Women across the board are doing some tremendous work today. They are breaking glass ceiling and smashing patriarchy as they go about launching start-ups, working in male-dominated industries and innovating in technology. But what is most important is that these women are recognised so more women and young girls feel motivated. To do this, Womennovator in association with COWE powered by KGS Advisors (www.kgsadvisors.com) and KEI Industries launched an effort to select 100 inspirational women and cover their stories of triumph, trials, and tribulations from various states across the country and felicitated them on April 30.
The day was marked with more than 100 Women Elevator pitches. With the "maximum women changemakers giving elevator pitches", the event made it to the "Asia Book of Records".
Through the initiative, the organisation will send stories of women achievers to ministries, PSUs, corporates, financial institutions, banks, varied embassies and international organizations. This will be in the form of a management planner documenting 103 inspiring women and 31 women influencers across India and abroad.
Founding President, COWE India- Delhi Chapter, CEO - KGS Advisors and Co-founder of Womennovator, Tripti Shinghal stated that the whole concept of launching these 100 women faces is not just to bring them recognition and award them, but also to ensure their empowerment by connecting them to relevant fellow Womennovators, mentors, financial advisors, various media platforms, crowdfunding, Government schemes.
Womennovator, founded by Shruti Jagetia, has chosen a few mentors and influencers who will guide the 100 women get to the funding level and help them scale their businesses. Jagetia said during the event informative panel discussion by Ministries, Department and financial institutions also took place which had representatives from MSME, MSDE, DIPP (Invest India and Startup India), Financial Institutions, Niti Aayog, SIDBI which highlighted Government schemes exclusively for Women entrepreneurs across central and other states.
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One of the mentors, Archana Gupta of KEI Industries, told SheThePeople.TV: “Women need to grab the opportunities they get. Many times we miss the opportunities because of various reasons but what I believe in is, everything will fall into place if you take that one step forward to reach to your dream.”
Renowned fashion designer, Rina Dhaka, who was also present at the '100 Women Faces' event, said that gender does not matter when it comes to entrepreneurship. “In the longer run, these platforms create a sense of awareness of women entrepreneurship which helps the atmosphere, put pressure on government support schemes and as they get recognition, women together as a body can also prosper and take advantage of that unity.”
A jury of Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, actor Avijit Dutt, Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairman of the India Advisory Board of Advent International Private Equity, cricketer Suresh Raina, actor Paresh Rawal, journalist and news anchor Shereen Bhan, Blossom Kochhar, Founder of Aroma Magic range of products, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Founder and CEO at Jayashree Industries, and Sonam Wangchuk, Founding-director of the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) selected the 100 inspirational women.
The chief guest of the event included Manoj Tiwari and guests of honors were Sonam Wangchuk, Naina Lal Kidwai, Blossom Kochhar, Avijit Dutt, Sudhanshu Mittal, Shazia Ilmi, Shahnaz Husain among many other.
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Here's the list of the 103 women who are making a difference to society and the environment around:
- Ajanta Chandan, Founder of Ithiha
- Anjali Singh, Secretary of JUTE ARTISANS GUILD ASSOCIATION
- Anjaly Maheshwari, President of Sanatan Seva Mission Trust 2016 (Work for unprivileged children's education)
- Anju Arora, Founder of Naari, Women Wellness Initiative
- Anuradha Chadha, founder and MD of 3A CLOTHING COMPANY
- Aparna Mishra, Founder Director of Radiance Corporate Solutions Pvt. Ltd
- Aparnaa Laxmi Singh, Founder Secretary of EcoLibFoundation
- Bhavna Bajaj, Founder of Social Umbrella Legal advisers and consultancy
- Bina Ramani, Director of LADY MALABAR INDIA PVT LTD
- Chandni Khan, Co-founder of VOICE OF SLUM
- Charushilla Narula Bajpai, Founder Director of EduShilla University Connection Private Limited
- Chetna Sinha, Founder/ Chairperson of Mann Deshi Foundation / Mann Deshi Bank
- Chitrankshi Suneja, Co-founder of Campusvibes
- Devika Gurung, Founder of Fidgety Fingers
- Dolly Jai, Founder of M/s Pink Lemon
