Roots.
We come from a culture that taught us perseverance before we had a word for it — that a woman's strength is quiet, deep, and unshakeable. We learned to endure. Then we learned to want.
In our families, resilience was never a buzzword — it was breakfast-table wisdom. Our grandmothers stretched every rupee and never complained. Our mothers put everyone first and still showed up, every single day. And through it all, they made sure of one thing: we would be educated — because education is the one thing no one can ever take from a woman.
NAARI — the Network of Ambitious and Resilient Indian Women — is where almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year gather to turn that inheritance into momentum: growing our careers, building our businesses, caring for our well-being, and belonging — fully — to ourselves and to each other.


We come from a culture that taught us perseverance before we had a word for it — that a woman's strength is quiet, deep, and unshakeable. We learned to endure. Then we learned to want.
Education was our families' love language. We studied late, aimed high, and carried our parents' sacrifices like a torch — into classrooms, boardrooms, and businesses of our own.
Now we build — companies, careers, communities — and we do it together. Because we were taught to carry everything alone, and we've decided to stop.
Careers, businesses, skills — the ambition pillar. Panels, workshops, mentorship circles, founder showcases, and real customers at every gathering. Whether you're climbing, pivoting, launching, or returning: come build what's next, with women who've walked your path.
Your business deserves a room full of cheerleaders who also buy.
Sisterhood, culture, community — the belonging pillar. Chai meetups, festival celebrations, creative workshops, and friendships that feel like family. The culture that raised us, celebrated — not code-switched away.
We don't just network. We show up for each other.
Wellness, wholeness, joy — the thriving pillar. Because the woman behind the ambition matters. Culturally attuned wellness, honest conversations, rest without guilt, and the radical idea that you get to want things for yourself.
A rested woman is a powerful woman.
Beyond big events, NAARI gathers in circles — smaller rooms for deeper work: Health & Wellness, Professional Mentorship, Entrepreneurial Mentorship, and Community Giveback.
Explore Our Circles →Three ways to gather, reconnect, and belong.

Friday, October 23, 2026 · 6–8 PM
Peacock · Scottsdale

November 15, 2026
Virtual gathering

Date and location coming soon
Join the early RSVP list.
Wherever you're starting from, there's a seat with your name on it.
Look closely at the Indian women around you and you'll see it: the engineer who meal-preps for a family of five and still made VP. The founder who launched her business between school pickups. The newcomer who rebuilt her entire life in a country she'd never visited — and did it with grace.

A room where ambition isn't something to apologize for. Where “too much” is just right.
This is not a coincidence. It's a culture.
We were raised by women who treated education as sacred — often the first in their families to insist a daughter study as hard as a son. We grew up watching resilience modeled daily: mothers who managed households like enterprises, grandmothers whose quiet endurance held generations together. We inherited high standards, deep discipline, and a work ethic the world now pays a premium for.
But here's the part nobody talks about: we were also taught to make ourselves small. To serve first. To want quietly, if at all.
NAARI exists for the second half of that story — the part where the resilient woman stops apologizing for her ambition. Where the values that made us strong become the foundation for everything we dare to build next.
Our culture taught us to endure. Our sisterhood teaches us to rise.

NAARI exists so that no ambitious Indian woman ever has to rise alone. We connect women across cities and life stages — for careers, businesses, well-being, friendships, and the kind of belonging that turns a place into a home.
A world where every Indian woman has the network, the knowledge, and the sisterhood to dream bigger — and a community cheering her on as she gets there.

NAARI began the way the best things do: around a table, over chai, with a simple observation.
Sejal Chaturvedi — a Senior Program Manager leading $20M+ enterprise portfolios, an MBA, and a founder at heart — kept meeting brilliant Indian women who were building careers, raising families, and dreaming bigger, all while quietly wishing for their people. A room where ambition wasn't something to apologize for. Where "too much" was just right.
So she built the room.
What started as a small circle of friends in Arizona is now almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year — professionals, founders, artists, mothers, newcomers — with chapters and ambassadors growing across the country. And we're just getting started.


