Hello and welcome to this course, “Sankalpa Shakti: Timeless Lessons from Women Leaders.” This course is designed to help civil service officers draw inspiration from the lives and leadership of extraordinary women leaders across Indian history, and to see how their courage, wisdom, and resilience can shape their own leadership journey today. As you go through these leadership stories, you will notice that their impact is consistently anchored in the Four Sankalpas (Vikas, Kartavya, Garv, and Ekta) of the Karmayogi Competency Model and their lives serve as a deeply relevant role model for modern public service. Why women leaders, you may ask. Let’s answer that question through the lens of how leadership has been spoken about through the years. Aaroha, The Humanistic Leadership Project, is the company that has created this course for you, and we have experienced co-founders who have spent decades in leadership development and working with very senior level leaders across industries.