Bindu Sankarapillai
Bindu Sankarapillai, Advocate, is an empanelled lawyer for Kerala Start Up Mission, Technopark, having 26+ years of Advocacy and Corporate legal management experience. She excels in various fields and roles as Attorney, Corporate Legal Management consultant, IP attorney covering IP registration and management, Legal adviser…
Why Women need to Create a Personal Fund from their Early Working Years
Being financially independent is one thing and being financially secured is another. Financial security is about having adequate money. In a broader frame, it means being financially prepared when life throws those unexpected curveballs at you. It is about not feeling helpless and constrained to…
YourStory and Yahoo feature Nisary in a 5-part Interview Series of Makers India
In this 5-part interview series under Women and Money Matters, Makers India features HerMoneyTalks founder Nisary live on financial management skills, on the need for gender budgeting, on bridging the financial literacy gap, and on Indian women entrepreneurs’ expectations from the Union Budget: 29th Jan:…
8 Areas Women would like FM Nirmala Sitharaman to Address
The coronavirus pandemic has hit hard every section of the populace be it young office goers, corporate honchos, laborers, the elderly and pensioners, those working in the formal sector and those in the informal, et al. But, as in any other crisis, social or economic,…
Personal Finance for the Millennial Woman
Millennials are a generational cohort that are unique in their outlook to life, preferences, opinions, and even purchase behavior. Globally, their formative experiences have had unique influences that stand them apart from any other generational cohort till date. The Millennial woman, thus, is a very…
Why Financial Awareness is a Non-Negotiable Today for Professional Success
In the 1980s and 90s, it was basic literacy that took the country by storm. In the 2000s, it was internet literacy. Today, as we see the fruits of these movements taking shape, we stand on the cusp of yet another literacy movement – that…
Why Fund Management is like a Life Hack
They say life imitates fiction. But do you know that life can imitate science too? And fund management is a science by itself. It harbors life hacks and secrets that can be harnessed to improve the quality of our life, the quality of our thoughts,…
If the Indian Woman Were a Story to be Written
Much has been written, spoken, and discussed about women, particularly when it comes to empowerment. But, seldom have we delved into our ancient history of Indian society. Seldom have we looked into the past to decipher what the future holds, or should hold, when it…
Taking Leadership to Chart a Career in Finance and Banking
Leadership can be a very nebulous idea to grapple with. The nuances and styles of leadership are as numerous as the implications and outcomes of leadership. This is especially so for women, who have only now begun to assume leadership positions in society and industry….
Using LEAN to Develop a Can-do Mindset
The Covid- 19 pandemic has rebooted the lives of every human being. It has reset the way people look at life, relationships, and family. Most importantly it has changed the attitude of people towards money and the actions we take concerning that. At the recently…
Is Fintech Missing the Human Element? A Hard Look
Fintech occupies pride of place and mindshare in today’s narrative of the performing sector. Riding on the back of continuously disruptive technologies like Blockchain, AI, ML, and Big Data, the Fintech sector has delivered more innovation in the last 5 years than that has happened…
Resurgent India: The Next Global Hub of Financial Services
India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The country has seen vibrant innovation in the Fintech space, the digital economy has taken off after the demonetization drive 4 years back. It is also seemingly well on its way to becoming an economic…