Women Leaders In India
The conference aimed at providing an environment for women to set trends, influence, innovate and leverage women’s participation in the global business world. The first edition of the conference took place at the Royal Palms on the 17th and 18th December in Mumbai which brought together more than 100 top women from companies across India to discuss various strategies used by women in their organization for women development.
The two-day conference and awards emphasized on education, networking and exchanging ideas on different issues faced by women at workplace. The Conference highlighted the strength, unity and their burning zeal to climb the corporate ladder. The conference witnessed some of the top names including Sulajja Firodia Motwani, MD, Kinetic Engineering, Harshbeena Zaveri, President and CEO, NRB Bearings, Sushma Rajagopalan, Head Global Strategy, L&T InfoTech, Dr. Amee Yajnik, Central Government Standing Counsel for Gujarat High Court and Eminent Social Worker, Vinni Soni, SVP & Head, Group Business for India, Birla Sun Life Insurance, Pallavi Jha, Vice Chairperson, Talent First, Walchand Group along with many others.
Commenting on the Conference, Mohammed Ibrahim, Event Producer, I Group said, “We are extremely delighted with the way women responded. We strongly believe that a conference of such caliber will be the ideal platform to discuss, network and facilitate women leadership. We are looking at a high volume response from women all over India in the coming years.”
Women Leaders in India also provided an important networking opportunity where women could build their knowledge, develop their business and career potential and promote their respective organizations. It is through building connections, building business that Women Leaders in India offered its Participants value-added service and contributed further to success in our society.
The awards ceremony was a significant part of the Women Leaders in India Conference. The awards program aspired to identify business women who have broken new grounds of the business world. The awards were given away by Ms. Sulajja Firodia Motwani, MD, Kinetic Engineering, Ms.Harshbeena Zaveri, President and CEO, NRB Bearings and Ms. Kamal Agarwal, Chief editor, Women on Top. There were as many as 29 awards distributed at the conference.
Speaking at the award Ceremony, Kavita Venugopal, Group President and Risk Officer, Yes Bank said “I am delighted to collect this award. I haven’t been a part of many women’s forum before. However, having seen the enthusiasm amongst women here, I have to admit that many women are coming through especially in the banking sphere. May there be more women.”
Below the Award winners:
Leading Woman Entrepreneur - Sulajja Firodia Motwani - Kinetic Engineering Ltd
Leading Woman Lawyer - Amee Yajnik - Central Government Standing Counsel for Gujarat High Court and Eminent Social Worker
Leader in Hospitality - Pooja Braria Chhabra - Crowne Plaza Today Gurgaon
Leader in IT Sector - Sangita Singh - Wipro Ltd.
Leader in Real Estate - Jyoti Anand - Raheja Developers
Leader in Finance - Sushmita Ghatak - ICRA Online Ltd
Leader in Corporate Communications - Sharmila Banerjee - JSW Steel
Leading Woman Journalist - Barkha Dutt - NDTV
Leading Woman Engineer - Anuradha - Subex
Leading woman Banker - Kavita Venugopal - Yes Bank
Business woman of the Year - Vijaya P. H. Deepti - TCS
Leader in Public Sector - Madhu Mulchandani - RITES
Leading Woman-Owned Innovative Project - Sangamitra Dutta - Stylus Automotive
Best Humanitarian Initiative - Ranjana Kanti - E-DUTAINMENT UNLIMITED
Best Employer for Women Development - Infosys - Infosys
Young Women Leader of the Year - Smitha Chellu - Times of Money
Leading Woman CEO - Sangita Reddy - Appolo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
Leading Woman CFO - Kimsuka Narasimhan - Pepsico India Holdings Private Limited
Leading Woman COO - Vaishali Kasture - Butter field Fulcrum
Leading Woman in Marketing - Sheran Mehra - Dhanalakshmi Bank
Leading Woman CIO - Shika Rai - Canon
Leading Women in PR/Comm - Shalini Sethi - Aircel
Leading Women in Human Resources - Sonali Malhotra - Morgan Stanley
Leader in Healthcare Sector - Vandanaa Luthra - VLCC
Leading Woman Fund Manager - Sunaina da Cunha - Birla Sun Life AMC
Leader in Manufacturing Sector - HarshBeena Zaveri - NRB Bearings
Leading Business Women Overseas - Suganthi Shivkumar - Asia Informatica
Leader in Aviation Sector - Rubi Arya - Kingfisher Airlines Ltd.
Leader in Retail Sector -Deepali Goenka - Welspun India Ltd
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