Shaifalika Panda on Social Impact, Leadership & Intergenerational Change
In this episode of The AboutHer Show, we speak with Shaifalika Panda, Founder of the Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation, about choosing the road less travelled in the world of social impact.
From early influences to building community-led development models in Odisha, Shaifalika reflects on leadership, failure, and the quiet resilience required to create change that lasts. She speaks candidly about stepping into leadership before feeling ready, the loneliness that often accompanies responsibility, and why voice and visibility-especially for women and youth- are essential to intergenerational change.
A thoughtful conversation on purpose, empathy, and social impact that begins within communities.
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I’m Sangeeta Relan—an educator, writer, podcaster, researcher, and the founder of AboutHer. With over 30 years of experience teaching at the university level, I’ve also journeyed through life as a corporate wife, a mother, and now, a storyteller.
