Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation (WIEF) held the second edition of the National Leadership Summit on Women and Education and Indian women excellence and Leadership awards on 18th February 2019 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The awards were introduced to acknowledge women and men who are on a mission of empowering women entrepreneurs all across India. The awards focused on honouring women entrepreneurs all across India who has set a standard in a male dominating industry. The event included Key-note Speakers from various industries and panel discussions thereof.
The ceremony started with a welcome note from Dr Shweta Singh, Founder and CEO at Ennoble IP & WIEF, about the vision her foundation has, that is-every women irrespective of her background, should be financially independent. She wants women to be confident enough to take decisions themselves and forge their own path. Chief Guest of the Summit, Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce, Industry and Civil Aviation addressed the gathering by praising the organizers for the good work they have been doing which is focused entirely on women. He said “We are adding a new dimension to GM policy, which will be launched in the next few days. Whatever is made by the women self-made groups, Entrepreneurs, Artisans will be available for sale through GM Platform”.
Anurag Srivastava, CISCO India CSR Lead discussed the importance of these awards and how they act like a catalyst which motivate women to keep doing the good work. Dr Sanjay Mishra, Head of Women Scientist Program, in his speech, encouraged all the awardees to keep on doing the good work they have been doing but with greater force and broader perspective. Other Key-note speaker included Dr Anurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-chief of BW Business world and Exchange4media. Dinesh Jotwani, Head of Govt. Affairs at NCR Corp. advised that there is a lot of scope and opportunities for women in the corporate sector. Shweta Jha, Aaj Tak Associate Executive Producer, in a panel discussion mentioned the importance of family support for a stressful and untimely job like hers. Ramanan Ramanathan, Mission Director of Atal Innovation speaks about how being surrounded by women in his house, he has developed a sensitivity towards the female gender.
After a few speeches, Panel Discussions were held. The topic of the first-panel discussion was ‘What Women Want: Equal Eye for Women in Business’. The outcome of the panel was that women should act bravely to be change-makers they want to be and that there is a thin line between success and support. If they are supported well enough by their families, success will come eventually. The topic of other panels of discussion was ‘Women of Colors and Capital’.
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