Women drive innovation at Zoho for Healthcare

How are you planning to celebrate Women’s Day?

Is it with flowers, cards, chocolates, or a small celebration? While these gestures are thoughtful, Women’s Day is about much more than that. It’s about recognizing the long hours, the unseen efforts, and the barriers women face every single day. It’s about giving credit where it’s long overdue and creating spaces where every woman can truly thrive.

At Zoho Corporation, we believe that true celebration lies in acknowledgment, opportunity, and empowerment.

To mark this special occasion, we spoke with a few of our colleagues to learn more about their journeys and experiences. In honor of this occasion, we highlight a few remarkable women leaders at Zoho for Healthcare, reflecting this year’s theme, “Give to Gain.” This theme emphasizes how mentorship, collaboration, and support play a vital role in accelerating progress and equality.

As highlighted by the International Women’s Day platform, organizations, teams, and communities must actively create opportunities and support systems that help women rise. In line with this vision, we celebrate the women at Zoho for Healthcare who are making a real difference through their work in marketing, development, onboarding, partnerships, and integrations, driving impact every day by uplifting those around them.

Ms. Aarthi Elizabeth

 Senior Evangelist and Strategy

What does “Give to Gain” mean to you in your journey, and how has sharing your experience shaped your growth?

For me, “Give to Gain” has never been a strategy. It’s just how I’ve learned to grow.

In marketing especially, I’ve realized that growth rarely happens alone. It happens together—in conversations, in messy brainstorming sessions, in asking what might feel like the most basic questions.

When I first joined the Zoho for Healthcare team, I remember thinking:

Okay... this is a whole new world.

Healthcare is layered, regulated, and deeply human. I had to start from the very beginning—I asked questions, listened closely, and shared what I was learning along the way. Somewhere in that exchange, in giving time and being open, I gained clarity.

Take our approach with Zoho for Healthcare itself. I love that it’s not about replacing what exists, but about strengthening it and helping it work better together. That mirrors how I see leadership. You don’t replace people. You empower them to grow with confidence.

Whether it’s streamlining operations for clinics, enabling real-time insights for enterprises, or giving doctors more time with patients, the larger goal is simple: Make care more connected, thoughtful, and human. And I believe teams deserve the same.

To me, “Give to Gain” is about choosing collaboration over competition. When we create spaces where people feel seen and heard, growth becomes shared. And when we give our time, our knowledge, our encouragement, we don’t shrink. We expand!

Ms. Rajshree V

Member Leadership Staff

How has mentoring your team shaped you as both a leader and a developer?

As a leader, mentoring has shifted my focus from delivering results individually to enabling others to succeed. I measure success less by what I personally accomplish and more by how confidently and independently my team operates. That mindset has made me both a strong developer and a more people-centered leader.

What does “Give to Gain” look like in your everyday work?

For me, “Give to Gain” is about freedom. I give my team the freedom to explore different approaches, experiment with new tools, and take ownership of their decisions. Instead of prescribing solutions, I create space for them to think critically and try things their way.
This mindset is also inspired by my manager, who trusts us and leads the team in the same way—by giving us the freedom to explore, take ownership, and grow. Experiencing that trust motivates me to create the same environment for my team.
By giving trust and autonomy, I gain a more engaged, creative, and accountable team. That freedom builds confidence, encourages innovation, and ultimately leads to better outcomes. When people feel trusted, they bring their best ideas forward.

Ms. Shahinaa Ryhana

 Lead Solution Developer 

How has contributing to your teammates’ success influenced your own development?

Helping my teammates grow has helped me grow as well. Whenever I support someone in understanding a task, solving a problem together, or bringing clarity to a discussion, it strengthens my own understanding, communication, and collaboration skills. It has also made me more patient and confident while working with others.

I also believe my own success has come from the guidance of my mentor, who has helped shape and mold me. Just as I benefited from that support, I try to follow the same approach with my teammates by guiding and encouraging them whenever possible.

These experiences have built my confidence because I can see that my support makes a positive impact on the team. Over time, I’ve realized that when the team succeeds together, the growth feels more meaningful and rewarding.

What have you gained by sharing your knowledge with others?

Sharing knowledge has strengthened my voice and deepened my confidence. Every time I share what I know, I’m reminded that my experiences and insights can genuinely help someone else grow. It has also improved my own understanding, because explaining ideas to others often pushes me to think more clearly and continue learning.

