BRICS CCI WE, the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry's women's vertical, which works to promote active trade, commerce, and entrepreneurship between the BRICS and other friendly nations, held its 2nd Annual Summit today in the capital on the theme "Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Women Empowerment." The Summit's Chief Guest was Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Hon'ble Minister of State for Culture, Government of India. HE Mrs. Mariana Pacheco Montes, Ambassador of Colombia to India, and Ms. Ria A Sital, Charge d' Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Suriname to India, also attended the Summit.
The Summit also saw the presence of eminent dignitaries Dr Ashok Dalwai, CEO, NRAA, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Garima Bhatnagar, Spl. CP Intelligence (Delhi), Mr Sahil Seth (IRS), Joint Commissioner- GST, Customs & Narcotics, Smt. Sonal Goel (IAS), Resident Commissioner, Tripura Bhawan, Mr Abhishek Singh (IAS), Ms. Durga Shakti Nagpal (IAS), Dr. BBL Madhukar, DG, BRICS CCI, Vishwas Tripathi Chairman, BRICS CCI, Mr AK Singh, Vice Chairman, BRICS CCI and Mr Ruhail Ranjan, ADG, BRICS CCI and the BRICS WE team of Shabana Nasim, Vertical Head, Ruby Sinha, Convenor, Shormishtha Ghosh, Director- Business Advisory and Ankita Sachdev, Jt. Director.
“I think Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav will be incomplete, if we do not know our history, our society and the kind of work which our ancestors have done. I think it’s time to rekindle the spirit of empowering our society through women not women empowerment. I think women are already an empowered lot and sustainable development goals cannot be achieved without the equal participation of women,” says, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Hon’ble Minister of State for Culture, Govt. of India.
Dr. BBL Madhukar, DG, BRICS CCI said “We have to nurture women who have not had the opportunity to gain adequate education, because only through education can we truly empower the women.”
At the day-long Summit, women trailblazers from all walks of life were also honoured. The Summit also featured interactive and thought-provoking panel discussions on the themes of "Sustainable Development Through Women's Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality" and "Gender Equality Drivers in the New Normal." The Summit was sponsored by Fore School of Management, Power Grid Corporation Ltd., sheatwork, Hindalco Industries Ltd. and NF Infratech.
