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.

The Mentoring Programme sees a variety of experienced broadcast media technology sector industry leaders, at a diversity of levels of seniority, ready to offer expertise, knowledge and guidance to our female Mentees.

A special thank you goes to our industry sponsors as the programme is only made possible due their generous support.

Applications to the Rise Mentoring Programme are currently closed.

 
RISE MENTORING PROGRAMME 2026

APAC Mentees & Mentors

Akanksha Madan

Akanksha Madan

Julius Baer

Shweta Jain

Shweta Jain

Precept Singapore

Andrhea May

Andrhea May

TV5 Network Inc.

Eileen Lim

Eileen Lim

SPH Media

Arina Iksanova

Arina Iksanova

Elecard

Bonnie Tan

Bonnie Tan

Irdeto B.V.

Elizabeth Grace

Elizabeth Grace

Mediacorp

Stephen Langdon

Stephen Langdon

AWS

Lady Jean De Guzman

Lady Jean De Guzman

TV5 Network Inc.

Zubaida Nila

Zubaida Nila

Unreal Engine

Manvi Jauhari

Manvi Jauhari

Global3

Jyothi Nayak

Jyothi Nayak

Prime Focus Technologies

RISE MENTORING PROGRAMME 2026

India Mentees & Mentors

Anisha Chawla

Anisha Chawla

Amagi Media Labs Limited

Asha Kulkarni

Asha Kulkarni

Larsen & Toubro


Anisha Nayar Dhawan

Anisha Nayar Dhawan

Self Employed

Rajyashree Iqbal

Rajyashree Iqbal

Self Empoyed

Arpita Pandey

Arpita Pandey

Magnifi

Shikha Sharma

Shikha Sharma

AWS India Pvt Ltd

Asha Uniyal

Asha Uniyal

VineGarden Films

Ritu Sharma

Ritu Sharma

The Indus Entrepreneur

Astha Bhatnagar

Astha Bhatnagar

Pixel Phrase Creative Studio

Sapna Gopinath

Sapna Gopinath

Alten India Pvt Ltd

Charu Chana

Charu Chana

Benchmark

Jagmandeep Singh

Jagmandeep Singh

SVIPJA Techno Consultants Pvt Ltd

Divya Shalini

Divya Shalini

The Economist Group

Elliot Renton

Elliot Renton

Magnifi

Fathima Beevi S

Fathima Beevi S

Ovyo

Ankita A Verma

Ankita A Verma

T- Systems Information And Communication Technology India Private Limited

Harini Venkatesan

Harini Venkatesan

Warner Bros. Discovery

Nirmala Gambhir

Nirmala Gambhir

Ovyo Services Private Limited

Jayasmita Mohanty

Jayasmita Mohanty

Cognizant

K Yegneshwara Iyer

K Yegneshwara Iyer

Self Employed

Karishma Malimath

Karishma Malimath

Deluxe Entertainment

GANDHALI MAHAJAN

Gandhali Mahajan

Sony Pictures Network

 

 

Nija Vinod

Nija Vinod

Ovyo Tech Services

Durga Nair Tarkar

Durga Nair Tarkar

Brahma Ai

Osheen Jain

Osheen Jain

Ovyo Tech Services

Jes George

Jes George

ex-jioHotstar

Poornima Shettigar

Poornima Shettigar

WPP Media

Jai Daga

Jai Daga

SIES (South Indian Education Society)

 

Prajakta Jadhav

Prajakta Jadhav

Self Employed

Sonam Dave

Sonam  Dave

Self employed

Raksha Handigol

Raksha Handigol

Ovyo Tech Services

Rakhi Sundar

Rakhi  Sundar

Deluxe

Sheel Achnani

Sheel Achnani

BBC Studios

Monisha Chowla

Monisha Chowla

Monks 

Shubha Ranganath

Shubha Ranganath

Ovyo Services Private LTD

NALINI LALVANI

Nalini Lalvani

A&N ADVISORS

smaranika panda

Smaranika Panda

Ovyo Tech Services

Neeraj Jha

Neeraj Jha

Warner Bros. Discovery

Sneha Gupta

Sneha Gupta

Jetsynthesys

Neha Donald

Neha Donald

PepsiCo

Snehal Nagtilak

Snehal Nagtilak

Freelance

Gowri Subramanian

Gowri Subramanian

Benchmark Broadcast Systems

Headshot_Soumya Bhasin

Soumya Bhasin

Clevertap

 

Sonali Shah

Sonali Shah

Vero Strategic Growth Partners

Sruthi Suresh

Sruthi Suresh

Planetcast Media Service Limited

Akash Mittal

Akash Mittal

Samsung India

Sruti Chakraborty

Sruti Chakraborty

Warner Brothers Discovery (EUROSPORT)

Sulina Menon

Sulina Menon

MediaPower

Sweta Prasad

Sweta Prasad

Amagi

 

Nupur Srivastava Updated

Nupur Srivastava

JetSynthesys

Vidhi Sharma

Vidhi Sharma 

TGM

Rajal Bhatt

Rajal Bhatt

Techseria

Sowmya S

Sowmya S

Nexusnow.ai

Sunbul Khan

Sunbul Khan

VIRTUE ASIA

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Membership to Rise is free and is open to everyone working across, or aspiring to work in, the broadcast and media technology sector.

As part of our community, you will be invited to all of our networking events / conferences / panels, as well as be asked to nominate your colleagues in our annual Rise Awards.

Each member is invited to apply for our annual Mentoring Programme and we are always looking for volunteers for our Rise Up Academy programme and for contributors to our reports too.

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