Girls Leading Tech June Newsletter #2
Celebrating 1 years of Girls Leading Tech!
Girls Leading Tech turned one on June 27th! From just five girls to now over 2000 from around the world, we’re incredibly proud of this achievement. Over the past year, we've hosted numerous sessions, empowered countless girls, and we're excited to welcome even more into our growing community.
Table of Contents
June Recap
Resources
Our Members Achievements
GLT Spotlights
Community Member of the Month
Events Bulletin
Hackathon Calender
Opportunities Calender
Job Board
July Sneak Peek
Check out what our community members have been working on
Person to Follow
What to do Next?
Community Highlights — This Month at a Glance
1 Spotlight - We’re proud to celebrate 1 GLT Spotlights this month featuring Aarushi who shares her journey.
7 Events Hosted - We successfully organized 7 events empowering learners and creators from all domains. The energy, engagement, and learning have been phenomenal!
2 Twitter Spaces - We hosted 2 amazing twitter spaces where more than 200+ people tuned in and we discussed about various topics. Follow us on Twitter, so that you don’t miss any updates of our spaces.
Launched ML Cohort - We launched our first ever cohort on Machine Learning and we got over 1k+ applications in just 4 days. Girls are loving our cohort :)
Resources
Find below a curated list of articles, videos and tools to help you learn, grow and stay ahead in your tech journey.
Articles:
Mastering the T-Shaped Learning Model – An insightful guide on how to balance generalist knowledge with deep expertise in one area.
The Secret to Effective Networking: Building Meaningful Relationships
Videos:
Large Language Models explained briefly - Link
How Leadership & Public Speaking Build Your Confidence - Link
Tools:
In today's rapidly evolving AI landscape, staying updated with cutting-edge tools is not just beneficial—it's essential. In this edition, we introduce you to some powerful AI tool:
Notion - The AI workspace that works for you. One place where teams find every answer, automate the busywork, and get projects done.
Check it out here - Link
Trello - Your productivity powerhouse. Stay organized and efficient with Inbox, Boards, and Planner. Every to-do, idea, or responsibility—no matter how small—finds its place, keeping you at the top of your game.
Check it out here - Link
Our Members Achievements
We are excited to share that our community member, Shreya Singh has been selected for the 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 as a 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 at Celebal Technologies.
We’re thrilled to share that our community member, Kashvi Arora, mentored at Hackamania 2025—an event presented by The Elites at Microsoft Gurugram, and hosted by Reskilll in collaboration with the Azure Developer Community and Microsoft Azure.
We’re elated to share that our community member, Misha Parekh has been selected for an internship at AIExecute.
Share your achievement with us here: Link (It could be anything ranging from winning a hackathon to getting placed. Publishing a research paper to organizing your first event. Getting selected in a program to grabbing internship).
GLT Spotlights
Episode 4: She Started Coding at the Age of 11
“I began my tech journey through block programming at the age of 11. I was actively involved in my school’s robotics team, where I learned basic programming and robotics skills.”
“Effective use of tools like LinkedIn and Discord can enhance professional growth and community engagement.”
We interviewed Aarushi Chottani, a high schooler making impressive strides in her professional journey. In this interview, she shares how she began her coding journey.
Watch the full interview here : Link
Community Member of the Month
We are thrilled to announce that Parshvi Jain has been chosen as the Community Member of the Month!
Her dedication, empathy, and constant willingness to help others truly embody the spirit of our community. Thank you, Parshvi, for being such a thoughtful, inspiring, and dependable presence in our community. We’re so grateful to have you with us.
Events Bulletin
KubeCon India - The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference brings together adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities.
Date: 6-7 August, Location: Hyderabad.
Apply Now: Link
React India - India's biggest React conference is back again. And this time, it's gonna be bigger, better, and hybrid.
Date - 15 Oct 2025 (Goa)
Apply Now: Link
Google Cloud Community Days is a comprehensive series of community-led flagship events orchestrated by Google Developer Groups Cloud communities across India. They take place all across India. Register for the one happening around you.
Apply Now: Link
Hackathon Calender
.()hack; 25 - 22 Aug 2025
Hack4Maharashtra - 30 Aug 2025
Hack the Horizon 2.0 - 13 Aug 2025
Juspay Hiring Challenge - 13 July 2025
Adobe India Hackathon - 10 July 2025
American Express Campus Challenge - 20 July 2025
Opportunities Calender
Here’s a curated list of prestigious programs, scholarships, and hackathons designed to support and uplift women in tech.
PRAGATI Scholarship (AICTE)
For girl students pursuing technical education (Diploma or Degree). Aims to support and encourage them to continue higher education.INSPIRE–SHE (DST)
The Scholarship for Higher Education under the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) scheme supports meritorious students in science streams (Class 12 onward).Post-Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child (UGC)
Financial support for single girl children pursuing postgraduate studies in non-professional courses.WISE, WOS-A/B, GATI and others (DST/GOI)
WISE: Women in Science and Engineering – supports early-career women in science and tech.
WOS-A/B: Women Scientists Scheme – for R&D and S&T-based entrepreneurship.
Job Board
Company Name: Amazon
Role: SDE-1
Batch: 2024 passouts
Company Name: IBM
Role: Data Systems Support
Company Name: Deloitte
Role: Intern
Company Name: Unisys
Role: Student Technical (Intern)
Company Name: Microsoft
Role: Software Engineer
Batch: 2024/23 passouts
Company Name: Microsoft (Neurodiversity Hiring)
Batch: Masters or 1+ YOE in any company
Role: Software Engineer
Apply here!Company Name: Amazon
Role: SDE-1
Batch: 2024/23 passouts
July Sneak Peek
Amazon ML Summer School Cohort.
Hack Aura Registrations Opening.
We will become 3k Girls Strong.
Check out what our community members have been working on
We’re excited to share that our community member, Samriddhi Gupta has taken her first step into tech writing by publishing her debut Medium article!
Check out her article: Neural Networks: The Brain of AI
We’re proud to announce that our community member, Naga Varshitha has just launched her very own LinkedIn Newsletter - Campus to Code
A space specially crafted for students, tech beginners, and anyone figuring things out in the world of code, college, and careers. Whether you're exploring domains, picking up new tools, or navigating internships and opportunities — this newsletter has something for you.
We’re thrilled to share that our community member, Harshita Upadhyay, has launched her very first portfolio website — and it’s officially live!
Check it out here - Link
Person to Follow
LinkedIn is filled with creators sharing valuable resources, roadmaps, and insights. Finding the right creators based on your interests—and carefully utilizing their content—can significantly boost your development journey.
Vaishnavi Dwivedi - She designs experiences for humans, AI, and businesses. Since 2017, she is a product designer working at Peacock, who has been actively listening, articulating ideas, implementing solutions, and aligning them within professional work environments.
Rishika Gupta - She is a Software Engineer at LinkedIn, building content moderation tools to enhance content quality for users. With a strong foundation in full-stack development and a passion for impactful tech, she crafts scalable solutions that matter.
Kunal Khushwaha - He is the Field CTO at Civo, where he drives cloud-native and AI adoption to help companies modernize their infrastructure. He is the founder of WeMakeDevs, a community initiative through which he mentors aspiring technologists.
Saiyam Pathak - He is the founder of Kubesimplify, focusing on simplifying cloud-native and Kubernetes technologies.
What to do Next?
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