Founder & CEO
Sejal Chaturvedi is the Founder & CEO of NAARI — the Network of Ambitious and Resilient Indian Women — which she grew from a small circle of friends into almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year. A Senior Program Manager leading $20M+ enterprise portfolios, an MBA, and an entrepreneur at heart, Sejal started NAARI around a table, over chai, with a simple belief: no ambitious woman should have to rise alone. She now leads NAARI's national expansion, its four circles, and the upcoming Spill the Chai with Naari podcast.

Director of Strategy & Operations
Sneha Deshpande serves as NAARI's Director of Strategy & Operations, helping turn ideas into meaningful action. She brings a structured and detail-oriented approach to planning, coordination, and execution, ensuring NAARI's initiatives run smoothly and create lasting impact. With a passion for building organized systems and creating opportunities for women to connect and grow, Sneha plays a key role in shaping NAARI's strategy and operational excellence.

Director of Event Operations & Décor
Suha Guntuka serves as NAARI's Director of Event Operations & Décor, bringing creativity, organization, and a strong eye for detail to every event. She helps coordinate event flow, décor, and the overall guest experience, ensuring each NAARI gathering feels warm, welcoming, and thoughtfully executed. Outside of NAARI, she is a skincare formulator with a passion for creating thoughtfully developed beauty and skincare products.
If you're reading this, something in you is looking for your people. I know that feeling — because I've lived it.
Through my career — boardrooms, deadlines, diapers, dreams — I kept meeting brilliant Indian women doing it all: running companies, running households, running on three hours of sleep. We were raised to be resilient. Nobody taught us we were allowed to want more — or that wanting more didn't have to be a solo climb.
So I started NAARI around a table, with a handful of women who felt the same pull: we were tired of being the only ones in the room who got it. That was one year ago. Today, we are almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year.
NAARI is my love letter to every Indian woman who was told to dream quietly. Here, we dream out loud — together. We build careers and businesses. We take care of our health and our hearts. We celebrate the culture that raised us — loudly, proudly, no translation needed. And we never, ever rise alone.
This sisterhood changed my life. Fair warning: it might just change yours too.
Come for the chai. Stay for the sisterhood.
With all my heart,
Sejal Chaturvedi
Founder & CEO, NAARI
NAARI isn't a network you join. It's a sisterhood you belong to. What brings us closer isn't a shared industry or city — it's a shared heart.

What's shared in the sisterhood stays in the sisterhood. This is a room where you can say the real thing.
Ambition with heart. We build careers and businesses, and we lift as we climb — no one rises alone.
We celebrate the culture that raised us — loudly, proudly, no translation needed.
For the wins, the worries, and everything in between. Sisterhood is a verb here.
Weekly thoughts from Sejal Chaturvedi on Indian womanhood in America: the ambition, the aunties, the beautiful chaos, and the sisters who make all of it lighter.

