Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday inaugurated an ICC Women’s Entrepreneurship Committee (IWEC) of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Odisha State Chapter here
To mark the occasion, a first Women’s Leadership Summit wa also organised at the same venue and simultaneously inaugurated by Patnaik.
The CM said, “I am glad to know that Odisha has become the first State to get the ICC’s first women committee. Our Government has always given emphasis on women empowerment through initiatives like Mission Sakhti, Start up Odisha and Skilled in Odisha.”
In the event, 40 women entrepreneurs of the State were felicitated.
Others present were ICC Director General Dr Rajeev Singh, ICC Odisha Chairman MC Thomas, Co-Chairman JB Pany, IWEC Convener Sukirti Patnaaik and IWEC Co-Convener Chidatmika Khatua.