- Independent jury evaluation
- Final cohort announcement
From the Leaders
“The future of AI isn’t just about what we build – it’s about who leads it. WIn:AI is our commitment to empowering women to shape that future with trust, purpose, and global impact.”
Umang Nahata
CEO - Mastek Group
“As AI scales across industries, leadership must evolve with it. WIn:AI brings forward women who are defining how intelligence is designed, applied, and governed.”
Deepak Kedia
Chief Financial Officer
“AI needs credible voices. WIn:AI amplifies women who are shaping the narrative and influencing how AI is understood and adopted.”
Prajakta Talvelkar
Chief Marketing Officer
The Jury
Bringing together leaders across enterprise, technology, policy, and innovation, the WIn:AI Jury reflects the breadth and depth of perspectives shaping the future of AI.
Sangeeta Gupta
Senior Vice President, NASSCOM
Dr. Shailesh Kumar
Chief Data Scientist, Reliance Jio
Deepika Singh
Founder & Chief Cyber Officer, DeepCytes Cyber Labs
Ritwik Batabyal
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Mastek
Prajakta Talvelkar
Chief Marketing Officer, Mastek
Sangeeta Gupta
Senior Vice President, NASSCOM
An experienced industry leader in the technology and services sector, with expertise in business strategy, intelligence, and development. Sangeeta brings a strong perspective on industry evolution and enterprise transformation.
Let's lead with Women in AI
Be part of WIn:AI 2026 and help shape the next chapter of intelligent enterprise.