National Consultation on Creating an Enabling Environment for Women’s EconomicEmpowerment through Entrepreneurship in India19 February 2013New DelhiREPORT ON THE NATIONAL CONSULTATION ONCREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FORWOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGHENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA
CONTENTSPageI.Background .1II.Objective of the Meeting .1III.Agenda.1IV.Inaugural session.1V. Plenary session on Creating an Enabling Environment for Women’sEntrepreneurship in India .2VI. Thematic sessions on Partnership and Cooperation to Enhance Women’sEntrepreneurship.3 Capacity DevelopmentAccess to Finance and CreditVII. Closing and recommendations .5Annex I: Programme .8Annex II: List of participants .10
I. BACKGROUND1.The potential of women to contribute to economic development in Asia and thePacific is significant. Women’s entrepreneurship has the potential to empower women aswell as contribute to the economic development of the region. By setting up and havingcontrol over a business, women can use this opportunity to develop their own economicindependence, overcome poverty through asset building and improve their well-being aswell as that of their families.2.However, legislative, institutional, financial and cultural obstacles remain andcontinue to impact and disadvantage women, particularly in comparison to their malecounterparts, in setting up and running their own enterprises, managing their asset andachieving control over their resources.3.The National Consultation on Creating an Enabling Environment for Women’sEntrepreneurship in India was attended by over 150 representatives from relevantgovernment ministries, research institutions and civil society organizations as well asrelevant international organizations. The list of participants is attached as Annex I to theReport.II. OBJECTIVES OF THE MEETING4.The objectives of the Consultation were to:a. Review the policy findings and recommendations of the national researchconducted under the ESCAP-Goldman Sachs project;b. Identify strategies to inform policy-making in promoting access to betteropportunities for women entrepreneurs;c. Promote multiministerial coordination and partnerships to enhancecooperation for creating an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs.III. AGENDA5.The agenda for the Consultation was as follows (the full programme is annexed):1. Inaugural Session2. Plenary Session on Creating an Enabling Environment for Women’sEntrepreneurs in India3. Thematic sessions on partnership and cooperation to enhance women’sentrepreneurship Capacity Development Access to Finance and Credit4. Closing SessionIV. INAUGURAL SESSION6.Ms. Kavita Varadaraj, President of FICCI-FLO delivered the opening remarks. Ms.Varadaraj expressed her thanks to ESCAP and Goldman Sachs for organizing theConsultation. She stressed that entrepreneurship accelerates economic growth and that1
women’s entrepreneurship leads to women’s leadership. She emphasized the ability tolearn quickly and the willingness to take chances as a major strength of Indian women.Women entrepreneurs in India face challenges related to their families, mobility constraints,and access to business. She said that talent is universal, but opportunity is not. FLO aims toopen many opportunities for women.7.Mr. Nagesh Kumar, Director of ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office, madeopening remarks. He highlighted the centrality of gender equality and women‘sempowerment in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and for inclusivedevelopment. Mr. Kumar urged participants to identify the bottlenecks and stumblingblocks on the path to women’s entrepreneurship and explore innovative yet practical waysto break the glass ceiling.8.Ms. Erin Walsh, Vice-President, Head of Corporate Engagement for Asia-Pacific,made opening remarks on behalf of Goldman Sachs. She noted that research suggested thatinvesting in the education and economic empowerment of women can have a positiveimpact on growth and GDP. She highlighted the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiativewhich is aimed at fostering greater shared economic growth by providing 10,000underserved women around the world with a business and management education.9.Her Excellency Ms. Syeda Hameed, Member, Planning Commission, made theinaugural statement. Ms. Hameed noted that women’s entrepreneurship is an essentialdriver of economic growth and their contribution to GDP growth is undeniable. She alsohighlighted some of the challenges and barriers that women face as entrepreneurs and theimportance of addressing them by creating an enabling environment. She commendedESCAP and Goldman Sachs for organizing this