Restoring the Equiverse – From Vision to Action

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8:30 AM 

Registration and Welcome Tea

 

9:00 AM

Opening Remarks
 

• Paul Linnarz, Representative Tokyo Office and Director Regional Program "Regional Economic Programme Asia SOPAS)" Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
• Ipsita Kathuria, Founder and CEO, Talentnomics India

 

 

9:15 AM

Keynote Address 1: The Urgency of Restoring the Equiverse: Bridging Gaps, Empowering Futures
 

• Her Excellency May-Elin Stener, Ambassador of Norway to India and Sri Lanka

 

 

9:50 AM

Panel 1: Reimagining Workplaces – Building Gender – Responsive Employment Practices

 

• Sakshi Bajaj, Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Management, and Employee Engagement, Compass Group India
• Kanchan Chehal, Talent Management and DEI Advisor
• Ritvik Lukose, Lawyer, Entrepreneur and Co-founder, Vahura and Counselect
• Moderator: Cristita Perez, Senior Programme Manager, "Regional Economic Programme Asia SOPAS)" Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

 

10:50 AM

Tea and Networking

 

 

11:10 AM

Q and A – Walking the Talk: Fostering an Equiverse

• Kishore Ajwani, Managing Editor, News18 India
• Lavang Khare, Strategic Communications Advisor, Adfactors PR

 

 

11:40 AM

Panel 2: Financial Empowerment – Bridging the Gender Wealth Gap

• Farzanah Chowdhury, MD and CEO, Green Delta Insurance Co., Ltd.
• Neeti Katoch, Gender Specialist, Private Sector Operations, ADB
• Srikant Sastri, Chairperson, GDPDC
• Namrata Kohli, Journalist, Author

 

 

12:40 AM

SEWA Sister’s Journey in Bridging the Wealth Gap

• Mansi Shah, Senior Coordinator, SEWA

 

 

1:00 PM

Publication Launch: „Bridging the Gender Gap: Work, Wealth, Welfare and Well-being for Women”

• Paul Linnarz, Representative Tokyo Office and Director Regional Program "Regional Economic Programme Asia SOPAS)" Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
• Ipsita Kathuria, Founder and CEO, Talentnomics India
• Kshama V. Kaushik, Thought Arbitrage Research Institute

 

 

1:20 PM

Lunch and Networking

 

 

2:20 PM

Keynote Address 2

The Path Forward: Visionary Leadership for Restoring the Equiverse

• Neelam Dhawan, Independent Director, HUL

 

2:50 PM              

Panel 3: Allies to Advocates – Transforming the Narrative Around Gender Roles

• Francois Bourgoin, Founder, Graffiti wll Bahrain
• Anisha Motwani, Founder, Storm the Norm Ventures
• Manasi Narasimhan, Head Communication and Strategic Partnership, CEGIS
• Ruhail Amin, Journalist

 

4:00 PM               

Tea and Networking

 

4:30 PM               

Round Table: Policy Interventions for a Gender-Equal Future – What’s Next?

                             

5:30 PM               

Valedictory Session: A Collective Commitment to Equity

• Kanta Singh, Deputy Country Representative, UN Women India

 

5:50 PM               

Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks

 

6:00 PM               

End of Conference