BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bac9f86e6d89138c35863ae2d0ce78b0 CATEGORIES:DEFAULT CREATED:20211120T121118 SUMMARY:International Women's Day (Theme - Dare.Impact.Inspire.) DESCRIPTION:The objective of holding this event is to drive conversations around the in creasingly visible contribution of women to every walk of life. The world n eeds more women to take on the mantle of leadership and an ecosystem that n urtures and empowers them to grow and lead.\n\nFrom a frontline health work er to a head of state tackling the pandemic, a surgeon competently handling a critical patient, a teacher and a professor educating the next generatio n, a lawyer fighting for the rights of the lesser privileged, a village sar panch bringing in change, a sportsperson bringing laurels to the country,  an entrepreneur creating employment opportunities to a homemaker; women hav e always played a critical role in societies across the world.\n\nIn the pa st few decades, women in India have overcome immense barriers to make their mark in every field. By breaking harmful cultural norms and stereotypes, s uccessful women in various professions have become role models for the aspi ring young generation.  These women have dared, they have made an impact an d they continue to inspire!\n\nWe have invited three  eminent personalities to speak on this occasion – Karuna Nandy – well known Supreme Court lawyer , Serena Jacob - Managing Director for Kantar Qualitative Asia Pacific and Kaushik Mukherjee - Co-founder & COO of SUGAR Cosmetics.\n\nThe invitee s will speak about their contribution to their respective fields, the chall enges they and their peers have faced, and the way forward for the aspiring young generation. Kaushik has been invited to share his experiences about women and their roles to get a holistic perspective and break the tradition al format of such events where only women speakers are invited.\n\nShort pr ofiles of the speakers:\n\n1) Serena Jacob - Managing Director for Kantar Q ualitative Asia Pacific and a qualitative researcher with 32 years in the i ndustry, Serena is passionate about delivering outstanding insights and unc overing new opportunities for clients. Having worked in South East Asia for over 12 years, she has a deep understanding of Asian consumers and the cul tural and social underpinnings that drive brand choice.\n\n2) Karuna Nundy - Lawyer at the Supreme Court of India. Karuna has played a significant rol e in drafting the anti-rape bill after the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. She w as included by an Economic Times jury in a list of 'Corporate India's Faste st Rising Women Leaders' which cited her as being 'famous in the corporate world for her expertise in commercial law'.\n\n3) Kaushik Mukherjee - Co-fo under & COO of SUGAR Cosmetics, one of the fastest-growing beauty start ups. An IIM Ahmedabad/BITS Pilani alumnus, his career included working in t he world's best investment banking (Goldman Sachs) and consulting (McKinsey & Co.) firms before he gave it all up to start something of his own. S UGAR Cosmetics has more female employees than male employees, a phenomenon not very common in manufacturing sector.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The objective of holding this event is to drive conversations around the increasingly visible contribution of women to every walk of life. The worl d needs more women to take on the mantle of leadership and an ecosystem tha t nurtures and empowers them to grow and lead.

From a frontline health worker to a head of state tackling the pandemic, a surgeon competent ly handling a critical patient, a teacher and a professor educating the nex t generation, a lawyer fighting for the rights of the lesser privileged, a village sarpanch bringing in change, a sportsperson bringing laurels to the country,  an entrepreneur creating employment opportunities to a homemaker ; women have always played a critical role in societies across the world.
In the past few decades, women in India have overcome immense bar riers to make their mark in every field. By breaking harmful cultural norms and stereotypes, successful women in various professions have become role models for the aspiring young generation.  These women have dared, they hav e made an impact and they continue to inspire!

We have invited t hree  eminent personalities to speak on this occasion – Karuna Nandy – well known Supreme Court lawyer, Serena Jacob - Managing Director for Kantar Qu alitative Asia Pacific and Kaushik Mukherjee - Co-founder & COO of SUGA R Cosmetics.

The invitees will speak about their contribution to their respective fields, the challenges they and their peers have faced, a nd the way forward for the aspiring young generation. Kaushik has been invi ted to share his experiences about women and their roles to get a holistic perspective and break the traditional format of such events where only wome n speakers are invited.

Short profiles of the speakers:< /strong>

1) Serena Jacob - Managing Director for Kantar Qualitat ive Asia Pacific and a qualitative researcher with 32 years in the industry , Serena is passionate about delivering outstanding insights and uncovering new opportunities for clients. Having worked in South East Asia for over 1 2 years, she has a deep understanding of Asian consumers and the cultural a nd social underpinnings that drive brand choice.

2) Karuna Nundy - Lawyer at the Supreme Court of India. Karuna has played a significant ro le in drafting the anti-rape bill after the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. She was included by an Economic Times jury in a list of 'Corporate India's Fast est Rising Women Leaders' which cited her as being 'famous in the corporate world for her expertise in commercial law'.

3) Kaushik Mukherje e - Co-founder & COO of SUGAR Cosmetics, one of the fastest-growing bea uty startups. An IIM Ahmedabad/BITS Pilani alumnus, his career included wor king in the world's best investment banking (Goldman Sachs) and consulting (McKinsey & Co.) firms before he gave it all up to start something of h is own. SUGAR Cosmetics has more female employees than male employees, a ph enomenon not very common in manufacturing sector.

DTSTAMP:20260411T190328 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20210308T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20210308T170000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR