20 Nov 2023
ZENPod Season 6, Ep.1 with Sulochana Segera
From an HR Professional to a Champion for Women!
“ZENPod”, Season-6, episode 1, featuring Dr. Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson of the global brand Women In Management( WIM).
A Mentor, Counsellor and Investor of Goodwill, a member on the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Labour Relations @ SriLanka.
The Global Banking & Finance Awards® UK announced Dr. Sulochana Segera as the winner of ‘Business Woman of the Year Sri Lanka’.
Dr. Segera was listed as one of the ten most Influential People in Sri Lanka 2020 by the LNW website. She launched the First Sri Lankan Inspirational Women Calendar for year 2022 featuring 12 women leaders representing business, politics, careers, professions, social activities etc.,
“Spirituality is about understanding who I am, my good points and my not-so-good points. It’s also about seeing life in a good way. When you feel good inside, you can share more with others. So being spiritual is really about being true to yourself and liking who you are.”, says Dr. Sulochana in her conversation with Venki Mahadevan.
Dr. Segera was recently appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Global Global Equality Standard developed by GEA in United Kingdom.
She also heads the Sri Lankan project of Her Majesty the Queen’s seventy years of service and leadership.
https://www.womeninmanagement.org (https://www.womeninmanagement.org)
https://womeninmanagementawards.org/ (https://womeninmanagementawards.org/)
Dr. Segera is the Chairperson of the global brand Women In Management( WIM). Some of the key brands under WIM are the ‘ Professional Career Woman Awards’ and th e ‘ WIM Single Mother’ projects. One of Sri Lanka’s top social entrepreneur, Trainer and Motivational speaker with over 24 years of experience, Sulochana is a certified Personality Development Trainer in Asia. She is a trainer for the World Bank entity IFC on the area ‘ Sustainable Private Sector Investment’ whilst in the private sector for the top Global multinational- Coca Cola, She is an official trainer for the brand ‘ 5 by 20’ which is an initiative for the development of 5 million women by way of empowerment and Economic Development. She is also a trainer for British Council ‘ Active Citizen’ project.
Dr Segera has trained over 5000 police offers and 15,000 micro Women entrepreneurs and been recognized globally winning the ” Global CSR Excellence Awards- 2018, Women Super Achievement award- 2017, Leadership Excellence Award- 2016 and the ” Most Outstanding a Professional’ award.
Sulochana is a doctoral graduate from Global University,- California, USA and a Trainer for “Youth Parliament of Sri Lanka while she is the Managing Director of Deep International”.
She is the Patron of the T.E.A Project, (UK Based Project in Sri Lanka empowering Children) and she also sits in the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Labour Relations.
“ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with the purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit.
