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United Women’s International Congress
5th to 6th December 2014 - Bangalore
FRIDAY, 5TH DECEMBER 2014
0800 - 0930 hrs
Registration
0900 – 1000 hrs
Arrival of dignitaries
1000 – 1300 hrs
Inaugural Ceremony
Lighting of the Lamp by all the guests
1. Welcome Address — Smt. Usha Krishna Kumar Chairperson
2. Introduction of Theme of the Conference — Sri Asif Iqbal, Executive
Director, Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce
3. Message of UN Secretary General — Ms. Kiran Mehra, Director of
UNIC
4. Presidential Address — Ms. Kumud Srinivasan, President, Intel
India
5. Chief Guest — Dr. Najma Heptullah, Hon. Minister of Minority
Affairs
6. Guest of Honour — H.E. Madam Roman Tesfaye, First Lady of
Ethiopia
7. Inaugural Address — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
8. Guest of Honour – Sri K.J. George, Home Minister of Karnatak
9. Vote of Thanks — Ms. Fathima Iqbal
1300 - 1430 hrs
LUNCH BREAK
1430 – 1600 hrs
Social Entrepreneurship – Marketing Window to Global Trade
Sri. Digvijay Singh, MP
H.E. Elizabeth Paula Napeyok, High Commissioner, Uganda High
Commission
Dr. Darja Bavdaz Kuret – Ambassador, Embassy of Slovenia
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H.E. Aashna Kanhai, Ambassador, Embassy of Suriname
H.E. Gennet Zewide, Ambassador, Embassy of Ethiopia
Ms. Uma Reddy, President, eMERG (Engineering Manufacturer
Entrepreneurs Resource Group)
Sunitha Prasad, ‘WEConnect’
1600 – 1630 hrs
COFFEE BREAK
1630 – 1730 hrs
Ms. Ratna Prabha IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce &
Industries, Govt. of Karnataka
Ms. Subha Rajan, Head-External Relations, Confederation of Indian
Industry
Dr. Prabha Unnikrishnan. Singapore
Ms. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals
Enterprise Limited
1930 – 2030
Entertainment – ‘Draupadi’ Fusion Dance Flamenco & Kathakali
2030 hrs
Dinner
SATURDAY, 6TH DECEMBER 2014
0930 - 1100 hrs
Renewable Energy
1. Dr. S. Krishna Kumar, Former Union Minister
2. Sri D.K. Siva Kumar, Minister of Energy, Karnataka
3. Sri Rajdeep Basu, Executive Chairman, Solargise Grapp Energies
Private Limited
4. Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, Former President of Sri Lanka
1100 - 1300 hrs
Youth & Entrepreneurship
1. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP
2. Lakshmi V. Venkatesan, Founding Trustee & Executive Vice
President, Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST)
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3. Ms. Sanchaita Gajapathi Raju, Founder, Social Awareness Newer
Alternatives
4. Ms. Saumya Roy, CEO, Vandana Foundation
5. Ms. Poonam Kumar
1430- 1600 hrs
Skill Development Programme
1. Sri Rajeev Sood, Director, Solargise GRAPP Energies Private
Limited
2. Ms. Kuku S Kumar, President, Business and Professional Women
(BPW)
3. Champa Prakash, Ex Corporator - Bangalore
4. Yuki Iqbal – On the Health Sector
5. Shri P.T. Parameshwara Naik, Minister of Labour, Karnataka
1600- 1730 hrs
Corporate & Social Responsibility
1. H.R.H. Princess Fay Jahan Ara, International President, RACH
Foundation
2. Ms. Sonia Shrivastava, CSR Head - South Asia, Intel
3. Ms. Sharmista Mukherjee
4. Ms. Prabha Chandran, Communications Advisor - World Bank
5. Shri Kalraj Mishra, Union Cabinet Minister of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises
6. Sri Digvijay Singh, MP
7. Ms. Manjula Naidu
Valedictory Function – Moving of the Resolution for including two
women in all women government bodies
1730 hrs
Valedictory and Award Function
2000 hrs
Fashion Show followed by Gala Dinner
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