Shalini Govil-Pai’s (breaking) stereotypes

Modern Minorities

English - March 14, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
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"These stereotypes of 'nerd girls are awkward' really plays on kids' minds. The world needs to know smart women who are very strong in their thinking and perspectives."
Shalini Govil-Pai is a tech and media executive at Google, who previously worked at Pixar on films like Toy Story and A Bug's Life. Shalini’s worked on partnerships across YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max - at the center of disruptive technology, challenging herself to educate, entertain, and inspire globally. It was a great chat about her experiences coming up in a very male-dominated technical field, and the lessons learned along the way, as well as some of the reflections on today’s media culture. Whether growing up in Bombay / Mumbai India - surrounded by Bollywood (and Amitabh Bachchan) - or creating a new life in America and the Silicon Valley, Shalini’s not afraid of taking risks and challenging the status quo - all because of her deep connections with her family, friends, and community.
LEARN ABOUT SHALINI:

twitter.com/shalinigovilpai

forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/shalinigovilpai/

MENTIONS

Luxo Junior (1986 - first Pixar short): youtu.be/6G3O60o5U7w

ACTOR: Amitabh Bachchan - wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan

AD: Google “Dear Sophie” - youtu.be/zhPklt9nYas

VIDEO: Google Year in Search: about.google/stories/year-in-search

AUTHOR: Isaac Asmimov - goodreads.com/author/show/16667.Isaac_Asimov

TV: Foundation (Apple TV+) - imdb.com/title/tt0804484/

PERSON: Steve Jobs - wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

PERSON: Sundar Pichai - wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai

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"These stereotypes of 'nerd girls are awkward' really plays on kids' minds. The world needs to know smart women who are very strong in their thinking and perspectives."

Shalini Govil-Pai is a tech and media executive at Google, who previously worked at Pixar on films like Toy Story and A Bug's Life. Shalini’s worked on partnerships across YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max - at the center of disruptive technology, challenging herself to educate, entertain, and inspire globally. It was a great chat about her experiences coming up in a very male-dominated technical field, and the lessons learned along the way, as well as some of the reflections on today’s media culture. Whether growing up in Bombay / Mumbai India - surrounded by Bollywood (and Amitabh Bachchan) - or creating a new life in America and the Silicon Valley, Shalini’s not afraid of taking risks and challenging the status quo - all because of her deep connections with her family, friends, and community.

LEARN ABOUT SHALINI:

twitter.com/shalinigovilpai
forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/shalinigovilpai/