11.00 – 11.45 AM

September 24, 2016

BOOTCAMP

Delhi NCR

MODERATOR

Dolly Bhasin, MD, SPHCES

32+ years Experience, Gold Medalist ECE, MSc. Tourism & Travel

Goldman Sach Scholar, 10000 Women Initiative

Founder, Divaz4Business

MasterCard Scholar, Tourism & Travel

USABF Awardee

Two National Award Winning eGov. Projects

PANELISTS

Dr. Pragati Sawhney

•TIE Women Entrepreneur, 2015

• Founder Chockriti

Mary Lalboi

•Owner, ROSANG

•Chef and Specialist in Authentic NE Cuisine

Latika

•COO, Desired Wings

•Crowfunding Platform

Women Constitute nearly half the population

in any country, yet their economic

contribution is seldom proportionate to their

actual work contribution

Women Work is undervalued

Women Work is underpaid

Women are essentially looked upon as care givers

which is not seen as economic activity

Women drop out of Jobs after marriage

Women do not rise to executive positions

Women Entrepreneurs (WE) are less than 12

percent of total entrepreneurs in India

Out of the total WE less than 2 % are in

Medium and Large Enterprises

98% of WE are in Small (~3%) and Micro

Enterprises (~95%)

Women Enterprises are mostly in Service

sector or social Sector

Lesser Women in STEM ~ Lesser Women in

Manufacturing

Emerging Trend – Ecommerce, Food, Biotech

Social

Security

Access to Finance

Mindset

Economic Contribution under valued

Low Level of Education & Skill Development

Lesser Women in STEM

Leadership Training

Adoption of Technology

Scale of Operations

Investing in women and girls is one of the highest return opportunities available in the developing world, as per Goldman Sach and other reports.

Bringing more women into the labor force can significantly boost per capita income and GDP growth.

Women’s higher propensity to use their earnings and increased bargaining power to buy goods and services that improve family welfare can create a virtuous cycle: female spending supports the development of human capital, which fuels economic growth in the years ahead.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that as many as 70% of women-owned SMEs in the formal sector in developing countries are unserved or under-served by financial institutions.