Simran is a Junior Developer and grew up in Lajpat Nagar. She likes work that is clean, steady, and a bit obsessive. She notices small things first and doesn’t pretend to enjoy shortcuts. She has a dry sense of humour that slips out when she’s comfortable.

Nadira’s first real sense of belonging in tech came during a college systems lab, when she stayed back after class to understand why a memory leak kept resurfacing. Most students had left, but she kept tracing the issue until it finally resolved. The teaching assistant glanced over and said, “Not bad, this one’s messy. You stuck with it.” It wasn’t meant as praise, but she held onto it.

If a junior woman felt sidelined in a meeting, someone suggested she “speak to Sanvi.” If two teams were in conflict, her manager asked if she could “help smooth things.” When a designer reported discomfort aboutan offhand comment from a senior animator, HR reached out to Sanvi: “Could you check in and see what she needs?”It was simply assumed that she would know how to hold these conversations and how to carry the weight of keeping people safe.

She left big-studio sameness to make work that actually felt like hers. Now she runs a tiny Surat studio out of a rented flat, balancing experimental worlds with mobile projects that keep the lights on.