Rolling Stone India has introduced its ‘Girls In Creativity’ energy record. Honouring 25 Ladies throughout music, cinema, OTT, content material creation, entrepreneurship and style, this marks a celebratory IP with a first-of-its-kind index of outstanding names. The awardees embody Oscar winners Guneet Monga and Kartiki Gonsalves, groundbreaking trans particular person and drag artist Sushant Divgikr, breakout musician Asees Kaur, acclaimed content material creator and sexuality educator Leeza Mangaldas, content material creator and various creative power Mithila Palkar, lyricist and screenwrite Kausar, amongst others.

Honouring ladies throughout sectors

Rolling Stone India has a historical past of chronicling and amplifying ladies in all sectors of music and popular culture via notable options and covers. The Indian version of the enduring Rolling Stone journal has beforehand heralded ladies creatives and leaders reminiscent of Srushti Tawde, Raja Kumari, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Lilly Singh, Mithila Palkar, Koli, Niharika NM, Lisa Mishra, Dhee, CL, Vidya Vox, Divgikar, Jonita Gandhi, Monica Dogra, Anushka Manchanda and extra.

Says Rolling Stone India Govt Editor and Digital Director Nirmika Singh, “The ‘Girls in Creativity’ honors are designed for, of and by ladies. They arrive at a time when India is experiencing a inventive motion throughout music, leisure and entrepreneurship with vital contributions from ladies. That is historic and we now have to seize, chronicle and have fun this second.”

The jury for the record comprised acclaimed artist and curator Brinda Miller, distinguished marketeer and sustainability advocate Jasleen Kaur, Nirmika Singh and Workforce Rolling Stone India. 

Why the necessity?

The ‘Girls in Creativity’ energy record is critical as ladies proceed to be underrepresented at giant. We’re nowhere near equality and fairness. In line with USC Annenberg and Spotify’s ‘Inclusion within the Recording Studio?’ 2022 report, of the 180 artists featured on the Billboard Scorching 100 12 months-Finish Chart in 2021, 76.7 per cent have been males and solely 23.3 per cent have been ladies. Girls have additionally been marginally nominated for key awards — 85.8 per cent of the 2022 Grammy nominees in main classes have been males and 14.2 per cent have been ladies.

India’s ‘O Womaniya’ 2022 report too has famous low presence of ladies behind the digital camera with solely 10 per cent of head of division (HOD) positions throughout key divisions reminiscent of manufacturing design, writing, modifying, path and cinematography, held by ladies. Moreover, in media and leisure company homes, solely 10 per cent of senior management roles have been held by ladies. The sixth financial census, by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, additionally highlighted that girls comprise 13.76 per cent of the full entrepreneurs in India which is 8.05 million out of the full 58.5 million entrepreneurs.

The total Girls In Creativity Energy Record by Rolling Stone India:

Arati Kadav

Asees Kaur

Dolly Rateshwar

Falguni Peacock

Guneet Monga

Harshdeep Kaur

Kamiya Jani

Kartiki Gonsalves

Kausar Munir

Leeza Mangaldas

Lisa Mishra

Malini Agarwal

Masaba Gupta

Mehek Malhotra

Mithila Palkar

Nagma Mirajkar

Niharika NM

Pooja Jauhari

Prajakta Koli

Raja Kumari

Sejal Kumar

Sujata and Taniya Biswas (of Suta)

Sumukhi Suresh

Sushant Divgikar

Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju