{"id":7571,"date":"2018-08-01T13:10:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T13:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=7571"},"modified":"2018-08-01T14:18:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T14:18:32","slug":"revathi-roy-woman-of-substance-inspires-us-on-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/revathi-roy-woman-of-substance-inspires-us-on-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Revathi Roy, Woman of Substance, Inspires Us on Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7574 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture11-e1533127403578.jpg\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"1159\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture11-e1533127403578.jpg 1159w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture11-e1533127403578-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture11-e1533127403578-1024x462.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture11-e1533127403578-600x271.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1159px) 100vw, 1159px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This year, our Women of Will (WOW) were addressed by a woman of substance &#8212; Revathi Roy, on International Women&#8217;s Day, 8th\u00a0 March 2018.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture11.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Revathi Roy is a serial entrepreneur who has been working towards empowering urban poor women since 2007 whether be it by pioneering Asia\u2019s first all-women taxi service, Forsche or recently founding India\u2019s first all-women instant parcel delivery service, Hey Deedee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7572 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture3-e1533127503261-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Picture3\" width=\"396\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture3-e1533127503261-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture3-e1533127503261-1024x645.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture3-e1533127503261-476x300.jpg 476w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Picture3-e1533127503261.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/>Roy was a 45-year-old housewife with three young children when her husband slipped into a coma in 2004. After two years of anxiety and mounting medical bills, he succumbed to his illness. But instead of wallowing in self-pity, Roy picked up the pieces of her broken life and started rebuilding it. As a rally-driving enthusiast, she participated and came second in the Lavasa Women\u2019s Drive. That is when Roy decided to turn her passion into a business. A speaker at various B Schools, TEDx Talks, and also a mentor and investor to various startups, her Vision is to empower women and girls from underprivileged families, and have the unskilled sector made employable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">We were fortunate to have Revathi share her story of resilience to overcome challenges in her personal life. Needless to add, she was an astounding success with the women of the Thomas Cook Group on ,\u00a0 drew inspiration from her courageous story.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n<a style=\"color: rgb(68,79,247);\" href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/\">Home<\/a>\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, our Women of Will (WOW) were addressed by a woman of substance &#8212; Revathi Roy, on International Women&#8217;s Day, 8th\u00a0 March 2018. Revathi Roy is a serial entrepreneur who has been working towards empowering urban poor women since 2007 whether be it by pioneering Asia\u2019s first all-women taxi service, Forsche or recently founding&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/revathi-roy-woman-of-substance-inspires-us-on-womens-day\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7571"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7571"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7606,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7571\/revisions\/7606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}