timely and relevant Consultation.10. On behalf of the Social Development Division of ESCAP, Ms. Cai Cai, Chief of theGender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section, delivered the vote of thanks. Shehighlighted the importance of women’s entrepreneurship in advancing women’s economicempowerment and outlined the objectives of the regional programme implemented byESCAP and Goldman Sachs. She also informed participants that the outcomes of thismeeting would feed into the Regional Forum to be held in April 2013 as well as the regionalpreparations for the Beijing 20 review.V. PLENARY SESSION ON CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FORWOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA11. The plenary session under this agenda item was moderated by Mr. Nagesh Kumar. Apresentation was made by Ms. Hina Shah, Director, International Center forEntrepreneurship and Career Development, on the preliminary research findings, followedby interventions by the following panelists: Ms. Erin Walsh, Vice-President, Head of Corporate Engagement for AsiaPacific, Goldman SachsMs. Rashmi Singh, Executive Director, National Mission for Empowermentof WomenMs. Sharmistha Sinha, Senior Research Officer, National Mission forEmpowerment of WomenMs. Uma Swaminathan, Coordinator, Rural Economic & DevelopmentActivities, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), AhmedabadMs. Smita Premchander, Secretary, Sampark2
Ms. Archana Garodia Gupta, Founder, Touchstone Gems & Jewellery andTreasurer, FICCI Ladies Organization12. Ms. Hina Shah, Director, International Center for Entrepreneurship and CareerDevelopment, presented the preliminary findings of the national study on Creating anEnabling Environment for Women’s Entrepreneurship in India conducted within theframework of a joint ESCAP-Goldman Sachs regional programme. She provided anoverview of the current environment facing women entrepreneurs and stressed that womenconstitute less than 15 per cent of the number of entrepreneurs in India. Ms. Shah presentedthe scope of the study and some of the key findings. She noted that although a wide rangeof policies and credit schemes existed to promote women’s entrepreneurship, it remainedmarginal and the awareness about the availability of such schemes remained very low inthe country. Ms. Shah highlighted some of the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs,emphasizing that the situation for women in rural and urban areas were different.13. Ms. Shah highlighted the very strong and rigid sociocultural norms regardingwomen’s role in a patriarchal society such as India and related expectations, and broughtforward a few recommendations to create a more enabling and supportive environment,such as the need to adopt a comprehensive and integrated approach to support womenentrepreneurs, provide infrastructure facilities, training, and facilitate access to credit(through the creation of women’s cell in all branches of national banks for example). Therole of the media in sharing success stories and that of federations such as FICCI-FLO wasalso emphasized.14. The panelists, coming from a wide range of sectors, from the Government, privatesector and civil society, shared their own perspective about the key challenges facingwomen entrepreneurs and possible solutions, stressing how central this issue was to theeconomy and highlighting the multiplier effect and transformation that empowered womenwould bring forth. The lack of awareness about existing policies, schemes and theimportance of enabling work places, free of violence and harassment was also stressed.Sociocultural barriers, the crucial role of families in supporting the entrepreneurialundertaking of their women, the scourge of alcoholism were among other factors discussed.One panelist suggested that a critical mass of women entrepreneurs should be createdthrough affirmative action so as to accelerate the changes.VI. THEMATIC SESSIONS ON PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION TOENHANCE WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP15. The thematic sessions on partnership and cooperation to enhance women’sentrepreneurship focused on Capacity Development and Access to Finance and Credit.16. The thematic session on capacity development was chaired by Mr. Samarendra Sahu,Additional Development Commissioner, Office of DC-MSME. The panelists were: Ms. Shashi Singh, Chairperson, Consortium of WomenEntreprenerus of IndiaMs. Sarita Chauhan, Senior Consultant, National Institute forSmall Business Development (NIESBUD)Mr. Anupam Khanna, Chief of Economict and Director-General(Policy Outreach), National Association of Software and ServicesCompanies (NASSCOM)Ms. Seema Khosla, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program3
