Shakti Awards 2025 & We Women Want Conclave | Empowering Women of Grit & Grace

Panelists & Speakers

Ekta Kapoor

Founder, Balaji Telefilms

Dia Mirza

Actor

Shabana Azmi

Actor

Neha Dhupia

Actor

Dr. Payal Kanodia

Chairperson, M3M Foundation

Jyoti Gulati

Director, MDH

Prof. Himani Sood

Pro-Chance lor, Chandigarh University

Dr. Payal Bansal

Trustee, M3M Foundation

Sussanne Khan

Interior Designer

Lt Gen. Sadhna Saxena Nair

AVSM, VSM, DGMS, Indian Army

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Former Union Minister & Lok Sabha MP, S.A.D

Priyanka Chaturvedi

MP, Rajya Sabha (SS-UBT)

Dr. Radhikaraje Gaekwad

Maharani of Baroda

Radhika Bharat Ram

Jt. Vice Chair, The Shri Ram Schools

Nimrat Kaur

Actor

Nikita Luther

Professional Poker Player & Co-Winner, The Traitors India

Malavika Mohanan

Actor

Surveen Chawla

Actor

Akshara Singh

Actor

Neha Arora

Founder, Glass Facade Services

Ritu Beri

Fashion Designer

Shalini Passi

Art Patron

Anjul Bhandari

Celebrity Designer

Nomita Kohli

Principal Designer, Wisma Atria Interiors

Chanda Narang

CEO, Frazer & Haws

Amb. Bhaswati Mukherjee

Author & Former Diplomat

Purnima Devi Barman

Wildlife Conservationist

Pooja Elangbam

Deputy Commissioner, Bishnupur, Manipur

Rima Das

Filmmaker

Advocate Seema S. Kushwaha

Lawyer for Nirbhaya’s Family

Dr. Shweta Singh

Founder & CEO, Ennoble IP

Charu Singh

BoardMember, KisanTrust

Anuradha Das Mathur

Dean & Founder, Vedica Scholars Programme

Bahaar Rohatgi

Influencer & Entrepreneur

Ratna Debnath

Mother of RG Kar Rape Victim

Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj

Activist & Documentary Filmmaker

Garima Agarwal

Founder & CEO of MN Design Co

Ssarita Siingh

CEO, Priyadarshani School, Alandi, Pune

Aishwarya Bansal

Co-founder, Smartworld Developers

Uorfi Javed

Content Creator & Fashion and Reality TV Star

Sunny Leone

Actor

Dr. Jai Madaan

Celebrity Astrologer & Motivational Speaker

Sara Abdullah Pilot

Co-Founder & Chair, Cequin

Namita Bhandare

Columnist of 'Mind The Gap', Hindustan Times

Leher Kala

Columnist, The Indian Express & Founder, Hutkay Films

Kaveree Bamzai

Former Editor & Columnist

Sayali Bhagat

Actor

Harshita Gupta

Content Creator

Sahiba Bali

Actor

Apoorva Pandey

Business Head & CMO, Baby Forest Ayurveda

Kalyani Saha Chawla

Entrepreneur

Shirin Mann

Founder, NEEDLEDUST & SAND by Shirin

Prikansha Luthra

Co-Founder & Director, VijayanTrishul Defence Solutions

Kamakshi Khanna

Singer & Songwriter

Shahat Gill

Singer & Songwriter

Simran Choudhary

Singer & Songwriter

Arunima Malik

Headof PR and Communications, Director’s Office, Vedanta

Ishi Khosla

Clinical Nutritionist

Dr. Anjali Hooda

MD, Internal Medicine

Sakshi Lalwani

Nutritionist

Shaifalika Panda

CEO, Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation

Dr Gita Prakash

Family Physician

Dr. Anjila Aneja

Senior Director, Fortis La Femme

Anupama Raag

Music Director, Singer & Composer

Dr. Jayasree Sundar

Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Dr. Tanya Buckshee Rohatgi

Lead Consultant, IVF & Oncofertility

Dr. Alkanshree Dahar

Managing Partner, Law Offices of India

Neeraj

Drone Didi

Vimla Kumari

Drone Didi

Seema

Drone Didi

Manisha Kumari

Drone Didi

Usha

Lakphati Didi

Neeraj Devi

Lakhpati Didi

Lata Sharma

Lakhpati Didi

Lalita

Lakhpati Didi

Ambika Rana

Drone Didi

Full List

Jury

Aishwarya Pandit

Anurag Batra

Alok Mehta

Rishabh Gulati

Priya Sahgal

About We Women Want

We Women Want is a weekly show on NewsX that picks up women related issues. We celebrate the winners and try to find solutions for those in need. In fact the show is fast becoming a weekend destination for women of all ages, since we pick up issues that affect our everyday lives.

The show has discussed issues ranging from laws that help women - and those that don't, domestic violence, breast cancer, IVF. Single mothers, Work-Life balance, Relationship, Marriages. women paralympic winners, fashion and body shaming, acid attack victims, women in the armed services, women on OTT, women in politics, sexual harassment, women in the work place and so on. Sometimes we also invite stakeholders to come as audience and ask questions to our panel.

We Women Want is fast becoming a support group for those who seek solutions or need help. We have had victims of domestic violence come on our show along with a panel of NGOs and lawyers to find solutions; doctors with patients having breast cancer, menopause tips or those looking for IVF. During the show on IVF we had a couple who had recently conceived, talk about their personal experience to create an awareness and give hope to childless couples. Usually few come forward on this sensitive topic. We have had women from the armed forces talk about their experiences, menstrual health workers, slum dwellers and so on. Everyday problems of negotiating work life balance are discussed as well as relationships, diet fads and dating apps.

The show features both the winners and those that need our support. We have featured Women politicians such as Smriti Irani, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Supriya Sule, Supriya Srinate, Ikra Hasan, Swati Mahiwal, Atishi, Aparajita Sarangi, Sushmita Dev. Bollywood & OTT celebs on the show include Shabana Azmi, Raveena Tandon, Taapsee Pannu, Rakul Preet Singh, Krishna Jackie Shroff, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Esha Gupta, Sonakshi Sinha, Humra Qureshi, Deepti Naval, Shefali Shah, Lara Dutta, Malaika Arora and Neena Gupta.

In our interactions we focus on social issues such as discussing Mental Health with Deepti Naval and body shaming with Sonakshi and Huma Qureshi. With Kiran Bedi we asked her for safety tips and also about women and the law.