Wednesday, March 1, 2006


Women managers’ conference

THE fifth edition of the national women managers’ convention would be held in Chennai on March 8 on the occasion of International Women’s day.

"Women in India:2020" was the the convention’s theme, Anita Gupta, chairperson, Women Manager’s Forum, and Madras Management Association Executive Director, Maj S. Lakshmanan, told reporters here on Monday.

"We want to approach the theme from the point of view of the statement that women have arrived and the challenges that lay ahead and how to face it", Gupta said.

Besides, eminent speakers, both women and men, from across various disciplines will share their experiences "to inspire, reveal, move and provoke dialogue and stimulate action", she said.

Some of the key speakers included Shobaa De, author and columnist, Capt Saudamini Deshmukh, the first woman pilot of Indian Airlines, Jayashree Vaidyanathan, Director, HCL Technologies and Reema Nanavathy, SEWA, Lakshmanan said. — PTI