- Binal Doshi, Co-founder of PlexusMD
- Rita Bakshi, Chairperson of International Fertility Centre
- Ritu Kela, Dean of College of Applied education and health sciences
- Gagandeep Kaur Gulati, Educationist, IITM, NEW DELHI
- Elsa Marie D’silva, Founder of Red Dot Foundation (Safecity)
- Garvita Gulhati, Founder of Why Waste?, Ecotonix, Chronicles of Change, The Changemakers Society
- Gauri Durga Chakraborty, Jt Acting Head and Associate Professor of AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA
- Geetanjali Kasliwal, MD of ANANTAYA RETAILS PVT LTD
- Harini Madhira, Founder of Cisne For Arts
- Harpreet Ahluwalia, CEO of Earthly Creations
- Indrani Mukherjiee, MD and CEO of BAMBOOOZ & FURN BAMBU PVT LTD
- Jinal Ajmera, Co-founder and COO of FinPlus Business Solutions LLP
- Kanika Pal, Co-founder of SoCHE Foundation
- Kavana Mayur, Mattress Lounge & Rainbow Careers India
- Kopal Maheshwari, Chairperson of Little Einsteins
- Kirstin Kagetsu, Co-founder and CEO of Saathi Eco Innovations
- Madhavi Shree, Founder of WORLD OF POSITIVE NEWS
- Madhavi Jadhav, CEO of ThatMate
- Mamta Saikia, CEO of BHARTI FOUNDATION
- Manju Rathi, HOD of IDEA, WOW(women of wonderland), shree acedemy, my adventures, nabh-nir camps
- Mansi Mehta, Founder of KISHORI FOUNDATION
- Mayuri Misra, Founder and CEO of SHAKTISHI
- Meenakshi M Singh, Founder of ShetheShakti, AuthorsPress India
- Meenu Maggon, MD and CEO of Kaunsiurge
- Megha M, Co-founder of Project DEFY, MUSEInc
- Monalisa Sagar, Director of Dezine Display Solutions
- Jigna Shah Samir, CEO of REVE' Fashions
- Namita Banka, CMD of Banka bioloo limited
- Nandini Diwakar, Founder of D'WALKERS KITCHEN
- Neeru Bhushan Principal Scientist and Incharge at ICAR- IARI
- Neeta Bhatia, Founder of Fantasia
- Nmami Agarwal, Founder and CEO of Nmami Life
- Payal Agarwal, Founder of Tranquilitea
- Pinky Maheshwari, Founder Director at Surprise Someone
- Prarthna Gupta, Chairperson and MD at CACHE TECHNOLOGIES
- Preeti Monga, CEO of Silver Linings
- Priyanka Kaul, Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, NDTV and COO, Special Projects & Events at NDTV
- Pushpanjali Chawla, Founder of Pivotul Consulting
- Radhika Bajaj, founder of Rootsaps
- Ranju Minhas, Founder of SHIELD-Citizen's Initiative
- Ranu Jain Gupta, VP at My Sanika Cancer Care Society
- Reema Sathe, Founder of Happy Roots
- Reety Wadhwa, Founder of The RW Corporation
- Renu Bajpai, President of UMA SHANKAR DIXIT'S CONSORTIUM OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- Rita Arora, Home Chef
- Ritika Kothari, Founder of Casa Quirky
- Ruchi Rastogi, Founder Director of Hunar Foundation
- Ruchika Beri, Co-founder of Jewelove
- Rupali Ambegaownkar, Founder of TCW tea Pvt Ltd
- Sabita Mahato, Mountaineer
- Sarita Sharma, Founding member of TheTeacherApp
- Shabri Prasad, Author
- Shagun Singh, Founder of Geeli Mitti Farms LLP
- Shalini Diwan, Founder of Global Fighters
- Sharmin Ali, Co-founder of Instoried Research Labs Pvt Ltd
- Sheetal Gupta, VP of Universal Health Foundation
- Shiksha Oberoi, co-founder Impact Media 360 and Indi.com
- Shilpi Datta Som, Founder Many Frocks &
- Shital Somani, Co-founder of S4S Technologies
- Shriti Chajed, Founder of BookEventz
- Shutapa Paul, Founder of NewCrop and Dharma Media Consultants
- Shweta Shalini, Chief Evanglist, The Billennium Divas
- Smriti Chabra, Founder of Gurgaon Community Circle
- Sneha Routray, President- Grameen Sneh Foundation.
- Sonal Jindal, Founder and Director of MEDUSA
- Sonali Thapar, Director of Thapar Investments
- Soumya Dabriwal, Founder of Project Baala
- Sreeraja Rajeshwari, Yellapragada, Founder of SIDHI CREATIONS
- Sridevi Nallamilli, MD of Green Leaf Solutions
- Priti Shah - CEO Payswiff Solutions Pvt Ltd
- Sujata Parashar, Author/Social Activist
- Supriya Paul, Co-founder of Josh Talks
- Supriya Rathi Bagri, Founder and CEO of RoboVR
- Suvarna Raj, Program Director of Association for Disabled People
- Sweta Joshi, CEO of Algaari Ventures
- Vandana Mishra, Founder of Travandyz (opc) Pvt Ltd
- Vinita Bhatia, National Head- Media and Sports of Times of India
- Sarika Mehta, Founder of Sarika mehta cooking classes
- Deepali Tyagi, Artist at Fine Art institute
- Kanika Tekriwal, CEO of JetSetGo Aviation Pvt. Ltd.
- Geetangali Chopra, Founder and Director at Wishes and Blessings (NGO)
- Prerna Bhatia, Founder President of Nurturing Dreams TRUST
- Japna Pradhan, Pradhan of Panchayati Raj
- Sonal Verma, Director of Hill Foundation Group Of Education, Dehradun
- Prachi Kaushik, MANAGING DIRECTOR & FOUNDER of Vyomini
- Kanika Shori, COO of Square Yards
- Diba Naizia, Social Activist, WZYF
- Rachana Jain, Founder of World of Winners Ltd & Devine Messages Ltd
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