Udupi: Platform of Women Entrepreneurs Registered (POWER), an association of women entrepreneurs held Women Entrepreneurs Summit on 'Powering Women Entrepreneurship' and Business excellence Award Ceremony at Hotel Ocean Pearl, Udupi recently.
Dr Madhura Chatrapathy, trustee director of Asian Centre for entrepreneurial initiatives inaugurated the summit by lighting the lamp.
The summit witnessed three technical sessions by popular resourcepersons on different topics to empower women entrepreneurs.
Earlier, a seminar was held at School of Management, Manipal University on Saturday, on the topic ‘Ignited Young minds’, which was organised for students of Class 9 and PUC. Dr Madhura Chatrapathy delivered the talk and inspired the students. As part of the programme, ‘Walk of Hope’, a walkathon to empower and to highlight women achievers was held on the same day Priyanka Mary Francis, CEO, Udupi zilla panchayat flagged off the walkathon. Hundreds of women from different organizations participated enthusiastically in the event. It was an initiative of POWER to create and promote a spirit of business and collaborative support among women in the district.
Excellence awards were presented to four established entrepreneurs during the valedictory ceremony.
Platform of Women Entrepreneurs Registered (POWER) is an association of Women entrepreneurs. The main objective of the association is to provide a platform for the close interaction of women to enable mutual learning, collective learning, exposure and fellowship. Started in the year 2009, POWER has made significant contribution for empowerment of women through entrepreneurship development. POWER has a vision to create 100 women entrepreneurs in the district. In this context, it is closely working with various government agencies and voluntary organisations to identify, motivate and train young women become independent entrepreneurs.
Empowerment of Women is a biggest challenge for this country. In this regard, POWER is providing a platform for budding entrepreneurs in the district through this association. Keeping all these aspects in the mind, POWER is organizing many activities every year like workshops, fairs, seminars and skill development and oriental training programme for women.