Diwali is five weeks away, which means my mother has entered the annual phase of looking around my house as if she is conducting a surprise health inspection for the Indian government.
She does not say the house is dirty. That would be too direct. She asks questions. “You are keeping this lamp here?” “These cushions are staying?” And the most dangerous one: “You are done decorating?” That last question has ended stronger women than me.
Every Indian daughter knows Diwali cleaning is not cleaning. It is an archaeological dig. You begin by wiping one shelf and somehow end up holding a single Tupperware lid from 2017, three dead phone chargers, and a gift bag that has traveled through six families and is now eligible for its own passport. We do not throw away the gift bag. We are Indian. It will rise again.
Then come the diyas. I buy them with the optimism of a woman who has never met wind. I arrange them beautifully, light every wick, take one photo, and spend the next hour relighting the same three while telling everyone not to walk near the rangoli. This warning is immediately ignored by a child wearing one sock and carrying Halloween candy.
Because yes, American desi families have achieved the impossible: we made October even more expensive. Our children want Halloween and Diwali. They want a costume, a pillowcase of candy, a new Indian outfit, sparklers, and permission to eat laddoos for breakfast. Their cultural identity is thriving. My credit card is not.
At work, the season brings another beloved tradition: explaining Diwali PTO to a perfectly kind coworker who says, “Oh, Festival of Lights! Is that like Indian Christmas?” This is when I take a deep breath and become an unpaid cultural ambassador. I explain that Diwali carries different stories and traditions across India, that it celebrates light over darkness, and that my family gathers, prays, eats, laughs, and calls relatives across time zones. I do not explain that half the celebration is also moving furniture before guests arrive and pretending we always live like this.
Then there are the Mithai Olympics.
No committee organizes them. No scoreboard is visible. And yet every auntie knows exactly who is winning. Someone casually arrives with homemade kaju katli cut into mathematically perfect diamonds. Another produces motichoor laddoos so round they look digitally rendered. I show up with a bakery box and confidence. “I supported a local business,” I say, as if I have just delivered the keynote at a women’s entrepreneurship summit.
The competition continues through the WhatsApp photos. Lighting matters. Plating matters. A strategically placed marigold can take you from neighborhood participation trophy to regional finalist. If your diya reflection appears in the silver tray, congratulations: you have understood the assignment.
And underneath all the comedy, I feel something quieter.
I feel proud that our children know the smell of ghee warming in the kitchen. Proud that they can complain about itchy Indian clothes and still straighten up when the first diya is lit. Proud that we carry these traditions into conference calls, school pickup lines, cul-de-sacs, and cities our grandmothers may never have imagined us calling home.
For many Indian women in America, Diwali is a beautiful balancing act. We make the magic while managing the calendar. We preserve the traditions while translating them. We remember who taught us, decide what to keep, and create new rituals our children may one day lovingly complain about.
That work can feel invisible. Sisterhood makes it visible.
At NAARI, we understand the full story: the woman hosting twenty people after working all week; the newcomer celebrating far from family; the founder fulfilling orders between puja preparations; the mother trying to make Diwali feel special while a plastic skeleton is still hanging from the front porch.
So if your rangoli is crooked, your mithai came from a box, or your mother has already moved your cushions, come sit with us. Join NAARI. Bring your ambition, your laughter, and the one gift bag you refuse to throw away.
There is always room for one more sister — and, thankfully, one more laddoo.
— Sejal
Here's a truth about us: Indian women are taught to carry everything — the career, the culture, the family, the expectations — and to do it gracefully, without asking for help.
NAARI is where we set that down.
We're almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year who understand the juggling act because we live it. And we've discovered something our grandmothers always knew but never had: strength multiplies in sisterhood.
Career growth, entrepreneurship, skills. Whether you're climbing the corporate ladder, pivoting careers, returning after a break, or building a business from your kitchen table — you don't have to figure it out alone. Learn from women leaders who've walked your path, get honest feedback on your next move, and find mentors, sponsors, referrals, and your first hundred customers inside the network.
Leadership panels and skill-building workshops · Mentor connections across industries · Job referrals and career-pivot support · Vendor and pop-up opportunities · Founder circles · almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year who shop women-owned
Moving to a new city — or a new country — is hard. Finding your people shouldn't be. From chai meetups to Diwali celebrations, from creative workshops to community giveback, you'll build friendships that feel like family — and celebrate the culture that raised you, never code-switch it away.
Monthly social meetups · Festival celebrations (Diwali, Holi, and more) · Cultural workshops · Community service · A private community of almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year who answer when you ask
We were taught to care for everyone first. This is where we learn to include ourselves. Culturally attuned wellness — movement, mindfulness, rest, and honest conversation — because a rested woman is a powerful woman, and "I'm tired" is a complete sentence.
Health & Wellness Circle gatherings · Mindfulness and self-care sessions · Honest circles on burnout, boundaries, and balance
No dues. No gatekeeping. Just show up — exactly as you are.
Join NAARI — Free →Your seat is saved.
There's a special kind of magic in a room of 175 women. But there's another kind — quieter, deeper — in a circle of twelve, where everybody knows your name and somebody always notices when you're carrying too much.
NAARI Circles are our smaller rooms: ongoing gatherings built around the parts of a woman's life that deserve more than a single event. Each circle has its own rhythm, its own leaders, its own heartbeat — but they all share one rule: come exactly as you are.