17. Panelists noted the importance of capacity building programmes and discussed someof the key challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in India. It was noted that a number ofpolicies and programmes were in place to further promote and empower womenentrepreneurs. However, it was highlighted that despite preferences made for women inseveral schemes and initiatives, very few entrepreneurs were women. Some panelistsrecognized the need to increase the dissemination of information on the various schemesand programmes.18. Furthermore, panelists highlighted the importance of partnerships and cooperationand the added value of peer group networks and associations of entrepreneurs. The need tostrengthen training on business as well as soft skills was also noted. In addition, otherissues raised included financial inclusion and the need to ensure growth is inclusive,promoting the representation of women in decision-making positions including advisoryboards etc., and ensure that programmes are accessible to women entrepreneurs who haveregistered their business.19. The thematic session on access to finance and credit was chaired by Mr. H.P. Kumar,Chairman and Managing Director, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC). Thepanelists were: Mr. R.K. Das, General Manager-in –Charge, Regional Office,Delhi, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Ms. Vanita Viswanath, Chief Executive Director, Udyogini Ms. Subhalakshmi Nandi, Women’s Economic EmpowermentSpecialist, UN-Women20. Panelists emphasized that access to finance and credit is a major challenge faced bywomen entrepreneurs everywhere. Several speakers noted the wide range of schemes andprogrammes implemented by the Government of India in this area, recognizing the need toincrease the flow of credit and finance for women. These include schemes granting womenfavourable loans as well as a range of tools to advise and guide prospective entrepreneurs.The lack of awareness and mentoring about existing schemes was seen as a critical issuethat needed to be addressed.21. Panelists also addressed other types of challenges facing women such as lack of accessto skills and training, women’s unrecognized unpaid work, the higher representation ofwomen in the informal sector, the lack of labour regulations, the design of financial services,delivery, as well as the lack of adequate monitoring and accountability mechanisms.Panelists stressed that specific gender concerns fundamentally impacted women, such asintra-household inequities, the burden of subsistence, work and debt – all on women- andthe persistent issue of violence against women. Several speakers also highlighted thechallenges women faced in remote rural areas and the need to address these.22. The group discussions that followed were facilitated by Mr. Jost Wagner, professionalfacilitator. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on the issues of capacitydevelopment and access to finance and credit, and developed a set of policyrecommendations to address the identified barriers.4
VII. CLOSING AND RECOMMENDATIONS23. Ms. Ranjana Agarwal, Founder Partner, Vaish & Associates Chartered Accountants andPast President, FICCI-FLO chaired the closing session and briefly summarized thediscussions of the day.24. A representative from each group presented the outcomes of the thematic discussion,that is, recommendations on policies and strategies to create an enabling environment forwomen's entrepreneurship.(a) Capacity Development: To enhance awareness and exchange of information, communication and goodpractices on women’s entrepreneurship, targeting women in both rural andurban areas, reaching out to them with appropriate tools and channels,including through the use of mass media and social media. Media to projectworking women in a more positive light, showcasing role models; To organize awareness-raising camps on entrepreneurship for women (in whichchallenges faced by women entrepreneurs can be shared and common solutionsevolved); To promote broad-based gender equality and women’s empowerment,including through enhancing women’s understanding of their own rights inparticular, property rights, inheritance rights, etc. To facilitate information-sharing on the issue of women’s entrepreneurship(Government to business, government to citizens ) and to create more avenuesand platforms for such information exchange and the sharing of good practices. Educational institutions to introduce entrepreneurship as a subject (from grade8th), with emphasis on skill-oriented education for girls and with the support ofParent Teacher Associations (PTA meetings to promote entrepreneurship amonggirls); Entrepreneurship to be taught also as part of management courses; To strengthen business development and business skills of womenentrepreneurs, including their understanding of market linkages, enhancedknowledge of design; To support the creation of women entrepreneurship cells/park inmanufacturing institutes; To introduce quota in government purchases (minimum percentage to go forproducts of women enterprises); To develop policies to facilitate tax relief for women entrepreneurs (for incometax, service tax, etc); To strengthen overall support system for women entrepreneurs, through theprovision of basic facilities/joint services (toilets, day care centres, crèches) and5
