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CAREER ACCELERATOR

Enabling women with barriers to build aspirational careers.

What we do

Nimaya (a not for profit) is a career accelerator for women with big dreams, but restrictive circumstances. We provide access to exposure in skills that are necessary to thrive in the new world of work.

How We Work?

We identify women who want to break out of their limiting circumstances and invite them to join our program. The key focus is to bridge the skill and exposure gap between the education they may have received and what the industry today demands.

Our intervention includes
the following elements

Immersive Training
in Soft Skills

1-1 Mentoring

Masterclasses with CEOs, CXOs & Founders

Industry Exposure Visits

Exposure to Emerging Technologies & Technical
Skill Enhancement

Placement Support

Impact Achieved

20 Cohorts

85% placement success

3,200 career trajectories accelerated

How we work

At Nimaya we want to add an additional layer to exposure provided by formal educational institutions to enhance employability of our learners.

Here’s how we work

1
Partner with a College/ NGO/ Institution

2
Build a cohort

3
Impart the 21st Century Soft-Skills Training Program

4
Certify as a “Smart Naari” and aid with placement support

Scope of Impact

Who is a Nimaya Naari

Age: 18 to 27

Education: Any formal education post Grade 12 (Diploma / Graduation / Post Graduation) in professional fields (eg. Commerce, Finance, Tech, Media, Marketing or HR)

Stage of Life: 3rd/Final year of under-graduation or a graduate seeking employment/Early employment stages

Aspiration: Formal employment

Hailing from: Restrictive circumstantial barriers (personal/social/financial)

Language: Basic Proficiency in English (verbal & written)

Areas of Intervention

Workplace Skills

Effective Communication
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Business Mindset
Teamwork & Collaboration

Behavioral Skills

Emotional Intelligence
Confidence & Self-Awareness
Interpersonal Relationships
Financial Literacy

Women at Workplace

Work-Life Balance for Professionals
POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) at Workplace
Break the Glass Ceiling

Digital Skills

Google Suite
MS Office
Co-Pilot AI
Canva

Placement Support

CV Writing Workshop
Personal Branding & LinkedIn Profile Building
Interview Prep & Personal Grooming

Program Highlights

A Visit to “The Good Glamm Group” Office

Naiyya Saggi, Co-founder, The Good Glamm Group; along with Navya Naveli Nanda, Founder, Project Naveli; and Samyak Chakrabarty, Founder Workverse; hosted an inspirational session on entrepreneurship and critical thinking for 30 young women pursuing engineering at the group’s Mumbai office.

Master’s
Union

Master's Union showcased Nimaya's story through a case study on how we are enabling upward mobility for Bharat's Future Ready Naaris in the evolving world of work.

Nimaya Naaris visit the Apple India Head Office

Our Nimaya Naaris visited Apple India’s headoffice and interacted with Apple India head, Buzz Marketing on their experience. All of Apple India employees along with 3 team members from Apple HQ, Palo Alto also joined us virtually.

Nimaya Naaris attend TEDxGateway 2024 - India’s Largest Ideas Festival

“Next time I will be here as a TEDx Speaker”, said all 15 of our Alumni Nimaya Naaris that had the chance to spend their day with us at TEDxGateway 2024, with 25+ global speakers, for an exhilarating day full of ideas, innovation, creativity and exploration.

Program Partners

TEAM

Navya Naveli Nanda

FOUNDER

Navya Naveli Nanda is the Founder of Nimaya and Project Naveli. She also works closely with the CSR team of Escorts Kubota to ensure skill development and relief for farmers. She is a gender ally with UN Women. Her focus areas include equity in healthcare, education and legal rights. Through Project Naveli she runs platforms like Nimaya, nyaari and Entreprenaari to manifest her vision for an equitable and just world.

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Samyak Chakrabarty

Co-Founder

Samyak Chakrabarty, Co-founder of Nimaya and Founder of Workverse is on a mission to enable Bharat’s graduates to become automation proof. At Workverse, he is building a virtual world of work where graduates have avataars working in an imaginary company and they master soft skills through this immersive experience. Listed by Forbes as Asia's most influential social entrepreneur, his passion project is #AdoptOne, which aims to provide loving homes for India's abandoned children. He also spearheaded initiatives like The Green Batti Project - India's largest 1-1 life skills mentoring program and built India's most awarded Youth Marketing Agency acquired by DDB Global.

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Raj Anam

Program Director

Raj Anam, a founding team member, is a young professional working in Supply Chain Management with a German MNC and alongside, moonlighting as a Program Director with Nimaya.

She graduated from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom with her MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

With a keen passion and enthusiasm to empower women and help in their advancement, she aspires to contribute to making every woman realise the opportunities they dream for themselves. She dreams of a day where a woman’s potential is not limited by her circumstances.

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