International Women's Day Celebration: WTC Mumbai

International Women's Day celebration being organised at World Trade Center Mumbai is themed 'Empowering Women to Access Global Markets'. It will feature exhibition, film screening, panel discussion, book release and awards. The exhibition will feature products and services by women organised by Zhep - The LEAP and Entrepreneur Excel.

A film by Ms. Roopa Barua, Documentatry Film Maker; Parnterm Polo Yatra and Host - International Women's Polo Tournament will be screened.

There are three panel discussions:

1. 'Art, Media  Arts, Media & Entertainment and Education' will be moderated by Ms. Sunita Bhuyan, Practitioner, Leadership through Music. The panellist are Ms. Nirmika Singh, Executive Editor - Rolling Stone India, Lyricist, Poet and Culture Curator; Ms. Ritika Sahni, Singer-Artist, Trainer and Consultant in Disability Inclusion and Founder Trustee, Trinayani; Dr. Suhani Mendonsa, Project Director, Mendonsa Foundation and Director, Yellow Spider Events; Ms. Rinki Roy Bhattacharya, Chairperson, Bimal Roy Memorial Committee and Dr. Shilpa Desai, Managing Director, C4 Integrated Wellness Pvt. Ltd. 

2. 'Professional Couples Working Together will be moderated by couple Mrs. Chhaya Sehgal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Winning Edge and Mr. Arun Sehgal, Chairman and Managing Director, Chempro Group of Companies. The couple panellists are Mrs. Anuradha and Mr. Vikas Panditrao, Founders, Forum of Industry Academic Knowledge Sharing; Dr. Gauravi Shivalkar, Cosmetic Dental Surgeon and Dr. Samir Shivalkar, Ophthalmic Surgeon; Mrs. Erika Patriota, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Brazil in Mumbai
and Mr. Guilherme Patriota, Consul General, Consulate General of Brazil in Mumbai.

3. 'Power Personalities' will be moderated by Dr. Sujaya Banerjee, Chief Executive Officer, Capstone People Consulting. The panellist are Ms. Chandra Iyengar, Ex-Secretary - Women & Child Development, Government of Maharashtra; Dr. Sonia Sethi, IAS, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner and Project Director, MUTP, MMRDA; Mr. Ramesh Chandra, IRS, Commissioner – CGST, Government of India and Ms. Stefania Costanza, Consul General, Consulate General of Italy.

The event will also feature a book release 'Grow Younger' by Ms. Mala Mansukhani which will be followed by an awards fucntion.