the creation of women entrepreneurs zones (as joint venture between public andprivate sector) to reduce the infrastructure costs; To facilitate access to legal aid for women entrepreneurs, through cells availableat local and national levels, with services provided free of charge; To promote e-government and transparency and the creation of ”one stopshops” for services/schemes/programmes for women entrepreneurs; To link up with the possible new national mission for entrepreneurship andclarify what the mission will aim to accomplish and provide suggestions for it tobe gender sensitive, early in the process.(b) Access to Finance and Credit: To improve the existing banking system through gender-sensitization training ofbranch managers ; Risk taking/burden of risk to be shared jointly by both bankers andentrepreneurs. Bank managers may already be sensitized but tend to beunwilling to take risk/onus upon themselves – incentives to be provided forthem to take/share such risks; To promote the systematic creation of bank accounts for every girl to enablethem to be eligible for bank loans ; To promote and facilitate an easy delivery mechanism of credit to women (formsand procedures to be simplified), including through consortia lending so as toprovide a single window/one stop shop for lending; To promote safe lending so that it is replaced by priority lending for women (aspart of SME lending); To ensure women entrepreneurs are able to directly present their concerns tobankers (not through male representatives) in case of disbursement of loans ininstallments; To establish regular monitoring mechanisms for loans taken by womenentrepreneurs and banks to help women entrepreneurs in terms of projectreporting at different milestones; To ensure that subsidies are tailored to specific requirements (to avoid fritteringthose subsidies away) and provided at appropriate time, with monitoringmechanisms in place; To promote subsidized interest rates, especially for women’s start up to have anominal rate of interest and allow them to be more competitive;6
To encourage all stakeholders to provide indirect financial and credit support towomen entrepreneurs by according priority to women’s products and providingmarketing opportunities ; To facilitate and simplify regulations for access to international capital; A portion of the compulsory 2 per cent of companies’ profit allocated tocorporate social responsibility activities to be earmarked for women’sentrepreneurship. This dip into CSR allocation should be accompanied by taxbreaks provided to the companies, and companies should be encouraged towork with women start up as auxiliaries; Subsidy to be provided/ tax benefits for backwards areas of the country toencourage entrepreneurs to settle in such remote areas and slow internalmigration/boost employment creation in those areas.25. Ms. Erin Walsh from Goldman Sachs thanked the participants for their contributionsand ESCAP, as well as FICCI-FLO for the successful conduct of the National Consultation.26. Ms. Cai Cai thanked the participants for their active participation in the NationalConsultation, which yielded rich and proactive policy recommendations to enhancewomen's economic opportunities in India. She further noted that these had laid a solidfoundation for the regional study and the regional forum to be held in April 2013. Shethanked Goldman Sachs and FICCI-FLO for their commitment to strengthening women’sentrepreneurship in the region.7
