Womennovator Entrepreneurship Summit 2018 : 100 Women Faces Awards

Womennovator 100 Women Faces 2018 powered by KGS Advisors (www.kgsadvisors.com) and KEI Industries Limited, was launched a campaign wherein inspirational women and their stories of triumph, trials, and tribulations are extensively covered. Along with 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 wherein 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 #100Women Elevator pitch 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". Founder Womennovator , CEO - KGS Advisors –Mrs. Tripti Shinghal stated that the whole concept of launching these 100 women faces is not just to bring them recognition and awards them, but also to ensure their empowerment by connecting them to relevant fellow Womennovator, 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 #Internationalcommittee is being formed that will help few chosen women faces to have a clearer idea and become global. The committee consist of Business Leaders, Diplomats, and Thinkers having Khair Ull Nissa (WTC Services), Yash Kansal, Prof. Savita Gautam, P Udaykumar- Director(The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.-NSIC) , Prabhjot Sodhi (UNDP ) and Barack Granot (Embassy of Isarel in India) on board. This will help these women faces to innovate better and also establish themselves with global alliances.During the event informative panel discussion by Ministries, Department and financial institutions also took place which had representatives from @Charvi Mehta- Advisor( MSDE), Guneet Malik- Assistant Manager( InvestIndia), R.K Rai- Director(MSME) and Deepak Kumar- Dy. General Manager(SIDBI) which highlighted Government schemes exclusively for Women entrepreneurs across central and other states.This 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 M. 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 'Mridul' and other #Guestsofhonors were, Shazia Ilmi, Shahnaz Husain Group, 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 Jhujhunwala, 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 Blossom Kochhar Aroma Magic Unisex Salon Noida, Sonam Wangchuk - Founding-Director of the Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL). On the Mentors /Advisors panel, we had Archana Gupta- Non-Executive Director, KEI Industries Limited, Gauri Sarin - Founder Director, Saahas, Rita Gangwani, Managing Director, Etiquette, Meeta Wadhva Sengupta - Founder, Center for Education Strategy.Sponsors for the event included KEI Industries Limited, GAIL (India) Limited, Petronet LNG Limited, South Indian Bank and Catch – Salts and Spices.