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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Dear Chapter Delegates,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Greetings from the Internet Society India – Mumbai Chapter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">We are pleased to invite the global Internet Society chapter community to the opening session of <strong>WITL-VIII</strong>, the eighth edition of our flagship <strong>Women in Technology Leadership Series:</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Beyond the Hype</span></strong></span><br /><br /><em><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Building a Durable Career in a Changing Technology Industry</span></strong></em><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Our speaker, <strong>Rakshita Kulshrestha, Manager – Global Response Operations, Meta,</strong> brings more than a decade of experience across strategy, operations, Trust & Safety, and small-business sales in the technology sector.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">The conversation will explore:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">1. How AI and restructuring are reshaping careers;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">2. Which skills remain valuable as roles evolve?</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">3. How professional relationships and networks create opportunities;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">4. Navigating uncertainty, career pivots, and non-linear pathways;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">5. How women from technical and non-technical backgrounds can enter and grow in technology-facing roles.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">📅<strong> Saturday, 1 August 2026</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">🕠05:30–06:30 UTC | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM IST</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">💻 Virtual and free</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">🔗<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong> Register here:</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><a href="https://forms.gle/nXbM6j5RFh47iKhk9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://forms.gle/nXbM6j5RFh47iKhk9</a></span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">We would be grateful if you could share this invitation with your chapter members and wider networks, particularly students, early-career professionals, and women interested in technology, Internet governance, policy, research, communications, Trust & Safety, and related fields.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">We look forward to welcoming participants from across the global Internet Society community.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Warm regards,</span><br style="font-size: 13px; font-family: monospace; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong style="font-weight: bolder;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Vatsla Srivastava</span></strong></span><br style="font-size: 13px; font-family: monospace; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">President, ISOC India Mumbai Chapter</span></em></span><br style="font-size: 13px; font-family: monospace; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-size: 13px; font-family: monospace; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; background-color: #ffffff;"></span><img src="cid:155bc59188a128c04416822f71e19458@isocindiamumbai.org" width="1600" height="400" /></p>
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