--- title: Rise Women in Broadcast | APAC and India Mentees and Mentors description: Learn more about our latest Mentee-Mentor pairings in the Rise Mentoring Programme. --- [![Rise Final Logo](https://risewib.com/hubfs/Rise%20Final%20Logo.jpg)](https://risewib.com?hsLang=en) - [ABOUT](https://risewib.com/about?hsLang=en) ## [About Rise Rise is the leading organisation dedicated to fostering gender diversity within the broadcast and media technology sector.](https://risewib.com/about?hsLang=en) ### [ABOUT RISE Meet our team and Regional Councils across the globe](https://risewib.com/about?hsLang=en) ### [GET INVOLVED Learn how you can support Rise and be an active member of our community](https://risewib.com/get-involved?hsLang=en) ### [RISE NEWS AND RESOURCES Find out the latest Rise news](https://risewib.com/news?hsLang=en) ### [BECOME A RISE SUPPORTER By becoming a Rise Supporter, you are making a visible commitment to investing in women and in the future of our industry](https://risewib.com/donate?hsLang=en) - [MENTORING](https://risewib.com/mentoring?hsLang=en) ### [MENTORING Learn more about our award winning, global mentoring programme.](https://risewib.com/mentoring?hsLang=en) ### [MENTORING Register your interest for 2027](https://risewib.com/mentoring?hsLang=en) ### [UK COHORT 2026](https://risewib.com/uk-pairings?hsLang=en) ### [EUROPE COHORT 2026](https://risewib.com/europe-pairings?hsLang=en) ### [NA COHORT 2026](https://risewib.com/na-pairings?hsLang=en) ### [APAC & INDIA COHORT 2026](https://risewib.com/apac-and-india-pairings) ### [ANZ COHORT 2026](https://risewib.com/anz-pairings?hsLang=en) - [RISE AWARDS](https://risewib.com/rise-wib-awards?hsLang=en) - PROGRAMMES ## Rise Programmes Learn about our programmes and initiatives aimed at fostering diversity and inclusivity within the broadcast and media technology sector. ### [RISE ELEVATE PROGRAMME The Rise Women in Broadcast Elevate Programme is a high-impact leadership development initiative designed to build the next generation of senior women leaders in the broadcast & media technology industry.](https://risewib.com/rise-women-in-broadcast-rise-elevate-programme?hsLang=en) ### [RISE C-SUITE PROGRAMME The Rise C-Suite Programme is an intensive, residential workshop designed to accelerate your progress to the C-Suite, within the company of other women from across media technology.](https://risewib.com/rise-c-suite-programme?hsLang=en) ### [RISE ACADEMY Rise Academy is an outreach programme delivering broadcast engineering and technical workshops to primary and secondary school children aged 11 through to 18 years old.](https://rise-academy.live) - [JOB BOARD](https://risewib.com/job-board?hsLang=en) - [PANEL PLUS](https://risewib.com/panelplus?hsLang=en) - [PARTNERS](https://risewib.com/partners?hsLang=en) - [EVENTS](https://risewib.com/events?hsLang=en) [GET INVOLVED](https://risewib.com/get-involved?hsLang=en) [BECOME A MEMBER](https://risewib.com/membership?hsLang=en) # APAC and India Mentees and Mentors 2026   ## About the Rise Mentoring Programme Our award-winning Rise Mentoring Programme is a coveted six month programme to support women working in, or aspiring to work in the media technology sector. 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