More importantly, it’s taught me that leadership isn’t about standing ahead of others or having all the answers. It’s about standing together, supporting one another, and creating space for everyone to grow. When we share knowledge, we build trust, collaboration, and a strong sense of community. In the process of empowering others with what we know, we also empower ourselves by growing as learners, mentors, and leaders.

Ms. Sangamithra Kasthurirangan

Manager of Onboarding and Support

How has working closely with customers and partners shaped your growth in this role?

Working closely with customers and partners has been one of the most transformative aspects of my professional journey. Early on, I viewed support as primarily solving problems, but real-world interactions quickly showed me that meaningful impact comes from understanding people, contexts, and business realities, not just systems.

Regular engagement with customers sharpened my ability to read situations, understand unstated needs, and respond with clarity and confidence. Over time, this strengthened my decision-making, communication, and ability to guide conversations toward practical outcomes. It also taught me how to build trust quickly, which is essential when you’re helping organizations adopt new technology or refine their processes.
Working with partners expanded my perspective even further. Partners look at solutions through a strategic and business lens, so supporting them required me to think beyond functionality and consider positioning, scalability, and long-term value. That experience pushed me to approach every interaction with ownership and foresight, ensuring I wasn’t just responding to requests but helping shape direction and outcomes.

Joining Zoho for Healthcare at an early stage amplified this growth. Starting from scratch meant I was constantly navigating new challenges, structuring workflows, and aligning different stakeholders. Being in that environment strengthened my ability to stay composed in uncertainty, bring clarity to complex situations, and create momentum where processes didn’t yet exist.

Overall, working closely with customers and partners shifted my mindset from simply supporting operations to actively influencing success, both for the people I work with and the solutions I represent.

How has building strong relationships influenced your professional development?

Building strong relationships has had a profound impact on my professional development because it fundamentally changed how I approach my work, decisions, and growth. Over the years, I have realized that progress in any role, especially in customer-facing and partner-facing environments, doesn’t come from processes alone, it comes from trust, credibility, and the ability to genuinely understand people’s goals and challenges.

Strong relationships have also taught me ownership. When people trust you, they don’t just expect answers, they rely on you to bring direction, clarity, and solutions. That sense of responsibility pushed me to deepen my product knowledge, understand business contexts more thoroughly, and consistently raise my own standards.

Most importantly, building these relationships helped me grow from someone focused on execution to someone focused on impact. It shaped my confidence, strengthened my influence, and allowed me to contribute meaningfully not just to individual interactions, but to broader outcomes across teams, partners, and customers.

In many ways, the relationships I’ve built haven’t just supported my career growth, they’ve been the foundation of it.

Ms. Shanthi KR

Member Technical Staff

What insights have you gained by working with others on complex projects?

I’ve mostly worked as an individual contributor, but in some integration tasks I collaborated and worked as part of a team. These experiences taught me to view problems from multiple perspectives, manage time effectively, deliver with urgency, and build strong professional relationships.

Can you share a small moment where offering support made a meaningful difference?

Most of the time, both personally and professionally, we don’t actually need someone to give us the answer to our questions. What we really need is moral support and a simple “go ahead” signal. When we receive that trust, we think deeply and find the best solution ourselves. That process gives us new experience, a sense of responsibility, and growing confidence.

Fortunately, my first mentor guided me in exactly this way. Instead of providing answers, he encouraged me to explore and decide. Those were some of the happiest and most memorable days of my career.

As rightly said by Melinda Gates: A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman.

The inspiring journeys of the women at Zoho for Healthcare reflect this truth in every way. Through dedication and mentorship, teams are strengthened, and by uplifting others, a culture of growth, inclusion, and excellence is shaped.

From choosing teamwork over competition, giving teams the freedom to explore new ideas, supporting one another through challenges, building trust with customers and partners, to offering simple encouragement that builds confidence, each story shows that growth is stronger when it’s shared.

By embracing the spirit of “Give to Gain,” true leadership is demonstrated through sharing knowledge, supporting peers, and creating opportunities for everyone to succeed. These stories remind us that when women are empowered to speak, lead, and innovate, organizations become stronger and more resilient.

This Women’s Day, let’s celebrate these achievements and reaffirm our commitment to building a workplace where every woman’s voice is heard, valued, and encouraged. Together, by supporting one another, we pave the way for a more equal, innovative, and inspiring future.

Wishing everyone an empowering and happy Women’s Day 🌸