Sheena Iyengar is the author of the best selling book - 'The Art of Choosing' and a professor at Columbia Business School. In this special talk on 15 April 2015, she explored the positive impact of educating women, illuminating the social, political, and economic effects with true stories of women from her own life. Through her talk, she weaved together hard facts and statistics with sagas from her personal experience in order to present a narrative that resonates on every level, from the individual to the national, across the globe. 

Roopa Purushothaman, the celebrated economist and founder of Avsara – an all girl leadership school, moderated the audience Q&A session that was held after the talk.