• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager
• Smartbuy

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth
• Events 2007

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• The Hindu ePaper
• Business Line
• Business Line ePaper
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

Our Bureau

Bangalore, June 27

CII Karnataka today announced the launch of its Women Business Leaders Forum (WBLF). The forum was formally launched by Mr P.M. Narendra Swamy, State Minister for Women & Child Development.

Ms Sudha Raju, Principal Officer Corporate Affairs of Manipal Education, will the convener of the forum.

The forum’s initiative will be focused on creating a sustainable platform for aspiring women leaders by facilitating support and expertise from a policy and industry perspective. It intends to focus on three segments – Women Executives, Women Entrepreneurs and Homemakers. The Minister emphasised the need to improve literacy levels among women, which stood at 54.16 per cent against 75.85 per cent among the males and regretted that women’s representation in Parliament and in the State Assemblies has never been beyond 8 and 10 per cent respectively. Most of the working women remain outside the organised sector. Only 2.3 per cent women are administrators and managers.

Members of WBLF Ms Yeshasvini Ramaswamy, Ms Priya Chetty, Ms Uma Reddy, Ms Sheela Krishnaswamy and Ms Christine Jamal were present at the function marking the launch of the forum.

More Stories on : Gender | Industry Associations | Karnataka

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
PM pushes for ‘green’ energy tags

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line