With the ambition to empower enterprising women relaunch their careers this CA started Career After Family Enterprise

• Hi there! My name is Kavita Agarwal. I am a Chartered Accountant and the founder of CAFE (Career After Family Enterprise), a social initiative for women.
•  After qualifying as a CA in 2001, I began my professional journey as an Assistant Company Secretary but afterward I and my spouse achieved our big break as Indcap Advisors partners in Eastern India.
• My career was ascending truly well until I had to take two prolonged breaks because of my pregnancies.
• Even after I resumed work, I felt like I wasn’t using my full potential. Eventually, I recognized that my true calling was helping other women live up to their full potential resulting in the birth of CAFE – Career After Family Enterprise. This was in 2019.
• Today we have encouraged 500+ women to launch their own businesses.

Back Story

I was born into a family that values education; which is evidenced by my father who, through the power of his knowledge, rose from a mere internship to the presidency of a reputable company.

My brother who is 9 years elder than me, is also a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, and Cost Accountant, so building a career in the commerce stream was a natural choice for me.

When it was time to decide on a career path, I enrolled for CA along with my other tuition mates. Truly speaking, I believed that pursuing CA was affordable, and qualifying as a CA would offer me better opportunities that lead to sustainable remuneration. These were some of the contributing factors to why I decided to be a CA.