Annex INational Consultation on “Creating an Enabling Environment for Women’sEntrepreneurship in India”Tuesday 19 February 2013, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi .PROGRAMME1000-1030Registration/Welcome tea1030-1115Inaugural Session:Welcome Remarks: Ms. Kavitha Varadaraj, President of FICCI-FLOOpening Remarks: Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director, ESCAP-SSWAOpening Remarks: Ms. Erin Walsh, Vice-President, Head of CorporateEngagement for Asia-Pacific, Goldman SachsInaugural Address : H.E. Dr. Syeda Hameed, Member, PlanningCommission, Government of IndiaVote of Thanks: Ms. Cai Cai, Chief, Gender Equality and Women’sEmpowerment Section, Social Development Division, ESCAP1115-11301130-1300Tea/Coffee BreakPlenary Session: Creating an Enabling Environment for Women’sEntrepreneurship in IndiaChairperson: Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director, ESCAP-SSWAPresentation: Ms. Hina Shah, Director, International Center forEntrepreneurship and Career Development, IndiaDistinguished PanelistsMs. Erin Walsh, Vice President, Head of Corporate Engagement for AsiaPacific, Goldman SachsMs. Rashmi Singh, Executive Director and Ms. Sharmistha Sinha,Senior Research Officer, National Mission for Empowerment ofWomenMs. Uma Swaminathan, Coordinator, Rural Economic & DevelopmentActivities, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA),AhmedabadDr. Smita Premchander, Secretary, SamparkMs. Archana Garodia Gupta, Founder, Touchstone Gems & Jewelleryand Treasurer, FICCI Ladies OrganizationOpen DiscussionLunch1300-13458
1345-15151515-15301530-17001700-1730Thematic Session 1: Partnership and Cooperation to EnhanceWomen’s EntrepreneurshipFocus on Capacity DevelopmentChair: Mr. Samarendra Sahu, Additional Development Commissioner,Office of DC-MSMESpeakers:Ms. Shashi Singh, Chairperson, Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs ofIndiaMs. Sarita Chauhan, Senior Consultant, National Institute for SmallBusiness Development (NIESBUD)Dr. Anupam Khanna, Chief Economist and Director-General (PolicyOutreach), National Association of Software and ServicesCompanies (NASSCOM)Ms. Seema Khosla, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women ProgramGroup Discussion: Facilitator: Mr. Jost WagnerTea/Coffee BreakThematic Session 2: Partnership and Cooperation to EnhanceWomen’s EntrepreneurshipFocus on issues related to access to Finance and CreditChair: Dr. H.P. Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, NationalSmall Industries Corporation (NSIC)Speakers:Mr. R.K. Das, General Manager-in-Charge, Regional Office, Delhi,Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)Dr. Vanita Viswanath, Chief Executive Director, UdyoginiMs. Subhalakshmi Nandi, Women’s Economic EmpowermentSpecialist, UN-WomenGroup Discussion: Facilitator: Mr. Jost WagnerClosing Session:Chair: Ms. Ranjana Agarwal, Founder Partner, Vaish & AssociatesChartered Accountants and Past President, FICCI-FLOSummary of Thematic Sessions/Policy RecommendationsClosing Remarks: ESCAP/FICCI-FLO/Goldman Sachs9
Annex IINational Consultation on “Creating an Enabling Environment for Women’sEntrepreneurship in India”Tuesday 19 February 2013, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New DelhiLIST OF PARTICIPANTSINDIAGOVERNMENTH. E. Ms. Syeda Hameed, Member, Planning CommissionMr. J.K. Dadoo, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce &IndustryMr. Samarendra Sahu, Additional Development Commissioner, MSME, Government ofIndia, New DelhiMr. H.P. Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, National Small Industries Corporation(NSIC)Ms. Indira Murthy, Director, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & IndustryMr. Mohan Chutani, Economic Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion,Ministry of Commerce & IndustryACADEMIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTEMr. Radha R. Sharma, Professor of Organizational Behaviour & Human ResourceDelevelopment, Management Development InstituteMs. Ameeta Motwani, Associate Professor, Jesus & Mary College, University of DelhiMr. Rajeev Aanantaram, Professor, International Management InstituteMr. Priyadarshi Dash, Research Associate, Research and Information System forDeveloping Countries (RIS)Mr. Gautam Vohra, Chairman, Development Research and Action GroupMr. Vinay D. Lall, Director General, Society for Development StudiesMr. Santosh Mehrotra, Director General, Institute of Applied Manpower10
Major General Ramesh Chopra, Senior Strategic and Economic AdviserMs. Surajit Mitra, Director, Indian Institute for Foreign TradeMr. Himanshu Rath, Chairman, Agawell FoundationMs. Leena Rath, Additional Representative, Agawell FoundationMr. Kabir Shaikh, Director, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education and Peace &Sustainable DevelopmentMr. Firdous Azmat Siddique, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s StudiesMr. Bulbul Dhar-James, Director, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s StudiesMr. Indu Agnihotri, Director, Centre for Women Development StudiesMs. Saumya Singh, Assistant Director, All India Management Association (AIMA)Ms. Bani Baral, Principal, Integrated Institute of TechnologyMr. Madhu Vij, Director, Women’s Studies and Development Centre, Delhi UniversityMs. Manjeet Bhatia, Women’s Studies and Development