FICCI-FLO's

FICCI-FLO's Winspiring: Ladies

Day Out

Nostalgiv sons, doting fathers, women themselves spoke about what it means to slog it out and make it as an entrepreneur

Hostess ParvathyRamaswamy, Chairperson FLO,  put forth a most engaging afternoon, called 'winspiring', with topics ranging from  'failure proofing' to 'social media' to 'statistics on women entrepreneurs' and of course poor numbers of women in Indian boardrooms.

And even though the topics were so serious, there was only laughter all around- ‘women discuss topics that men don’t’ and ‘let women help other women before expecting help from other men’led to much unrestricted giggles among saree clad ladies.

VitthalKamath, who is known to start every speech by giving respects to his mother, did just that. He spoke about ‘not selling out’ and listening to your customer.

Doting father, and one of India's prominent Bankers  ArunDuggal  talked about how shocked he was when his daughter wanted to open a lounge that served wine...today called ‘the tasting room', this is one of the most frequented restaurants in the city.

The elegant Neeta Lulla spoke about fashion looking very glamorous on the outside but being all hardwork behind the scenes. “Revivalism of Indian crafts and sensitivity to the social mileu of women are key to success in fashion”, she said.

LeenaMogre, who was also scheduled to speak showed tremendous grace by turning up, despite being unwell and having no voice to speak. She sat and mingled among the audience.

The day clearly belonged to a group of women from Dharavi, led by Vaishnavi, who pledged their mangalsutras to start a profitable business making savouriesd and one day hope to open their own restaurant.

The event also saw the revival of  ‘swayam’ and e-advisory service for aspiring women entrepreneurs, who could pose questions on    Law, HR, Marketing, Finance and Stating up hiccups to FLO members. The e-interface will be personally monitored by FICCI-FLO Mumbai chapter and it will be an endeavour to answer as many queries as possible.

Gender diversity on corporate boards, because “women discuss topics that men don’t, and women form a majority of the customer base for any company” was discussed animatedly. Award winning entrepreneur KaronShaiva, spokesperson for entrepreneurship ZankhanaKaur of TiE Mumbai, Vinod Gupta of Golden Maharashtra stood in solidarity for creating an environment that mentors women entrepreneurs.

FICCI FLO s key representatives VineetaBhimbet, PradnyaChauhan, BelaRajan, RenuKathuria,Sucheta Shah and FalguniPatode lent every possible support to make the event a grand success.

Motivational speaker AbhaMaryada, Ivy League teacher NandiniVaidyanathan, entrepreneurs SatyaVadlamani, UjjwalaHaware and corporate bigshots such as UshaSangwan (ED, LIC India) and ParvathyRamaswamy (Director of an MNC Bank) herself were present.

Ambika Gupta Chairperson of the young FICCI Ladies organisation was also present.

ABOUT FICCI-FLO

FLO was established in 1983, as a division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry (FICCI) which is the apex body of industry and commerce in India. As an All India Organisation for women, FLO has chapters in Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hydrabad, Jaipur, Guwahati and Kolkata with its head office in Delhi. Our members comprise of enterpreneurs, professionals and Corporate Executives.

The current Chairperson ParvathyRamaswamy is focusing on leveraging the intellectual and professional strengths of the FICCI-FLO members to ensure better community service.