Indira Kaur Ahluwalia
Senior Advisor, Palladium

Sessions: Authors Panel (Day 2, Morning)

Indira Kaur Ahluwalia is an activist and entrepreneur turned advisor, coach, and now author. She has founded, led, and advised organizations including small businesses, publicly traded companies, and federal agencies to build equity, effectiveness, leadership, and achievement. She also works with executive leadership to build awareness and competencies related to equity and inclusion to enable policy, cultural and systemic shifts. As a Coach, Indira supports executive and emerging leaders to build their capacity to live authentically, and achieve personal goals and professional ambitions. Through life coaching, she helps individuals to find their own power to make positive choices even in the midst of crisis. In late April 2021, Indira published her first book – Fast Forward to Hope: Choosing to Build the Power of Self. The book recounts Indira’s journey from fear to hope as she struggled to face various challenges, particularly related to her advanced breast cancer diagnosis. In the book, Indira shares the insights and strategies she learned through the process which can be applied to any of the stumbling blocks life puts in your path.

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