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House of Rose Professional Pte Ltd.  (HORP), announced today that the 2025  India Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky® (BTCTTS)- the success and leadership summit for women  will be held in  Mumbai, India on Sept. 30, 2025. United Breweries the Wella Company and Jio BP are leading as early partners for the summit.  HORP also called out India as a priority market for leadership excellence in support of India's status as the fastest growing major economy in the world.  The summit will also celebrate the 2025 Break the ceiling touch the sky® Most Inspirational Women in Leadership in India list which will be announced ahead of the summit on Sept 30.  

Break the ceiling touch the sky® is a rapidly growing community of the world's most inspirational female executives across industries. The 2025 India Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky® offers participating organizations opportunities to: Network and build powerful new business connections; enhance their corporate reputation and employer brand; exchange best practices on leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, and success across industries and  train their leadership talent for greater contribution and impact.  The summit will include inspirational sharings on the future of work and leadership, the road to the C-suite, global leadership in a complex but interconnected world and also showcase valuable insights from HORP's proprietary global research on gender balance and business impact. 

Research shows that gender- balanced led Companies outperform non gender-balanced led Companies. India has an incredible opportunity ahead of it with under 8% of executive management team members and under 18% of Boards members of Fortune India 500 Companies being female.  

Kavita Singh, Chief Human Resources Officer, United Breweries Ltd., shared, "Our purpose is to brew the joy of true togetherness to inspire a better world. We are pleased to partner with Break the ceiling touch the sky® and support this coming together of so many diverse minds and best practices from the world's best companies and leaders and accelerate gender diversity in the workplace. Our message to women in leadership is to be assertive, and trust in your ability to break barriers. The ceiling isn't as high when you decide to push past it." 

Pravesh Saha, General Manager, South Asia, Wella Company shared, "Max Amen, Managing Director – UK & Ireland,  The Wella Company commented, "At Wella Company, we empower people to look, feel, and be their true selves. As an innovative global leader in the beauty industry, we combine our iconic 140+ years of history and industry expertise with our dynamic growth as a category-leading company. With this in mind, we are immensely proud to continue our partnership with Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky®  in India, in our shared mission to enable and inspire people to achieve greater success. Since 2017, we have partnered across multiple regions, reinforcing our commitment to driving positive impact."

Nishi Vasudeva, Former Chairman & Managing Director, HPCL and Independent Director on the Boards of L&T Finance, Tata Power Renewable Energy and Crisil and Consultant, House of Rose Professional shared, "The advantages of gender balanced leadership have been extensively documented with the clear takeaway that gender balanced led companies deliver better on business, growth and social impact. The world's largest and most respected Companies are becoming increasingly gender diverse at the top. The sharing of best practices amongst India's most successful leaders at Break the ceiling touch the sky® is an excellent opportunity to invest not just in women, but in sustainable, better businesses." 

Added Sam Balsara, Chairman, Madison World; "I have been involved as a speaker at Break the ceiling touch the sky® for several years and also honoured to serve as a current Break the ceiling touch the sky® Global Male Champion for Gender Equality. As a premier Media Agency, Madison has a unique role in shaping attitudes and mindset of leaders towards women overall and the continued advancement of women in leadership as a critical enabler of business. I am looking forward to sharing and learning at the 2025 India Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky®.

Commented Anthony A. Rose, Chairman and CEO of House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd. Ltd and author of the book Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky: success secrets of the world's most inspirational women which inspired the summit, "The Break the ceiling touch the sky® summit enables companies to learn rapidly across industries amongst the world's most successful companies (versus reinventing the wheel internally),  develop their leaders and accelerate business growth via gender-balanced leadership. We are delighted to be able to contribute to incredible India's growth story via the Break the ceiling touch the sky® summit."  

Since 2014, Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky®  has enabled the success of  over  50,000 leaders across over 600 companies globally via 38 international summits and other trainings. House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd. (HORP) is a leader in global executive development via its Talent (BeliEVE® executive search) Training (Break the ceiling touch the sky® - the success and leadership summit for women) and Transformation (CEOSmith® - reputation, executive excellence and business advisory services for the C-Suite) verticals.