International Women's Day 2024: Often pushed myself out of my comfort zone, says Shanai Ghosh of Zuno Insurance

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MintGenie, Ghosh said that the Indian insurance sector has gone through a transformational journey, especially in the last decade or so. From old-school insurance agencies to super-fast digital insurance without any paperwork, the sector has come a long way. Women have been battling stereotypes and biases and it doesn’t just start from your corporate career, it starts with school, college, and institutes.

But one thing that I have learned is that I could choose through which filter I could look at it. If I look at it through the filter that I have, for so many it's an obstacle and handicap, I am going to focus on that. So I didn’t focus on the handicaps that were coming my way, focused largely on what I could control and where my strengths lay.

I have focused on competence and perseverance. It helped that growing up at home, I never had an atmosphere that made me feel my gender was a handicap. The other thing that I have done throughout my career is that I have always spoken up and put up my hand for additional responsibilities, very often pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

I have always been drawn to roles that combine intellectual depth with execution rigour. This along with my somewhat dichotomous ability to manage both immense breadth with high data and detail orientation have been my strengths. These have helped me shape a unique career graph with diverse roles spanning the entire breadth of the organization which in turn have helped me develop a holistic yet nuanced understanding of businesses and the interplay of various functions.