Great Lakes Celebrates International Women's Day with Full Zeal

Great Lakes Celebrates International Women's Day with Full Zeal

International Women's Day was celebrated by the students of Great Lakes Institute of Management through their forum - Successful Women In Management (SWIM). The event was celebrated at Hotel Breeze, Poonamalle High Road, Chennai, on the 8th of March. The students had chosen "The New Emerging Identities of Women - I Think, Therefore I can" as the topic for discussion, given the plethora of opportunities that are opening up for women.

The event brought together leading women luminaries from the corporate world that shared their experiences and enlightened the young and bright minds. The most conspicuous and endearing aspect of the event was to see the number of men-folk seated in the audience cheering and supporting their women counterparts throughout the function!

The eminent speakers for the event were: -

Ms. Rajshree Pathy, Chairman, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Limited, Coimbatore. In her inspiring speech she articulated about how meticulously a woman plays different roles in her life and does justice to each of them. This successful lady ended her speech with this quote, "Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination and never limit others because of your imagination."

Ms. Kani Mozhi. A prominent writer for the Tamil edition of India Today and other magazines catering to women segment in her speech without any ambiguity and with full assertiveness envisaged the paradigm shift where a woman has become her own bread winner.

Ms. Sarada Ramani, Founder, Computers International and recipient of 'Best Women Entrepreneur - 2004' inspired the audience with her unique non-conventional success story that lifted their spirits with a feeling of 'Yes I can' echoing in their minds.

Ms. Rekha Shetty, popularly called the Corporate Doctor, is the founder of the well-known brand 'Minds Power'. With her inherent gift of gab, she redefined success as making a difference and creating a magic circle for everything around to flourish and grow! The metaphor of women being addressed as shock-absorbers captivated the interest of the audience.

Dr. P. Manorama, Founder of Chennai's Community Health Education Society (CHES). She transported the audience to a different plane by expressing the trauma undergone by people affected with HIV Aids. She planted the seeds of responsibility in the hearts of the audience to make a difference in their lives.

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Contributed by -
Nitin Prabhakar (Campus Associate),
PGPM - Batch 2007,
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

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