Reshma (रेशमा / ریشما) is from the Sanskrit-Urdu reshma — "silk, silken thread." **Reshma Saujani (born 1975)** — **American attorney, activist, and politician; in 2010, ran for US Congress (lost) but became the first Indian American woman to run for the seat; in 2012 founded **Girls Who Code**, the nonprofit that by 2024 had taught computer science to 670,000+ girls in 50 US states and 8 countries — making it the largest organization in the world dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology**. **Her 2016 TED talk "Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection" has been viewed over 7 million times**. **Author of *Brave, Not Perfect* (2019) and *Pay Up* (2022)**. **Founded the Marshall Plan for Moms in 2021 supporting working mothers post-pandemic**. **Reshma (Pakistani singer, 1947-2013)** — folk legend who sang barefoot in marketplaces; *Lambi Judai* in *Hero* (1983).
Subject of countless tech-industry diversity profiles.
Reshma reduces to six — the number of Girls Who Code.