NEW DELHI, May 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
The event took place at the Shangri-La's - Eros Hotel, New Delhi
Womennovator 100 Women Faces 2018, in association with COWE powered by KGS Advisors and KEI Industries, has launched a campaign wherein inspirational women and their stories of triumph, trials, and tribulations are extensively covered.
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Along with the aforementioned platforms, these stories will be sent to Ministries of India, PSUs, corporates, financial institutions, banks, varied embassies and international organizations in form of a management planner along with 103 inspiring women and 31 women influencers across India and abroad. These stories will also make a part of an online and print publication.
The day has been marked with more than 100 Women Elevator pitches which has created an Asia Record for 'Maximum Women Change-makers giving elevator pitches on Event Day' paving the way for it to be recorded in 'Asia Book of Records'.
Mrs. Tripti Shinghal Founding President, COWE India- Delhi Chapter, CEO - KGS Advisors and Co-founder of Womennovator 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, brand equity exchange programs, and an opportunity to connect and incubate Indian women outside India.
She also says that an international committee is being formed that will help few chosen women faces to have a clearer idea and become global figures. The committee would consist of business leaders, diplomats, and thinkers. This will help these women faces to innovate better and also establish themselves with global alliances.
During the event's 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.
Mrs. Shruti Jagetia, Founder of Womennovator shared that the initiative is supported by Shri Suresh Prabhu -Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation of India; Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary - Minister of State for Coal and Mines; Jyotsna Sitling - Joint Secretary Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Shri Prakash Javadekar - incumbent Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Shri Venkaiah Naidu, The Vice President of India. She says, "I feel so glad to be connected to the cause which has become successful because of the entrepreneurs, ministries, Government panel, mentors, jury, influencers and 100 faces who have joined the cause with the heart, the humanity and the willingness to help others and see every woman grow."
The Chief Guest of the event included Manoj Tiwari and other guests of honours were, Shazia Ilmi, Shahnaz Husain, Ashmit Singh Alag, Anand Naidu, Prof. Aman Agarwal, Dr. Shikha Sharma, Rina Dhaka, Dependra Pathak, Sandhya Prakash, Ratan Kaul, Srishti Kaur, Jasmine Gandhi, Bimal Julka, Adesh Kumar Gupta, Sheila Jhunjhunwala, and many more.
Esteemed Jury which has selected 100 faces included Naina Lal Kidwai - Chairman of the India Advisory Board of Advent International Private Equity; Avijit Dutt - Actor; Blossom Kochhar - Founder of Aroma Magic range of products; and Sonam Wangchuk - Founding-director of the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL)
On the Mentors /Advisors panel there is Archana Gupta - Non-Executive Director, KEI Industries Limited; Gauri Sarin - Founder Director, Saahas; Rita Gangwani: Managing Director, Etiquette; Meeta Sengupta - Founder, Center for Education Strategy.
Sponsors for the event included KEI Industries Ltd., GAIL, Petronet LNG Ltd., South Indian Bank and Catch - Salts and Spices.
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About KGS Advisors
KGS Advisors is a distinctive platform that provides advisory services to SMEs / Start-ups in India as well as to foreign companies looking to establish a presence in India. The range of services is tailor-made for the unique requirements within the wide array of Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Legal, Business advisory, Market research, Human resource management and B2B Handling services etc. along with assisting the start-ups in raising funds (equity as well as debt). Being a long-standing prestigious entity active in the SME & Startup ecosystems, KGS Advisors are poised to be the partner of choice in Indian startup ecosystem.http://www.kgsadvisors.com
About COWE
COWE is a non-profit company incorporated in 2004 and has been steered by an eminent Board of Directors since then. COWE today is a forum having about 1000 strong women members from all over India. Its slogan 'Gearing women power' stands for the democratic structure of COWE and also stands for 'Of the women, for the women and by the women'. We have emerged as a well-organized and established organization working towards our goal of liberating women by making them financially independent and vibrant. In totality, COWE is spread across India over 10 states. http://www.co-we.com
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