In late 2024, the WorkWise Pod team had the opportunity to host a conversation about Caste at Work between two people who have thought, written, engaged deeply with the subject, at an intellectual level and in terms of lived experience.
The conversation ranged widely, and the speakers often disagreed, but also homed in to the common fundamentals - and the outcome of it was something bubbling, fizzing, sparking - a riveting conversation about the history of caste, its operation in society, workplace discrimination, social justice, disruptive innovation, employment practices and much more.
Pratap Tambe is a Consulting Partner (Cyber Risk) in Tata Consultancy Services UK. With a Bachelors from IITB, Masters from IISc Bangalore and almost 30 years of IT experience, Pratap is primarily known for his expertise in (re)insurance, blockchains, cybersecurity and sustainability through his blogs, articles and projects delivered. He is also known for being a digital Ambedkarite presenting Ambedkarite viewpoints in forums like Linkedin as well as designing technology solutiins to improve outcomes for vulnerable bottom of pyramid populations. For the rest of his life, he plans to focus on enabling individuals and enterprises manage cyber and climate risk better in their ways of living and working.
Views presented here are his own and not those of Tata Consultancy Services.
Christina Dhanuja consults with corporates, non-profits, faith-based institutions, and academia advising on leadership development, caste diversity, equity, & inclusion, and accountability frameworks. She was formerly an external relations advisor at the Shell Headquarters in the Hague and the business advisor to the country chair of Shell China. Christina is also the co-founder of the #DalitHistoryMonth project and the convener and founder member of the Global Campaign for Dalit Women. She is currently working on her first non-fiction book on Dalit women and the fullness of life.
Huge props to Sujatha Rao and Deepak Menon for their insightful questions, engagement and for holding the space in the way they did.
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