Pune: The Hope Foundation and Research Centre’s International Institute of Information Technology (I²IT) and Natarajan Education Society (NES), have jointly called for a national movement to enable millions of women to become entrepreneurs and create worthy jobs for their fellow citizens.
Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Founding Trustee of NES, said, “We have seen in the corporate and social sector that women, given the right encouragement and opportunities can exceed all expectations. In fact, in our eco-system which consist of eleven organisations, nine are led with distinction by women.”
Aruna Katara, President of the Hope Foundation and Research Centre, said, “Through the last many editions of this conclave, we have showcased outstanding women from all walks of life and inspired thousands of young people to embark on successful careers. This year we are showcasing the success stories of both women entrepreneurs and career builders and given a special call for more entrepreneurs to emerge.”
Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman of BW Businessworld & Exchange4media, shared valuable ideas on becoming a good entrepreneur. He said, “Feminine qualities like love, compassion, kindness, keeping commitments are requisites of an entrepreneur.”
The panel discussion at Women’s Prowess led by Dr Uma Ganesh, Chairperson of Global Talent Track, featured success stories from different sectors like manufacturing (Uma Nidmarty - CEO, Lectrotek Ltd.); IT (Dipti Agrawal - Co-Founder & CEO, Tudip Software); social (Parul Vaidya - General Manager, Social Venture Partners, Pune Chapter), journalism (Sheetal Kharka - Vice President, BW BusinessWorld) and others.