39th FLO Annual Session on

“Women’s Participation in India’s Growth Trajectory”

FLO organised its 39th Annual Session on March 30 & 31, 2022 FICCI, New Delhi. The theme of the session was “Women’s Participation in India’s Growth Trajectory”, which was also the focus area of National President, Jayanti Dalmia.

On March 30th, 2023, a session was organised a session on “The Need to Foster an Inclusive Startup Ecosystem”. The Speaker for this session was Dr. Chintan Vaishnav, Chairperson of Startup20 India, and the Mission Director for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).

Dr. Chintan Vaishnav stated that as the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem, India is well-positioned to lead the charge in supporting innovative startups, particularly in the sectors of global importance. The Startup20 Engagement Group will work to further support Women startups in the country and the group.

Past President, FLO and Chairperson of the Startup 20 Inclusion Task Force announced that FLO along with Startup20X India is doing a survey to understand the issues and barriers to entrepreneurship so that the member countries provide equal opportunities to all sections of society to realise their full potential.

FLO Presented the Awards for Excellence in Inclusivity Awards on March 31, 2023, in the presence of the Mr Anurag Sharma, Member of the Lok Sabha; Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman Hero Enterprise; Mr Subhrakant Panda, President FICCI and Mr Shailesh Pathak, Secretary General FICCI. The dignitaries addressed the session and shared their thoughts on women empowerment.

FLO Awards for Excellence in Inclusivity was instituted to celebrate and recognise the champions, the committed leaders, advocates, creators, and exemplars, who have demonstrated different styles of addressing inclusion toward lasting change.

Commemorating the occasion, FLO Gender Parity Index 2.0 was released along with the FLO Annual Report 2022-23. FLO developed the first Gender Parity Index (GPI) for the Indian formal sector in 2016, which was published and disseminated in 2017. The GPI Index 2.0 has revised and upgraded the first Index. It has analyses, and ascertained causes and consequences between two points and has developed key recommendations and milestones.

A coffee table book titled “Women Investing and Building India”, enumerating the stories of on 75 women investors in India was also released.

The Chairpersons of FLO & YFLO Chapters across India were felicitated for their outstanding work during the year 2022-23, with the Chapter Appreciation Awards. Members who have effectively contributed towards various national initiatives and projects, undertaken under the FLO umbrella, were also recognised for their contribution.

Jayanti Dalmia, President FLO shared the major milestones achieved during her term with a FLO film, Year in Review. Over the two days, the Chapters presented reports on their activities and initiatives taken up during their term as the Chairpersons. The National Initiatives Heads also presented comprehensive report for the year.

In the ceremonial Change of Guard, the new leadership team for the year 2023-24 was officially announced. Ms Sudha Shivkumar took up the mantle as the 40th National President of FICCI Ladies Organization.

FLO AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN INCLUSIVITY

Meera Shenoy, Founder- Youth4Jobs
• Lemon tree Hotels- represented by Aradhana Lal, SVP Sustainability & ESG.
• Sudha Patel, India’s youngest elected blind female sarpanch.
• Varsha Dongre, Miss Deaf Asia, 2022 and second runner-up in the Miss Deaf International, 2022
• Avni Rathi, a Visually Impaired girl, and an ace classical singer, composer, keyboard player and author.
• Handimachal Therapy Centre, in Himachal Pradesh is the only place in the region that provides early intervention therapy to children with special needs.
• Ability Foundation is a national cross disability organisation established in 1995 as a public charitable trust for the empowerment and mainstreaming of persons with disabilities.
• Alina Alam, Founder and CEO of MITTI Cafe, which provides experiential training to persons with disabilities and a space to be productive and showcase their potential
• Dr Malathi K Holla, an international para-athlete from India.
• Family of Disabled (FOD) is a registered voluntary organization serving people with disabilities since 1992
• Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, a voluntary organization rendering rehabilitative services to persons with disabilities through a holistic approach of inclusive education, medical care, vocational training, child guidance and self-employment.

CHAPTERS APPRECIATION & MEMBER APPRECIATION AWARDS:

1. Fastest Growing new chapter – FLO Vadodara Chapter
2. Maximum number of Members added in a chapter – FLO Hyderabad Chapter
3. Maximum Impact for the visually impaired – FLO Kanpur Chapter
4. Maximum Impact for the intellectually disabled – FLO Ludhiana Chapter
5. Maximum Impact for the intellectually disabled – FLO Amritsar Chapter
6. Maximum Impact for the hearing impaired – FLO Lucknow Chapter
7. The Most Innovative Event – FLO Mumbai Chapter
8. Maximum Renewal of Memberships -FLO Bangalore Chapter
9. Digital Literacy Impact – FLO Jammu-Kashmir &Ladakh Chapter
10. Successful Skilling in a village – FLO Pune Chapter
11. Innovative FLO Branding – FLO Kanpur Chapter
12. Innovative FLO Branding – FLO Amritsar Chapter
13. Innovative FLO Branding – FLO Ludhiana Chapter
14. Maximum number of participants at FLO Interstate –
15. FLO Ahmedabad Chapter
16. Interface with the Government – FLO Indore Chapter
17. Local Government engagement – FLO Jaipur Chapter
18. Impact on Flood Relief – FLO Northeast Chapter
19. Digital Literacy for Artisans – FLO Kolkata Chapter
20. Impact in the field of Digital Literacy – FLO Bhubaneshwar Chapter
21. Impact in the field of Financial Literacy – FLO Chennai Chapter
22. Appreciation on Village Holistic Development for Mensural Hygiene – FLO Uttarakhand Chapter
23. Nurturing Young Leaders – YFLO Delhi Chapter
24. Nurturing Young Leaders – YFLO Amritsar Chapter
25. Nurturing Young Leaders – YFLO Hyderabad Chapter
26. Nurturing Young Leaders – YFLO Kolkata Chapter
27. Impact on Village Holistic Development – FLO Coimbatore Chapter
28. Maximum Social Impact/Eye Camps – Anushree Mahajan
29. In the field of STEM Literacy & Robotics – Prasanna Vasanadu
30. FLO Education & Skilling – Roopa Patel
31. FLO Women Directors -Jyotsna Angara
32. FLO Business Promotion – Minal Jain
33. FLO Start Up Cell – Aarti Gupta
34. Implementation of FLO APP – Yashodhara Bajoria
35. Digital Literacy – Nidhi Ahuja
36. FLO Financial Literacy -Shubhraa Maheshwari
37. FLO Textile Initiative – Madhuri Halwasiya
38. FLO Policy Think Tank -Poonam Mahajan
39. FLO Village Holistic Development – Puja Garg