FLO Interstate Meet at Ahmedabad

FLO organized its Annual Interstate Meet for 2016-17 under the Presidentship of Ms. Vinita Bimbhet at Ahmedabad on November 24th to the 27th, 2016. Hosted by the Ahmedabad Chapter, it was meticulously organized by Chapter Chairperson Roopa Patel and her dynamic team.

Over 250 Entrepreneurs & professionals members from Delhi and 13 pan-India Chapters – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow- Kanpur, Ludhiana, Mumbai North East and Pune attended the Meet.

It was an extraordinary amalgamation of empowerment, entertainment and networking as also a rare blend of learning sessions, social events, networking lunches and dinners.

The Inaugural Session of the Interstate Meet opened with the Address by FLO President Vinita Bimbhet.

In her Address, she highlighted that, “The Interstate Meet is a common platform for experience sharing showcasing, mentoring & networking of our dynamic pan-India members. We hope to bring together women entrepreneurs and professionals from Delhi and 13 Chapters across India and provide a perfect milieu for exchange of ideas and meeting of the minds. Our objective is to develop the wisdom to lead; coming together as strong voice for and by women.

She added, “The power of the 1.8 billion refers to India’s youth and the enormous opportunity they represent to transform the future. The potential economic gains will be realised when a country’s working age population is larger than the population that is dependant. We have never seen so many young people…..never again is their likely to be such a potential for progress. Critical youth investments need to be made…protecting their rights, improving their health and providing skill and knowledge. In this perspective FLO understands that it is imperative to harness the power of the young and therefore FLO has initiated YFLO in Ahamdabad for its younger members. They are our future innovators, creators, builders and leaders of the future.The YFLO Ahmedabad chapter is the fourth YFLO to be established in India. The first three were set up in Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad. said Ms Bimbhet.

Ms Aditi Parekh took over the mantle as the Chairperson of YFLO Ahmedabad Chapter.

An interactive panel discussion on role of women has been organised at famous Adalaj Vav steps near Ahmedabad. Main speakers at the discussion included Cine star Soda Ali Khan, Archna Shah, Founder Bandhej, Ananya Birla, an Entrepreneur and singer and BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi.

To have a taste and feel of real Gujarat and bring the members closer to the grandeur of the region’s culture, the members visited various parts of Gujarat and witnessed the rich Gujarat crafts, tourism, cuisine and culture .This included visit to Adalaj Vav, the step well, Ajrakhpur, Tent city in Rann, Khamir, Katchhand Bhujadi.