Navya Nanda Speaks On Gender-Equal Boardrooms, Twitter Says She Has No Reason Or Experience
Navya Naveli Nanda recently spoke about the need to create gender-equal boardrooms in India at the US Consulate.
New Delhi: Navya Naveli Nanda, the granddaughter of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the daughter of Shweta Bachchan-Nanda, recently discussed the need to create gender-equal boardrooms in India at the US Consulate.
The concept of gender equality affects every element of a woman's life and spans a wide range of major challenges. Not only was Navya Nanda criticised for selecting such a topic, but also the US Consulate for giving her the spotlight.
The 25-year-old gave a speech about "Working towards gender-equal boardrooms in India" and shared an Instagram post about it. "#EntrepreNaari at the U.S Consulate. Speaking about working towards gender-equal boardrooms in India. Thank you for all your support," she wrote.
Shruti Jahagirdar, a female entrepreneur and national-level volleyball player, recently raised the core problem with Navya's attendance at the event. She asserted that the young woman had never had a job or entered a boardroom with a gender imbalance.
In a subsequent tweet, Shruti highlighted that this is not about Navya's social standing or privilege as a celebrity child. Instead, it describes how the unsuitable individual was picked to speak on a subject that was of utmost importance.
Just to be perfectly clear.This is not about her privilege. I believe people of all ages, privileges and classes should speak about gender equality.I have a problem with an organisation matching the wrong person for the wrong talk (topic) and diluting a very important discussion.
— Shruti Jahagirdar (@Shruti_my_voice) November 29, 2022
Many Twitter users noted that a woman with adequate experience working in a situation that is largely dominated by men would have been a wiser choice than Navya Nanda.
She has no qualification, reason or experience to be in that room and present anything. The fact that she was invited to do this is pathetic. The fact that people showed up to listen is even worse.
— Banraakas Sachivji (@jean6439) November 29, 2022
I just wish she spoke on another topic regarding gender equality and not women in boardrooms. She just doesn’t have the experience to comment on that. No young person at 25 will have it to be honest.
— Shruti Jahagirdar (@Shruti_my_voice) November 29, 2022
Most of the campaigns have failed due to lack of experience of the speaker or organiser. Whole idea of any such campaigns is to bring out the real issue and try to resolve it. By making poster boy / girl to speak, such campaigns may get some milage online but no real change
— Praveenkumar (@Adv_Praveen_H) November 29, 2022
WORD! This is how we "pretend" to take gender equality seriously! https://t.co/OFL33IyLwI
— S. (@ohshucksme) November 29, 2022
Star grandkid also has so much pull power … such a meaningful topic of discussion, handed over to one with no real world experience https://t.co/JfXALXY0M7
— Priyanka (@priyankarocks) November 29, 2022
Apparently, being grand daughter of a film star is bigger qualification, just so you know. https://t.co/usaYqqyI5v
— Sumit Sharma (@Sumitkrsharma) November 30, 2022
Such talks do more damage than good. They discredit experience of all women who have lived this life since we all are clubbed with her. Just bad tht she was invited to speak on this topic, worse is she agreed coz she thought she was qualified. US consulate, do better next time. https://t.co/HO5e8teCYo
— Lone Runner (@IDreamRain) November 30, 2022
Meanwhile, Navya Naveli Nanda is the host of the podcast titled 'What The Hell Navya'.
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