From Top (L-R): Mr C K Ranganathan, AIMA President and Chairman & Managing Director, CavinKare; Ms Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals; Ms Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA and . Ms Veena Swarup, Former Director - HR, EIL

AIMA organised Pragati - Celebrating Achievements of Women virtually on the theme ‘Equality today for a Sustainable Tomorrow – Lead the Change’ on 28th & 29th March 2022 on a digital platform. Ms Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals delivered the Inaugural address and Mr C K Ranganathan, AIMA President and Chairman & Managing Director, CavinKare was the Keynote speaker for the conference. Ms Veena Swarup, Former Director - HR, EIL was the Conference Chairperson. The introductory remarks were delivered by Ms Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA and Mr Neeraj Kapoor, Director, AIMA delivered the concluding remarks. Two special sessions were held on the theme ‘Fortifying Yourself and Enhancing Your Capabilities.’

Some of the other prominent speakers who addressed the conference included Ms Shikha Sharma, Founder and Managing Director, Nutriwel Health (India) Pvt Ltd; Ms Aakanksha Bhatia, Counsellor and Educational Psychologist, Founder – Together We can; Ms Payal Kumar, Dean of Research & Management Studies, Indian School of Hospitality; Ms Neha Chatwani, Organisational Psychologist and Coach at the workplace atelier; Mr Pranjal Sharma, Economic Analyst, Advisor and Writer & Author-India Automated; Ms Vidya Velagapudi, Director – Precision Medicine, AstraZeneca; Captain Kiran Sangwan, Air Asia; Ms Jayati Ghosh, Executive Director (Technical), Engineers India Ltd.; Ms Amee Misra, Senior Economist and Head, Policy Unit at UNDP India; Mr Mahua Venkatesh, Executive Editor, India Narrative; Ms Urvija Bajpai, ED & Head, IndianOil Institute of Petroleum Management; Ms Swati Munjal, Director, Strategic Initiatives & Student Engagement, BML Munjal University; Ms Swati Nagpaul, Director HR, JW Marriott and Ms Oindrila Chauhan, Sr. HR Director, Talent Acquisition, Microsoft Corporation Pvt Ltd, India.

This Pragati also included a Best Practices and National level only-Women Quiz Competitions. NTPC Ltd emerged as the Champions, GAIL India and Indian Oil Corporation were declared runners up I & runners up II in PSU Category respectively. Bosch Ltd emerged as the Champion and Runner-up I and WORXPERTISE was declared as the Runners-up II in the Private Category.

AIMA’s National level women quiz was conducted by the quiz master Mr Ajay Poonia. Reserve Bank of India was declared as the Champion, followed by Rourkela Steel Plant and JIO Institute as the Runnersup I and Runners-up II.