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Women leadership summit

PNS

The Women in Management (WIM) club at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) has launched a number of initiatives to create awareness about challenges faced by women in industry. Their role to be played by various stakeholders in encouraging and developing women leaders. The flagship event of the club is the Women leadership Summit, which witnesses multiple events, a large footfall and an engaged audience. The 2nd Annual Women leadership Summit will be held on January 9, 2016 at IIM-B auditorium and central pergola.

Themed on Take the leap, this edition of the summit will see a stellar line-up of speakers with keynote addresses by Rama Bijapurkar, consultant; member of board of governors, IIMA; and Sanjaya Sharma, founder-CEO, Tata Interactive Systems and Tata ClassEdge. The summit will also host a panel discussion on Ascent to the Pinnacle featuring panelists like Gauri Jayaram, founder and CEO, Active Holiday Company; Rama, former VP, Infosys; & Dr. Gita Sen, gender & development expert, IIMB.

As a part of 2016 Women leadership Summit, a special workshop on Financial Planning: Take charge of  your Career will be conducted by Subha Chandrasekaran, senior VP, TTS ops head, Citibank India. For more details, log on to http://tinyurl.com/iimb-wls16.