Centre, Delhi UniversityCONFEDERATION OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS INDIA (CWEI) AND OTHERORGANIZATIONSMs. Shivani Bhardwaj, Program Director, Sathi All For PartnershipMr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water FoundationMs. Manjula Jagatramka, Director, VaitarnaMs. Malati Rani Narzari, AssamMr. Raanu Bisht Oberoi, Samay SakshayMs. Amrinder Kaur, Managing Director, Haryana Forest Development Corporation LtdMs. Vimla Vishwanath, Management Consultant – MSMEMr. Mumtaz Jha, owner, Kashmir CraftsMs. Sharda Mahapatra, Proprietor, Sharda DesignsMs. Neelam Grewal, Dean, Punjab Agriculture University, LudhianaMs. Chayaa Nanjappa, Director, Nectar FreshMr. Salil Kumar, Manager, Global Alliance for Improved NutritionMs. Reema Nanavaty, Secretary General, SEWAMs. Ayesha Salim, SEWA – J&K RepresentativeMr. Barilinben, SEWA – Meghalaya Representative11
FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (FICCI) /PROMINENT ENTREPRENEURS AND CORPORATE LEADERSMs. Kavita Varadaraj, President , FICCI FLODr. Manju Kalra Prakash, Executive Director, FICCI FLOMs. Smita Marcus, FICCI FLOMs. Ranjana Agarwal, Founder Partner, Vaish & Associates Chartered Accountants andPast PresidentMs. Ranjvanthini S, Partner, MahardhiMs. Subha Kulkarni, Director, Altissimo Consulting and Services Pvt. LtdMr. Jahnabi Phooken, Director, Jungle Travels IndiaMs. Geetha Prem Kumar, Managing Director, Vector Indojanix P LtdMs. Suneeta Trivedi, Member Board, Department of PostsMr. Divya Poddar, Marketing Manager, Blacker & Co Private LtdMs. Asha NarangMs. Veena Singh, Head Operations, THIMs. Anita Vasudeva, Director, Saita Consultaing Pvt LtdMs. Amy SahayMr. Rama Patnayak, President, Prachi Educational SocietyMr. Sneha Jain, Director, Siddhomal Sons/Siddhomal Air ProductsMr. Shivani ChawlaMr. Ritu Bhagat, Proprieter, Sush English AcademyMr. Sangita Gupta, Director, Gopal IndustriesMs. Vibha Bhatia, General Manager, Meetings & MoreMr. Pooja AgarwalMr. Divya Johar, Director, Kinder Plume Education Pvt LtdMs. Anita Sehgal, Partner, SRS InternationalMr. Dalvinder BajajMr. Rohan Mitra, Manager – Corporate Affairs, Yahoo India Private LtdMr. Shrija JainMs. Shubhra JainMr. Sneha Jain, Director, Siddhomal Sons/Siddhomal Air Products12
Mr. Preeti SinghMr. Pronami Kah, Casio India Co LtdINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CAREERDEVELOPMENT (ICECD)Ms. Hina Shah, Director, International Center for Entrepreneurship and CareerDevelopment, IndiaUNITED NATIONS BODIESUNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OFWOMEN (UN Women)Ms. Subhalakshmi Nandi, Women’s Economic Empowerment Specialist, UN WomenWORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)Mrs. Manasi Shukla Trivedi, Program Officer (Food Technology), WFPPANELISTSMs. Rashmi Singh, Executive Director, National Mission for Empowerment of WomenMs. Sharmistha Sinha, Senior Research Officer, National Mission for Empowerment ofWomenMs. Uma Swaminathan, Managing Director, Rural & Urban Development Initiative (RUDI)– SEWA, National Mission for Empowerment of WomenMs. Sarita Chauhan, Senior Consultant, National Institute for Small Business Development(NIESBUD)Mr. R.K. Das, General Manager-in-charge, Regional Office, Small Industries DevelopmentBank of India (SIDBI)Ms. Archana Garodia Gupta, Founder, Touchstone Gems & Jewellery and Treasurer, FICCILadies OrganizationMr. Anupam Khanna, Chief Economist and Director-General (Policy Outreach), NationalAssociation of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)Ms. Sheema Khosla, Scholar, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women ProgramMs. Reema Nanavaty, Self Employed Women’s Organization (SEWA), AhmedabadMs. Smita Premchander, Secretary, SamparkMs. Shashi Singh, Chairperson, Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs of IndiaMs. Pearl Uppal, Founder, 5ideas Startup SuperfuelMs. Vanita Viswanath, Chief Executive Director, UdyoginiRESOURCE PERSONSMr. Jost Wagner, Facilitator13
JOINT SECRETARIATECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP)Mr. Nagesh KumarDirector, ESCAP-SSWAMs. Cai CaiChief, Gender Equality and Women’sEmpowerment Section, Social DevelopmentDivisionMr. Patrik AnderssonChief, Social Integration Section, SocialDevelopment DivisionMr. Dayaratna SilvaSenior Economic Affairs Officer, ESCAP-SSWAMr. Matthew HammillEconomic Affairs Officer, ESCAP-SSWAMs. Wanphen SreshthaputraSocial Affairs Officer, ESCAP-SSWAMr. Christopher GarrowayAssociate Economic Affairs Officer, ESCAP-SSWAMs. Nathalie MeyerAssociate Social Affairs Officer, SocialDevelopment DivisionGOLDMAN SACHSMs. Erin WalshExecutive Director, Head of the Office of CorporateEngagement, Asia14
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