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Pragya Gupta

Senior Associate | DE&I Chair; Founder and President

Gray Puksand, Multicultural Association of Property Professionals

Pragya Gupta is a Senior Associate at Gray Puksand, where she is recognised as a respected leader in Australia’s architecture and design industry. As a registered architect, she brings a wealth of experience across the Asia-Pacific region, having led diverse projects in commercial, residential, hospitality, education, and infrastructure sectors.

Beyond her technical expertise, Pragya is a passionate advocate for equity and inclusion in the built environment. She leads Gray Puksand’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE+I) group, driving meaningful change through policy, dialogue, and culture-building. Her leadership reflects both professional insight and her lived experience as a migrant woman of colour in a traditionally male-dominated field.

Pragya is also the founder of Wine & Shine, a vibrant networking platform that champions women in property, and is the Founder & President of MAPP Inc., a nonprofit supporting multicultural professionals in the industry. Her journey is one of resilience, community-building, and the power of representation to shift the culture of an entire sector.

SESSIONS

Day 2

9:55

Panel: Addressing Microaggressions and Intersectionality to Create Safe, Inclusive Workplaces

  • How microaggressions disproportionately affect women of colour, CALD communities, LGBTIQ+ individuals, and other marginalised groups in the industry

  • How can leaders, allies, and teams recognise, address, and prevent microaggressions in workplace culture?

  • Organisational strategies for building psychological safety, fostering inclusive leadership, and holding people accountable


Moderator: Cathryn Greville, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)

Vanessa Hetherington, Associate Director, RPS

Yasmin Roper, Associate Engineer | Roads & Streets Lead Vic, Arup

Pragya Gupta, Senior Associate | DE&I Chair, Gray Puksand; Founder and President, Multicultural Association of Property Professionals

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