(Left to right): Ruchita Dar Shah, founder, First Moms Club; Priyanka Agarwal, CEO, Wishberry.in and author Rashmi Bansal (far right) at a discussion on sexism and startups moderated by Meghna Pant (in white)

Even our months, India has witnessed significant instances of sexual harassment involving startup founders, seed funders, angel investors — top of mind being TVF founder Arunabh Kumar having to step down following charges of sexual harassment. One doesn't even need to consider extremes like sexual exploitation; sexism is rampant in ample instances of "manterrupting" and "mansplaining" to being ignored in meetings, just because one is a woman. Last week, SheThePeople.TV., a video storytelling space centred around women entrepreneurs, held a panel wherein some prominent women entrepreneurs shared their insights on the subject.