Breaking Barriers to Trade [Chapter two: India]

by | Apr 16, 2023

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of the entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity. Feel free to contact me on my website – https://www.sunilkumargupta.com/

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity.

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world.

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity.

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world.

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity.

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world.

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity.

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world.

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity.

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world.

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity.

On April 15th, 2023 an insightful session has been hosted by the Rt Hon’ble Bareness Verma at Lalit Hotel, which has also been live streamed on zoom. The event is a trilogy under “The Global Influence Club” which benefits women entrepreneurs by providing them with an opportunity to commence business.

The Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma welcomes the prestigious panellists followed by the informative and professionally led discussions revolves around trade barriers and women entrepreneurs. Besides the emphasize of the event, the most attractive aspect of event was our “National Anthem” which shows that the roots of Indian culture are being well  respected, not just by Indians but as well as entire world.

Add video – national anthem

The event included 2 plenary discussions, the first highlighted the “What are the barriers to entrepreneurship, how can we overcome these, and what are the solutions?” and “Role of leadership, collaboration and knowledge sharing” which was moderated by Yashodhara Dasgupta, Director, UK INDIA Business Council  and the panellists were –

  • Dr. Nataliey Bitature- Chief of Staff- Simba Group, Uganda
  • Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation, Proprietor Pooja Chauhan & Associates 
  • Mr. Rana Vikram Anand, Head Pan Bank Liability Group, Customer Service & Synergy IndusInd Bank
  • Anisha Singh – Founder, She Capital 
  • Sumedha Naik, CEO and Founder, Syntellect 
  • Dr. Kalpana Saroj, Chairperson- Kamani Tubes Limited Chairperson- Kalpana Saroj Global Aviation Pvt Ltd, KS creations and Sai Krupa Sugar Factory, Member, Governing Council – IIM Bangalore 
  • Shruti Gonsalves, MD & CEO Sewa Grih Rin Ltd 
  • Jeeth Sanghavi, Celebrity Coach & Founder Boxx Era Transformation Expert Nutritionist International/National Tennis & Boxing Athlete

Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister and Member of Lok Sabha delivered her message for the event through a video in order to contribute to the greater cause of the society, especially to show her support to the women entrepreneurs, Smt. Smriti Irani sent us an insightful message.

The second plenary discussion was moderated by me, Sunil Kumar Gupta on “Role of Government and barriers to finance for women entrepreneurs” pertaining mentioned panellists –

  • Sujeet Kumar, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha. 
  • HE Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, The High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda,
  • Sangeeta Khorana, PhD, MILE, SHFEA, MIEX,Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Trade, Development and Transition Economics 
  • Priyanka Bhide, Director, Kubernein Initiative 
  • Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner, SARC Associates

The panel 2 discussion was commenced with introduction of panellists, followed by in-depth discussion on initiatives commenced by India, Uganda, and United Kingdom, highlighting the policies/ initiatives started by each government respectively. The highlighted schemes of India, UK and Uganda in the first 3 questions were on the following topics-

i) Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by NITI Ayog, Government of India in 2017, its website is wep.gov.in which acts as an aggregate connect for funding, incubation, market linkages, business development services, and Innovations.

ii) Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme which initiated by Government of Uganda which aimed at improving access to financial service to women and equipping them to skill for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing and according to you, what are other important measures Uganda government can take.

iii) Women’s Business Council relaunched in 2019 to focus on the sectors that have the most significant gender pay gaps and to drive forward progress to improve women’s representation within the workplace, respectively.

The Sh. Sujeet Kumar, Her Excellency of Uganda Joyce and Ms. Sangeeta Khorana has commendably answered the questions, emphasizing on the actual facts and figures. One common thing which was noticed in the answers of all the mentioned panellists was the spirit to create a business – friendly environment, which would allow women to give a kickstart to their career in respective fields.

MP Sh. Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha. He is also an Engineer turned Lawyer, and is currently practising law at the Odisha High Court & Supreme Court of India and has founded LexMantra LLP (www.lexmantra.net), a boutique law firm. Previously, he worked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India. He was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow (APLP) at the East West Centre, Hawaii (2009).

The ideas and visions of Sh. Sujeet Kumar is a proof of his expertise. He has pointed out the need of introducing documentation and government websites in native language of states, such as to open bank. He insisted that only presence of a scheme or policy is not enough without a passageway for it to be benefitting the relevant targets.

Besides this, he has also talked about, PM Awas Yojana and how it has sanctioned over 122.69 lakh houses and have released Central assistance of Rs 73.13 lakhs till date, among other topics.

Moreover, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda, HE Joyce and Ms Sangeeta Khorana have ensured that Government of Uganda and United Kingdom, respectively has actively been supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Further, the last question was based on “financial support to women entrepreneurs in India” highlighting the financial initiatives taken by Government of India such as MUDRA Yojana, provides loans upto 10 lakhs, Stand Up India scheme providing bank loans between 10 lakhs to 1 crore, Startup India providing seed money of 30 lakh, and Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs providing loans upto 5 lakhs and 2 crores to women.

Thereafter there were insightful answers by Sh. Rajendra Bagade, Senior Partner of SARC on the Access to Finance and Taxation benefits. He has talked about how certain tax incentives can be availed to women entrepreneurs in order to allow them to attain maximum benefits.

Undoubtedly, tax is one of the significant fields, which influence the business and exemption to women entrepreneurs who can directly or indirectly reduce the financial burden. This will also allow women entrepreneurs to generate more revenue. He also suggested that government must introduce certain more tax benefits for women entrepreneurs which seems in need of the present time.

The answers by all the panellists driven from real life experience and challenges they have faced in certainly made the discussion more insightful and perceptive.

In my opinion, this has correctly pointed out the issue, since, women in India, especially in backward are not literate enough to understand English and in some areas even Hindi. The introduction of documentation and government websites in native language of State or UT will allow women to obtain a better understanding, hence, more chances of women being able to avail benefits of the schemes.

In a long run, this could also allow women to commence small scale business or commence savings, etc.

After the penal discussion, presentation and workshops were conducted by the Rt. Hon’ble Baroness Verma herself, highlighting some of the real-life experiences, which has helped her shape the future of thousands and hundreds of women globally. Moreover, the event also enabled insightful discussions on soft and hard skills, women’s fears, how to boosts confidence, leaderships, among others.

The event like these does not only brings like-minded people together, but it also brings women forward to speak about the challenges they face in this world, which is getting more advanced with time.

Besides this, the panellists like Ms. Mahak Garg, Ms. Priyanka Bhide, talked about importance of education for women, challenges women face in raising finance to start business, among other insightful topics.

Maybe someday, the homemakers or housewives will become the part of these events, only to reflects how they have been shaping the future of global economy by only supporting their husbands, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters.

In my opinion, “The women are a nurture by its nature and their contribution in society is much more than it seems. A woman is not only learning how to be herself in the world, but she is acting as a teacher for everyone around us, creating history in distinct fields, supporting their family in whatever way she can.”

I myself, provides complete support to women entrepreneurs of entire world in order to contribute to achieving equality and equity.

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