I Am Woman, an
event and awards ceremony that celebrates the inspiration of women was created
by Karan Gupta Education Foundation and IE Business School three years ago.
This year’s winners of the I Am Woman award included Sushmita Sen, Tata group
industrialist Leah Tata, Actress & RJ Malishka Mendonsa, Activists Jyoti
Dhawale and Preethi Srinivasan, Advocate Abha Singh, Artist and Philanthropist
Michelle Poonawalla, International Designer Falguni Shane Peacock, and
Entrepreneur Bhavna Jasra. The event compere was Dr. Amber Wigmore, Director of
Career Services at IE Business School and Actress Madhoo Shah.
“This was the
first year we opened nominations to the public and we are overwhelmed with the
response – we received thousands of nominations from power women all over the
country. Each of the women had inspiring stories to tell and it was a very hard
decision to finalize a short list of women who are the winners of the I Am
Woman award,” states Dr. Karan Gupta, the founder of KGEF and MD of IE Business
School, India.
Sushmita Sen
was elated. " The fact that I am
born a woman is my biggest award," said Sushmita, adding that she was a
firm believer of the concept I AM Woman and the fact that the award insituted
by Karran gupta Education Foundation was named I Am Woman left her feeling
"privileged."
“I am visiting
India for sole purpose of being part of this renowned event. I was the host of
the 2016 edition of I Am Woman and I look forward to once again hear the
inspiring stories of women and encourage them in any way that I can,” adds Dr.
Wigmore.
Guests and
celebrities at the prestigious award ceremony included Maheka Mirpuri, Sheeba
Sabir, Reshma Merchant, Farah Khan Ali, Aarti and Kailash Surendranath, Mrinal
Deshraj, Vikas Bhalla, Kiran Bawa, Arzoo Gowitrikar, Aditi Gowitrikar among
others.
The 2017 I Am
Woman award was given to Amruta Fadnavis, Laxmi Agarwal, Gauri Sawant, Farah
Khan Ali, Malini Agarwal, Shaheen Mistry, and Krishika Lulla. The 2016 I Am
Woman award was given to Sonam Kapoor, Reshma Merchant, Maheka Mirpuri, Raunaq
Roy, Kiran Bawa, Nisha Jamvwal, Devita Saraf, Amrita Raichand, Rouble Nagi, and
Lucky Morani.
“KGEF’s sole
mission is to work towards the education of underprivileged children and women
empowerment. It’s high time that men take an active role in empowering women.
In Mother Teresa’s words – I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a
stone in the waters to create many ripples,” adds Dr. Gupta.
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