In its exclusive edition, The Versatile Business Women Personalities to Watch in 2024, Women World India alone credits Prof. Dr. Parin Somani, a worldwide scholar, humanitarian, and vision leader whose life inspires many. Known as the “Steel Magnolia,” Dr. Somani is strength, grace, and unbreakable pillar of lifelong learning and empowering others.
Three decades of service through education, empowering women, championing mental well-being, and humanitarian work abroad make Dr. Somani an epitome of purpose and fortitude. She is not only defined by success in her work but also as a leader able to lead both with heart and humility.
Women World India chose Dr. Somani for her remarkable skill at making a positive impact around the globe in education, service, and emotional intelligence. She is a best-selling author and speaker and has spent her life imparting knowledge and empowerment to marginalized communities. She has influenced policies, transformed attitudes, and opened new doors of opportunity for women and youth everywhere.
The resilience narrative of Dr. Somani is a powerful one. With having battled individual battles with own health and obstacles put forward by society, she’s not only become stronger, but more set on giving back more. What fuels her will to make good is her lived experience, where she tries especially where voices are lost or silenced.
Whether she is giving keynote speeches on global platforms, inspiring young women to be their voice, or writing academic articles, Dr. Somani is a mission-driven leader. She’s a smart woman with empathy and shows that leadership isn’t a title—it’s an instant of influence.
What sets her apart as a leader is the culture of lifelong learning. Education, she believes, is not the destination but the force of rise that keeps changing. From global summits of education to literacy movements and from development workshops for individuals, she has always had the confidence to exhibit learning at every phase of life.
Dr. Somani is also an outstanding gender equity and mental health educator. Her message resonates globally, continentally, transculturally. She advocates for emotional well-being, compassionate leadership, and destigmatization of mental health—issues too long relegated to the margins in old-school leadership communities.
Through Prof. Dr. Parin Somani, Women World India recognizes a woman who so completely is living her life by living in service, empowered and strong with the world around her. She demonstrates that leadership isn’t about standing above everyone—it’s standing by being among, by empowering others, and progressing by taking others ahead towards a better tomorrow.
Prof. Dr. Parin Somani is not only an icon of empowerment—she is a force to be reckoned with, worldwide, for change, power, and hope.
