Women Directors Workshop for Aspiring Board Directors – FLO and Greater 50 Initiative

The Women Directors Workshop is co-organized by FLO under the Greater 50 initiative of FICCI and conducted by Co-Chair of FWD PP Ranjana Agarwal. Amb. Meera Shankar, Chairperson-FICCI Women on Corporate Boards Mentorship Program and Former Ambassador to Germany and USA addressed the inaugural session. Imm.Past President FLO & Co Chair, Greater 50 Initiative, Harjinder Kaur Talwar also addressed the participants.

Other speakers were Dr Niraj Gupta Head, School of Corporate Governance & Public Policy, IICA, MCA, GoI and Independent Directors Radhika Hari Bhakti , Sucheta Shah , Suguna Ravi Chandran and Swati Mayekar. The workshop aimed at making prospective women directors Board Ready. The Companies Act 2013 has made it mandatory for prescribed class of companies to appoint at least one woman on their boards. This has thrown up a huge opportunity for women who aspire to be Board Directors.    
 
The workshop was designed to educate members how to get selected, how to prepare for board meetings and the role, responsibilities and liabilities of directors and what soft skills are required to succeed in the board room.  
 
The sessions provided an excellent opportunity for participants to acquire the tools required to face the challenges of corporate dynamics.  
 
The participants we also encouraged to register with the Independent Directors Data Bank created by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), since the IICA will further build capacity of participants through its interactive e learning courses.