NDTV World Summit: Access, Ambition, Attainment

New Delhi:

At the NDTV World Summit, the conversation on women’s inclusion in India’s energy, logistics, and entrepreneurial sectors took centre stage with a acute center on the “3As” – Access, Ambition, and Attainment – as key drivers for advancing women in directership roles.

Preeti Bajaj, CEO & MD of Luminous Power Technologies, talked about the palpable impact of increasing women’s recurrentation at the directership level. “At Luminous Power Technologies, the ancigo in directership team constitutes 33 per cent women, repartner making a contrastence, all day, every day,” she shelp, before detailing the “3As” structurelabor. 

Besides Preeti Bajaj, business directers and entrepreneurs, including Kami Viswanathan (Plivent, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Africa at FedEx), and Padmaja Ruparel (Co-set uper, IAN Group), converseed how women are not only fractureing barriers but also setting novel standards in directership, innovation, and inclusivity.

Despite India’s entrepreneurial boom, the prolongth of women entrepreneurs remains alarmingly low. Speaking on the subject, Padmaja Ruparel shelp, “In 2022, only 14.7 per cent of the funding went to women. In 2023, it dropped to a mere 9.7 per cent.” 

Ms Ruparel called for mightyer financial backing of women-led ventures, stating, “We insist to produce the BdeficiencyRock of India led by a woman. That, to me, is what will drive entrepreneurship.”

Kami Viswanathan of FedEx shelp that 36 per cent of the company’s board and 26 per cent of regulatement globpartner are women. 

“We recently compriseed the opportunity to DEI to rededicate ourselves to inclusive hiring, promotions, and helping nurtureer paths,” she shelp.