With a team of 20 members, the India-UK Business Council of Women's India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI) had a virtual launch which witnessed participation from women belonging to large corporates, business, government officials, influencers and changemakers. The Council aims to encourage and empower women in business, industry and commerce across India and the UK. The topic of the panel discussion during the launch was “Leading Businesses into the future: Opportunities and Trends for Women@Work.”
The panellists included, Mohandas Pai, Chairman Aarin Capital and Manipal Global Education; Richard Hawkes OBE, Chief Executive at the British Asian Trust; Anshu Bhartia, CEO at UnLtd India and Anisha Motwani, Founder of Storm the norm Ventures and Board Director at Abbot and L&T.
Devapriya Khanna, President, WICCI India-UK Business Council said, “At the India-UK Business Council of WICCI, our fundamental objective is to bring together women from India and the UK together to support their professional growth, market expansion and professional development and to strengthen bilateral conversation and the business corridor between the two countries.”