Women show the way in india’s progress
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Varsha Pawar resides in a village in Maharashtra was like any other housewife until she started selling solar cook stoves and lamps in her neighbourhood a little over a year ago. Today, she is the Sarpanch (village council chief) of Tirth Khurd (her village name) advocating the use of clean energy not only in her village but also in the entire Tuljapur administrative block.
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- 1. wwww.etailingindiaexpo.com Womenshow the way inIndia’s progress VarshaPawar residesinavillage inMaharashtrawas like anyotherhousewife untilshe startedselling solarcook stovesandlampsinher neighbourhoodalittle overayearago. Today,she is the Sarpanch (village councilchief) of TirthKhurd(hervillage name) advocatingthe use of cleanenergynotonlyinher village butalsointhe entire Tuljapuradministrative block. Mrs. Pawar storyis amongstmanysuch storieswhichcaptivate the mindof anindividual.Indiaisa developingeconomyandthe role of women’scontributionisasequallyimportantasthe men’s. Accordingto an ASSOCHAM-ThoughtArbitrageResearchstudy,in2016, India'sperformance infemale workforce participationstoodat27 per cent,significantlybehindChina(64per cent),Brazil (59 per cent),RussianFederation(57percent),and SouthAfrica(45 percent).Thingsare changingand fastfor good.Womenhave come a long wayand todaytheywalkwiththe mencounterpartsineverystride of life.Tobringfortha visionwhichliesaheadformanymore contributionsgoingtohappen,let’slookin to theiraccomplishmentshere.
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- 5. wwww.etailingindiaexpo.com Naina Lal Kidwai From beingHeadof InvestmentBankingatANZGrindlaysduring1982-1994 to Vice ChairmanJM Morgan Stanley,NainaLal Kidwai isone of the mostsuccessful andfamousIndianbusinesswomen. She iscurrentlyCountryHeadand Group General ManagerHSBC Group India.She has alsoheldother eminentpositionssuchasthatof Global Advisor,HarvardBusiness School,non-executive directorat Nestle SA andas a memberof GoverningBoardNCAER,AuditorGeneral of Indiaandseveral other positions.
- 6. wwww.etailingindiaexpo.com Chanda Kochhar She iscurrentlythe MD & CEO of India’slargestprivate bankICICIBank.Underherleadership, ICICIBank wonthe “Best Retail BankinIndia”award in2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 and“Excellence inRetail BankingAward”in2002 and both awardswas givenbyThe AsianBanker. Besidesthem,there are manymore namestocount andlookuponin our country. An improvingsentiment Accordingto a reportin The Hindu,Partner,E-commerce andStartupsat KPMG, SreedharPrasadsaid that 15 to 17 per centof entrepreneursine-commerce are women.He added,“A few yearsago,itwas just2-3 percent.” The start-upworldisaddinga new level-playingfieldandencouragingall totake the plunge. Anisha Singh,founderand CEO,mydala.comsays,“Themoreawarenesswebuild,the morewe inspire people,women included,to join in.”
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