While rushing our lives day to day and eying for so-called developed, urban life, many times we forgot that this world is not there only for the human race. There are hundreds of species and what we should learn is their co-existence. While thousands live their lives ignoring this fact, people like Dr. Amol  Khedgikar put an example of the successful amalgamation of the wild and human world, making co-existence an actual thing.

Journey into the wildlife –
Dr. Amol started as a young 7-year-old kid who wanted to help animals in distress in any way possible. Started helping injured birds, animals and began with convincing people to not kill snakes, This passion soon grew into a lifelong obsession and wildlife conservation became not only his profession but his purpose in life.
Dr.  Amol started his journey as a wildlifer in India itself. As a veterinary student and then a practitioner, he visited Katraj zoo near Pune in Maharashtra several times. There he started learning the first lessons of dealing with wild animals including snakes. Working regularly on this, he got an opportunity to visit Konkan repeatedly and that enriched his experience as a wildlife handler. At this coastal area of India, Amol first started watching and understanding the behavior of crocodiles.
Later, after some years, when he started working in the US, he got the opportunity to look into the life of crocodiles. There he first noticed some change in the potency of male crocodiles, a decrease in their population, and resultant effects. The same thing he had observed in India also and that experience came in handy to him in the US too. This research on Crocodiles gave him exposure to the amazing world of allegators and a rich experience. Since then, Amol has worked in different regions across the globe including India and other countries. Whatever may be your work area, consistency is the key to success and that proved true to him. Dedicated efforts for his research not only gave him fame and success but also insight into the amazing world of animals. Years of good work have made him a man with loads of knowledge, experience, and of course, insight into the world and life at large.

Service to community, service to humanity – 
Dr. Amol has been a great help for the community in Dallas and around, as he has rushed many times to rescue snakes and other animals. In all such situations, people call him, and Amol or his team provides their valuable help. ‘ We go to many places for such rescue work, but we also put a condition to people. As a value or say it a principle, we ask people not to kill the animal until we reach and rescue it. It is their world also,’ says Dr. Amol. As he will continue this rescue work in the future, now he is trying to build a more wide and strong network of rescuers which could save the lives of many wild animals and also help people. No doubt, with his kind of love and dedication to the wild world, he is going to achieve this very soon.

Dr. Amol believes that every person on the planet can make a positive difference to their environment regardless of where they are. They just need to identify where they can help and just getto it!
Amol in Marathi means invaluable, beyond any price. Dr. Khedgikar has left no stone unturned to prove this name. Indeed Invaluable he is…!

Ms. Dubey who is born and raised in India has reached up the high ranks of corporate America quickly. She is one of the India-born CEO in the limelight for her stance on the Texas abortion law. She is the CEO of popular match-making sites, Match.com and Tinder. She was lately hailed by Mahindra group chairman Mr. Anand Mahindra.

When Texas lawmakers this summer passed a restrictive abortion law, the corporate sector of America was noiseless but not Sharmistha Dubey. She confronted the law rather than bypassing the controversy and speaks out.

More additional information about Sharmistha Dubey – 

• She was raised in Jamshedpur, India
• In 1993, she sought her bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.
• Google chief Sundar Pichai was her classmate and friend in IIT.
• After graduation, she returned to Jamshedpur and worked at a steel company for a year
• She saved enough money to attain an MS to attend Ohio State University.
• After joining Match.com in 2006, she handled multiple leadership positions. For example, she became the President of Match Group Americas and the chief product officer of Match besides other roles.

“After I graduated, I went back to my hometown and got a job with the steel company. It became clear to me that the number of opportunities for me as a woman engineer in India was going to be limited. So, I worked for a year, saved up money, and a year later, I saved up $800 and took the first plane ride of my life to Columbus, Ohio, on a very, very cold night. I didn’t even know where I was going to sleep that night.” – She said in an interview with NYTimes.

One thing is for sure is that Ms. Dubey’s perspective and combating for employees and the concerned people undoubtedly puts her in the limelight. Her standing should always be there in the list of Indian Global CEOs for their noteworthy work for society.

Who would believe that the Auto Giant Ford had recruited its first women engineer from an Indian origin where women literacy lacks. In the early days of independence, it was very difficult for a girl to get into school. It’s an acknowledgment and respect to the work of Savitribai Phule who worked for the upliftment of women in the field of education. All these odds were contradicted by Damyanti Gupta, the first recruited women engineer in Ford. 

Damyanti Gupta was the first female engineer hired at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit. Her childhood was very ingenious and passionate just like many who dream big. As a child she lived in a small town of British India. All was changed when she read books about Henry Ford and was soon inspired by the speeches of Jawaharlal Nehru who called India to produce more engineers.

Initial Journey –

Born in 1942, Damayanti moved to Mumbai with her family after the partition of India in 1947 from Pakistan. She was raised ambitious by her mom who believed educating a girl is educating a future family. Her mother Gopibai Hingorani assured her that she was going to give her daughter something no one could take away, education.

When she was 13, Damyanti had the chance to hear the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The incident changed her life. Damyanti mentions this in an interview with the Time magazine. Mr Nehru said, “after 200 years of British rule, India has no industry and that we need engineers. I’m not just talking to you boys; I’m also talking to the girls.” It was the first time Damyanti heard the word engineer. The speech had a lasting impact on her, which boosted her will to become one of the first female engineers of her country.

She joined an engineering college, where she was the first female engineering student. She noted how the college didn’t even have a bathroom for girls.

Flying to US –

In 1967 the 25-year-old Damyanti approached Motor City, Detroit. Seeking a job at Ford Motors Company, her job profile was an engineer. She was rejected the first time, but she tried again. The HR person was confused looking at her resume. He said, “You’re applying for an engineering job, but we have no females here.” She retorted, “I’m here, and unless you hire me, you’ll never have any.” For the next 35 years, Damyanti was associated with Ford.

What an inspirational story it is for every woman and girls who dream big . If you want to salvage through the odds, It is just one spark and your will to achieve the dream.

Dream Big .. Go Big …