Ask an Indian woman how she is, and she'll tell you how her family is. We are the daughters of women who ate last, slept least, and called it love. We inherited their strength — and, if we're honest, their exhaustion. We manage careers, homes, aging parents, growing children, and community expectations, often on a foundation of skipped meals and postponed rest.
The Health & Wellness Circle is where that story changes: a dedicated space for the woman behind the ambition — her body, her mind, her spirit. Not wellness as another item on the to-do list, but wellness as a homecoming — to rest without guilt, to move with joy, to speak honestly about what it costs to hold everything together.
Move & Breathe — yoga flows, walk-and-talk meetups, and movement that feels like celebration, not punishment.
Rooted Wisdom — our grandmothers knew things: turmeric, breathwork, seasonal eating, rest as ritual. We honor that knowledge alongside modern wellness science.
Honest Circles — facilitated conversations about burnout, boundaries, motherhood, marriage, menopause, mental health — the topics we were taught not to name, spoken aloud among women who understand.
Rest, Without Apology — because "I'm tired" is a complete sentence, and a rested woman is a powerful woman.
Your well-being is not a luxury. It's the foundation everything else is built on.

This circle pairs ambition with experience: seasoned women across industries mentoring those who are climbing, pivoting, or returning. Resume reviews over coffee. Mock interviews with women who've sat on the other side of the table. Sponsors who say your name in rooms you're not in yet.
Whether you're chasing your first promotion or your next reinvention, there's a woman here who's walked your road — and she's reaching back.
The fastest way up is with someone who's already been there.

This circle is for the founders and the founder-curious: women building businesses from kitchen tables and co-working desks, turning side hustles into main things. Here, experienced entrepreneurs share what actually worked — pricing, packaging, customers, courage — and the sisterhood becomes your first focus group, cheer squad, and customer base, all in one room.
You don't need permission to start. But it helps to have sisters.

We were raised to give — it's in our culture's bones. Seva, service, isn't something we do when we have time; it's who we are. This circle channels the strength of almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year into lifting the world around us: food drives, school supply collections, mentorship for girls, support for women in crisis.
Because a community this blessed doesn't just rise together — it reaches back.
We rise by lifting others. That's not charity — that's culture.
Every circle gathers regularly — in person and virtual. Join one, or wander between them. There's no wrong door here.
Come as you are. Leave with sisters.


Friday, October 23, 2026 · 6–8 PM
Peacock · 17025 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85255
A little glam. A lot of girl talk.
A NAARI-exclusive evening with a special menu curated just for us — cocktails, conversation, and the sisterhood. Whether it's your first NAARI night or your fiftieth, pull up a chair: bring a friend, leave with twenty.

November 15, 2026 · Virtual (link upon RSVP)
Pause. Reconnect. Restore.
An hour to pause, reconnect, and educate yourself on your well-being — a little care for yourself, a lot of connection.
Hosted by our Health & Wellness Circle, The NAARI Reset is a virtual gathering for the woman behind the ambition: gentle movement, breathwork rooted in our grandmothers' wisdom, and honest conversation about rest, burnout, boundaries, and balance. No commute, no dress code — come as you are, chai in hand, and leave lighter.

Every sari carries a story. Every woman has one worth hearing.
Our most beautiful evening yet is in the works — a celebration of the weaves we inherit and the stories we write in them. Details dropping soon.
Want first dibs on every NAARI event? Join NAARI free →

175 women. One room. Zero small talk. Our flagship gathering on September 20, 2026, at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix brought the sisterhood together for lunch, powerful speakers, a women-owned vendor showcase, and connections that are still unfolding. Attendees left with new mentors, new clients, and new best friends. This is what NAARI feels like — come see for yourself next time.
Relive the day →There's something magical about 40 women, a rainbow of fabric dyes, and zero small talk. Members carved their own wooden blocks, printed tote bags and scarves, and left with handmade treasures and fuller hearts. First-timers sat next to founding members; by the second chai refill, nobody could tell the difference. Proof that creativity is the fastest shortcut to sisterhood.
Joy, connection, and the easy warmth of finding your people.










Have an idea — a workshop, a hike, a wellness morning, a professional panel? NAARI events are member-powered.
Propose an Event →On September 20, 2026, 175 women walked into Chateau Luxe in Phoenix — some nervous, some curious, all carrying the quiet hope of finding their people. They left as sisterhood.

