👋 Hello,
First and foremost, I’d like to wish every member of our community good health, peace, and strength.
🏆 Growth Champions 2021
Growth Champions is India’s premier industry-wide award to recognize and celebrate cross-functional teams that work behind the scenes to make delightful products, write impressive growth stories, and make success look inevitable!
In light of the second wave of COVID-19 in India, we have reviewed our timelines and will be announcing the winners by the end of July (details to follow soon, stay tuned). Thanks to everyone who applied for Growth Champions 2021; we received over 100 applications. We appreciate the time and effort you and your team put in to apply and submit.
We are reviewing all the submitted applications and will announce shortlisted entries by June 21. The shortlisted applications will be reviewed by our panel of jury members who are product and growth celebrities. Our star-studded list of jury members include:
Ajay Sethi: Venture Partner at Accel
Ambarish Kenghe: Vice President, Product Management at Google; Lead, Google Pay
Anjali Kumari: Senior Director and India Head for Product Management & User Experience at ThoughtSpot
Arun Pattabhiraman: Chief Growth Officer at Freshworks
Daniel Burka: Director of Product and Design at not-for-profit Resolve to Save Lives
Marita Abraham: Founding member and ex-Chief Marketing Officer at Zilingo
Shoumyan Biswas: Global Business Head of Cloud Kitchens and Chief People Officer at Rebel Foods
Visit our website for more information on the awards, upcoming events, and jury.
💬 Ask Me Anything
Meanwhile, we are planning a weekly series of AMAs with product and growth experts for the community members starting next week. Our first AMA session will be hosted by Ajay Sethi featuring Anjali Kumari on June 16 at 10 am IST.
Anjali is a Product Management leader (specializing in B2B SaaS products), Investor, and Advisor. Currently, she is the Senior Director and India Head for Product Management & User Experience at ThoughtSpot. Among other responsibilities, she leads the product teams responsible for SpotIQ, an AI-driven analytics engine that generates personalized insights for the users. Over the last 15 years, Anjali has worked at Capillary, Myntra, and Box. While at Box, she was the second engineer and was part of its transformation from B2C to B2B. Recently, she was recognized by Inc42 as one of the Coolest Women in India’s product Ecosystem.
If you have questions about product design and management, this is your chance to ask away! We invite you to post your questions using the link below; you can also upvote other questions. To get the best shot at having your questions answered please submit by EOD Monday, June 14.
If you want to volunteer with us, share your ideas, collaborate, or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!
Until next time,
Ruchika from Product Growth