Naina Lal Kidwai speaks on leadership, resilience and women’s visibility

At the 6th edition of the Women Achievers Summit 2025, Naina Lal Kidwai, Chair, India Sanitation Coalition & Chairperson of the Board & Senior Advisor, Rothschild & Co India delivered a powerful keynote address that blended leadership lessons, workplace transformation, communication strategy, and the evolving realities of the AI era. Addressing a room full of communication professionals and industry leaders, Kidwai underlined how communication today has become the central force holding organizations together amid rapid technological and cultural shift

Opening her session, Kidwai acknowledged the uncertainty that organizations and professionals are currently facing because of artificial intelligence and technological disruption. “And many others, and the fear therein in terms of what AI brings. Those of you in the PR and communication space have to be able to tackle this in some way or other. For your companies, if you work there as consultants, or indeed just for public good, as people get displaced, people fear that next step,” she said while referring to developments at major global technology companies.