There were keynotes that had the room in tears (the good kind). A vendor row of women-owned businesses doing brisk business. Lunch tables that turned into mastermind groups. Strangers who arrived alone and left with twenty new friends.
This is what happens when ambitious Indian women gather without apology: mentorships begin, businesses find customers, and lifelong friendships start over chai.
This is what NAARI feels like. Come see for yourself.
The numbers tell one story. The sisterhood tells the rest.
77% of Indian Americans ages 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher — 31% bachelor's, 45% advanced degrees — the highest educational attainment of any ethnic group in the United States (Pew Research Center). Walk into any NAARI room and you'll feel that caliber.
About $151,200 a year (2023, Pew Research Center) — the highest median household income among all major ethnic groups in the U.S., roughly 80% above the national median.
Technology, healthcare, finance, engineering, medicine, and business — with strong representation at companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, plus a thriving community of founders, physicians, and executives.
Nearly 5 million people — the second-largest Asian origin group in the United States — and growing fast.
Yes — 100% free, always. Come for the chai. Stay for the sisterhood.
All women are welcome. NAARI is proudly Indian and open-hearted — every woman belongs here.
No. Membership is open to all women. (Chapter ambassador roles are held by Indian women.)
Founded in Arizona — almost 2,000 women strong here in just one year — with chapters and a national community growing every month.
Real connection: curated conversations, inspiring panels, wellness moments, cultural celebrations — and always chai.
Indian women passionate about sisterhood can apply on our Ambassador page and carry the brand into their city or campus.
Yes — our mentorship program pairs you with women who've walked the path you're on. Visit the Mentorship page to join.
Absolutely — we collaborate with universities, nonprofits, and companies on chapters, workshops, and panels. Start on the Collaborate page.
Spill the Chai with Naari records live every month starting November 2026 at Two for Joy Café in Chandler, AZ. Join the signup list on the Podcast page and you'll hear first.
Join the newsletter below and follow us everywhere: our website, LinkedIn, Instagram @naari_usa, and the NAARI Facebook community group.

Spill the Chai with Naari is our upcoming podcast — honest, heartwarming conversations with Indian women who are building extraordinary lives. One episode every month, recorded live at Two for Joy Cafe in Chandler, Arizona — with a real audience of sisters, real chai, and real talk.
No scripts. No posturing. Just real women telling the truth about ambition, resilience, identity, failure, reinvention, and joy — the way we'd tell it to a sister over chai.
Women who turned kitchen-table ideas into thriving businesses: boutiques, tech startups, food brands, consultancies. They'll share the unglamorous truth — the failed launches, the pricing mistakes, the month they almost quit — and the moment it all turned.
VPs, directors, and executives who climbed ladders that weren't built for them. How they negotiated, how they handled the only-woman-in-the-room years, and what they'd tell their 25-year-old selves.
Dancers, designers, writers, photographers, chefs, and makers who chose the brave path. Conversations about making art, making a living, and making your family understand both.
Nonprofit leaders, activists, educators, and community builders turning compassion into action. The women doing the quiet, hard work of lifting others — and what keeps them going.
The pivoters, the returners, the late bloomers. Women who left careers for babies and came back stronger, who switched industries at 40, who started over in a new country with two suitcases and a prayer. Proof it's never too late to begin again.
The mothers, caregivers, and community anchors whose names you'll never see in headlines — but whose strength holds entire families, and this sisterhood, together. Because extraordinary doesn't always wear a title.
One episode every month.
Recorded live at Two for Joy Cafe, Chandler Fashion Center — with a sisterhood audience.
First recording date TBD — join the list and you'll be first to know.
Sejal Chaturvedi founded NAARI — the Network of Ambitious and Resilient Indian Women — around a table, over chai, with a simple belief: no ambitious woman should have to rise alone. A Senior Program Manager, MBA, and entrepreneur, she now leads almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year. On Spill the Chai with Naari, she asks the questions women really want answered — and listens the way only a sister can.
We're setting up the mics at Two for Joy Cafe now. Join the waitlist and you'll be the first to know when Episode 1 drops — plus behind-the-scenes moments, guest announcements, and invites to live recordings.
Monthly live podcast recordings starting November 2026 at Two for Joy Café, Chandler, Arizona. Exact date each month to be determined based on availability — sign up and we'll notify you first.
Know a woman whose story deserves a microphone? Suggest a guest →
NAARI is almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year because members don't just attend — they build. Here's how to plug in.

