Tomorrow NITI Aayog will host the 5th Women Transforming India Awards

  NEW DELHI  INDIA, March 20: The NITI Aayog Women's Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is set to host the fifth edition of the Women Trans...

 

NEW DELHI  INDIA, March 20: The NITI Aayog Women's Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is set to host the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards on Monday, the top public policy think tank has informed. Government of India on Sunday. According to a statement issued by NITI Aayog today, WTI will congratulate 75 successful women for honoring their contribution to 'Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat', as India celebrates 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to mark the 75th anniversary of its independence. In a show of solidarity and alliance, an exceptional group of women will award the honors to the top achievers - Kiran Bedi, former Deputy Governor of Puducherry, and Lakshmi Puri, former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations; Tessie Thomas, General Manager, Aeronautical Systems, DRDO; Arundhati Bhattacharya, former head of State Bank of India; Debjani Ghosh, President of Nascom. Ella Aaron, famous singer; Salma Sultan, former news anchor at DD; Sangeeta Reddy, Joint General Manager, Apollo Hospitals; and Shivani Malik, managing director of Da Milano Leathers. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Senior Consultant Anna Roy; The event will be attended by Shumbi Sharp, the UN Resident Coordinator in India, and Kailash Kher, who wrote, composed, and voiced the WEP anthem.

Sports Champion Shiny Wilson, track and field athlete; Karnam Malieswari, the first Indian woman to win a medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Olympics; Lovlina Burgohen, Tokyo Olympic medalist in boxing; Mansi Joshi, world number one badminton singles player in SL3; Pranati Naik, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gymnast and 2019 Asian Championships medalist; Simranjit Kaur, Tokyo 2020 Olympian and 2018 FIBA ​​World Championships medalist; Female defense officers will also be present. NITI Ayog accepted applications for the 21 WTI Awards from October 1, 2021 to February 21, 2022 in the Public and Community Service categories; manufacturing sector; non-industrial sector; Financial products that enable economic growth. climate action; promotion of arts, culture and handicrafts; digital innovation. All 75 winners selected on the basis of nominations received in the WEP and through shortlisted by the Search and Selection Committee represent different regions and sectors. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) aims to build a vibrant ecosystem of women-led enterprises, the platform promotes industry linkages and raises awareness of existing programs and services. More than 900 businesswomen have benefited through 77 programs and events hosted by the platform so far. The platform has taken an active role during Covid-19 by conducting webinars to provide business support to women entrepreneurs and through its Masking It Up campaign, women-led small businesses in India have been passively supported.

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