Vayjayanti Pugalia - Great Companies Women Entrepreneur Award Winner 2023

Name: Vayjayanti Pugalia

Business Name: Sonalis Cubo

Location: Kolkata, India

Establishment (Year): 2018

Category/ Industry: Training & Coaching

Profession/ Specialty: Life skills coach/curator

Social Media: Linkedin

Company details:

Sonalis Cubo founded by Vayjayanti Pugalia focuses on creating dialogues with communities that need attention. Some of the situations they deal with are the trans community in India, child entrepreneurship, and developing networking as well as other soft skills necessary for women in micro and macro businesses (homepreneurs). To bring positive change in the growth of the community, Sonalis Cubo organizes seminars and competitions to put all the common thoughts of people to work. Also, Vayjayanti has practiced working with children for the past 15 years and made a great contribution to molding them by imparting manners and fine dining techniques.

Unique selling proposition/ competitive advantage:

Delivering honest work to people through engagements that are full of precision and discipline. Creating powerful and acceptable impacts in society by focusing on areas that require immediate attention.

Challenges faced during the journey:

Initially, Vayjayanti found it tough as she had no workspace or has been financially supported with corporate backing. Throughout her long journey, she managed to gain a lot of experience by learning. With her strong intention and mindset, she and her team had created their own place in the minds and hearts of people.

Advice for women entrepreneurs:

Vayjayanti Pugalia strongly believes that women have the capability to excel beyond their expectations. She encourages, motivates, and advises all the women out there to find their ikigai, and take a break, but not to pause their intention to grow. She says, “If they believe, they can!”