What's involved: 2–4 hours a month helping at events — check-in, setup, photography, social media, or whatever your superpower is. Perfect for women who want to meet everyone fast.
You get: front-row access to every event, a volunteer spotlight, and the deep friendships that only come from building something together.
Become a Volunteer →Put your brand in front of almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year — and support the sisterhood while you do it.
Community Friend — logo on event signage and our website, plus social media thank-yous.
Sisterhood Sponsor — everything above, plus a vendor table at flagship events, a dedicated email feature to our list, and a warm welcome on stage.
Founding Partner — everything above, plus year-round branding across all NAARI events and content, co-hosted experiences, and a seat at the table shaping our biggest moments.
Become a Sponsor →What's involved: Open your home, studio, or business for a NAARI gathering — a chai morning, a workshop, a festive celebration. We handle promotion and RSVPs; you bring the space and the warmth.
Propose an Event →Start by just showing up. The rest finds you.
Tell us about a NAARI sister whose courage, generosity, ambition, or resilience deserves to be celebrated.
Questions about membership, events, sponsoring, the podcast, or anything else — send us a message and a real human (usually a volunteer fueled by chai) will get back to you.
Event invites, member stories, circle gatherings, and podcast episodes — straight to your inbox, once or twice a month. No spam, ever.
You've read our story. You know the feeling — that quiet wish for your people. This is where you stop wishing and start belonging.
Membership is free. No dues. No gatekeeping. Just show up — exactly as you are — and find your circle inside the sisterhood.
Come for the chai. Stay for the sisterhood.
NAARI began around a table in Arizona — and grew to almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year. Why? Because everywhere we go, Indian women are looking for their people: a room where ambition isn't something to apologize for.
Now we're planting chapters across the country — and we're looking for the women who'll lead them.
Host monthly gatherings — chai meetups, wellness mornings, professional panels, festival celebrations. Small rooms, deep roots.
Welcome new members — be the first friendly face; help every woman find her circle.
Grow the sisterhood — spread the word, build local partnerships, and carry the NAARI spirit: Build, Belong, Thrive.
Indian women who are natural connectors, organizers, and heart-led leaders — women who already bring people together and want to do it with purpose. You'll get our playbook, our branding, our national community behind you — and a sisterhood that shows up.
Membership is open to all women; chapter ambassadors are Indian women who carry our cultural mission.
Bring NAARI home.
Behind every NAARI woman is a dream — and many of those dreams are businesses. Our Business Directory is where the sisterhood shops: women-owned boutiques, food brands, wellness studios, consultancies, creatives, and more.
Your business deserves a room full of cheerleaders who also buy.
Are you a woman entrepreneur in the NAARI sisterhood? Put your business in front of almost 2,000 women strong — in just one year who shop women-owned.
NAARI is growing into a national sisterhood — and we're looking for women in leadership to grow with us.
As a NAARI Brand Ambassador, you don't just belong to the movement. You represent it — in your city, in your industry, in every room you walk into.
Open doors — introduce NAARI to your network, your employer, and your community. The right introduction changes everything.
Amplify the mission — share our story on your platforms and in your circles. When you talk, women listen.
Lead visibly — mentor, welcome, and show up. Be the leader other women look at and think: I could do that too.
Grow with us — help shape NAARI's national expansion from the inside, not the sidelines.
Women in leadership — executives, founders, directors, community leaders — who believe in this mission and want to grow with us. Women whose rooms light up when they walk in. If that's you, we already know your name belongs here.
Lead the movement. Carry the brand.
NAARI partners with universities, student organizations, nonprofits, and companies to bring sisterhood, mentorship, and empowerment programming to their communities — campus chapters, workshops, panels, and wellness events.
Tell us who’s coming and we’ll send your RSVP to the NAARI team.