New Delhi, Aug 27: As the AVPN Global Conference 2026 brought together Asia’s leading social investors, philanthropists and impact leaders to New Delhi, Women Inspiring Network in collaboration with Asia Impact House, convened an intimate round-table exploring how wealth, influence and purpose can be translated into meaningful, lasting impact.
Titled Legacy in Action: Turning Wealth, Influence, and Purpose into Impact, the conversation brought together four accomplished women leaders—Urvi Shriram, Radhika Jain, Surbhi Modi and Aishwarya Jain — for a candid discussion on philanthropy, risk-taking, family legacy, mental well-being, culture and the responsibility that comes with influence.
Moderated by Stuti Jalan, Founder, Women Inspiring Network, the conversation challenged the traditional idea of legacy, and how its something actively shaped through the choices we make today—where we direct capital, how we use influence, what we choose to preserve, and what we have the courage to build anew.
Urvi Shriram, Economist and social impact practitioner, brings nearly two decades of experience across economic research, consulting, development, policy and philanthropy. With a family legacy rooted in institution-building, she spoke about finding common ground within legacy families, choosing causes that can create transformative change, and giving philanthropic capital the freedom to take risks and back ideas before their impact is immediately evident.
Radhika Jain, Philanthropy Partner, Accelerate Indian Philanthropy, is a Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience in tax and regulatory consulting. Having transitioned to the development sector in 2021, she works at the intersection of purpose, philanthropy and impact, helping translate India’s growing wealth into more strategic and lasting social change. She emphasised the need to move beyond cheque-writing towards thoughtful, collaborative and long-term portfolios of impact.
Surbhi Modi, Founder, Floodlight Foundation, represents a new generation carrying forward a family legacy of enterprise, institution-building and philanthropy. A multidisciplinary artist whose work spans art and culture, she reflected on the importance of preserving what matters while evolving legacy for a new generation. She also made the case for philanthropy to look beyond traditional sectors and invest in creativity, culture and well-being.
Aishwarya Jain, Founder, IM Happiness, is advancing mental well-being and cognitive fitness through community initiatives, hospital partnerships and youth engagement. Having begun her work at 18 and since touched more than 20,000 lives, she brought a distinctly human lens to philanthropy — drawing from her paternal grandfather, Dr Jonas Salk and Jamsetji Tata to illustrate how giving, knowledge and institution-building can create impact across generations.
The discussion concluded with a reminder that impact is not always measured in money or numbers. Sometimes, it lies in the relationships built, the courage to back an unconventional idea, the institution created, the culture preserved or the life changed.
Speaking about the round-table, Stuti Jalan, Founder, Women Inspiring Network WIN said,
“Legacy is not a destination. It is a series of choices, where we put our money, our influence, our courage and our relationships.”