International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day:Ubuntu Consortium to bring 54 associations on one platform
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Bengaluru: Every year, November 19 is celebrated as the International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. To honor women entrepreneurs who have carved out a place in commerce and industrial activities through which they achieve social and economic empowerment of the country.
Ubuntu Consortium is organising an International Seminar “Borderless Business Opportunities” & will also honour exceptional women business and industrial achievers through its Star Awards for Women Entrepreneurs: Recognizing Excellence.
In this event which will be held at the Taj Vivanta, on November 19th, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Minister for MSME & Public
Enterprises, Government of Karnataka will be the chief guest of the inaugural event. Dr Rajneesh, IAS, Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner, MSME, Government of India, New Delhi, will be the special Guest of honour, along with Sarah Gideon, Head of Communication, CSR,
FlipKart, Carey Arun, Counsellor for Commercial Affairs, US Commercial
Service, US Consulate – Chennai, India will be the keynote speaker. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka will be the chief guest for the valedictory ceremony and UBUNTU Star Awards. N A
Haris, Chairman, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), Bengaluru and
Mercy Epao, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India will participate as the special guests of honour.
As part of the event, three panel discussions will be held. The first session
will be: “Borderless Business Opportunities” which will be chaired by
Parul Soni, Founder & Secretary General, ABWCI. Phoebe G David,
Country President, Philippines ABWCI, Shirley Jayawardena, Chairperson,
Ceylon Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs (CCWE),Sri Lanka, Pramila
Acharya Rijal, Founder President, South Asian Women’s Development Forum (SAWDF), Nepal, HE. Samagiul Adamkulova, Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic, Almas Jiwani, President Emeritus, UN Women Canada National Committee, Zamira Akbagysheva, President, Congress of Women of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek and Dr Asif Iqbal, President, Indian Economic Trade Organization (IETO), Bengaluru will participate as the panellists.
Theme of the second session is: Fostering Business Collaborations,
Trade and Investments between Countries. Nitesh K Patil, IAS,
Director, MSME, Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Karnataka will be the session chair. Michelle Wade, Commissioner, South Asia, Global Victoria, State Government of Victoria, Australia, Ms. Hana, Director, Czech Trade Promotion Agency, Bengaluru, Dr Sulochana Segera, Founder Chairperson, Women in Management (WIM), Lanka, Dr Rajan Sudesh Ratna,
Deputy Head, United Nations ESCAP, New Delhi, and HE. ShabeenaSultana,
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Tunisia will participate as the panelists.
Session 3 : Presidents Panel: Best Practices & Way Forward K. Ramadevi,
Founder President, ALEAP – Hyderabad will chair the session 3, Panellists
include Ms. Meenal Mohadikar, Founder President, Aamhi Udyogini
Prathisthan, Mumbai, Alakananda, Founder President, India – ASEAN
Business Council, Archana Bhatnagar, Chairperson & Founder President – MAWE, Madhya Pradesh, Rafina Sheikh, Founder President, Go Womania, Goa, Chitra Bharath Kumar, Founder President – WECAN, Bengaluru, Kalpana Yuvaraj, Founder President – AEU, Chennai, Asha Arondekar,
Chairperson, Women’s Wing, GCCI, Goa, Priya Puranik, Founder President, PWP, Belgavi, Rachana Mahesh, Founder President, WOMEN CAN, Mysore, Rathi Shrinivasan, Founder President, WEDA, Hubballi,
Nisary Mahesh Founder & CEO – Her Money Talks, Kerala, Manik
Patwardhan, Founder President – SCT, Bengaluru and Dr B V Lakshmidevi,
Founder President, SWEDHA, Shivamogga.
The Award Function will be at 4 PM, where following categories will be awarded
1. Start up 2. Scale up 3. Second innings 4. Special Recognition for “Hidden Gems”.
For the first time, Udyama Shilate Lifetime Achievement
Award is being presented to K Rama Devi, Founder President ALEAP, Hyderabad, who has
set up the FIRST WOMEN’S PARK in India.
Above 350 delegates have registered across the globe, India & Karnataka and 60
women will display their products from Karnataka.
-Team Mysoorunews
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