As only the second woman to be recruited into Boston Consulting Group India, Seema pioneered the Women@BCG India program, driving a rigorous agenda from recruiting to retention as well as mentorship and enablement. As the group’s membership has increased, the focus has now evolved into supporting women to aim for larger leadership roles, an objective orchestrated through bold aspiration setting and individually focused mentoring. Today, BCG has over 35% female representation including over 20% at leadership levels – significantly higher than BCG’s peer group and directly comparable to the best-in-class in India. Seema is also the Asia Pacific Leader for the Social Impact practice at BCG. This leadership position sees her regularly deliver lectures, host discussions and be a part of senior panels within and outside BCG – inspiring scores of women via these channels. Seema’s biggest focus externally has been on inspiring young female students – to this end she speaks at more than 10 Indian University campuses every year.
