Ivanka Trump, Cherie Blair share common ideas at GES 2017

Advisor to US president Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and wife of former British Prime Minister Cherie Blair, and ICICI bank MD, Chanda Kochhar have shared common ideas that cutting edge technology and a strong family support will take forward women Entrepreneurship. 

They took part in a plenary panel discussion along with Karen Hughes Quntos of Dell company on Innovations in Workforce development and Skills training during the ongoing GES in Hyderabad. 

The plenary session was moderated by Telangana IT minister K Taraka Ramarao. He stressed on 3 Cs for growth of women entrepreneurs they include confidence, capacity and capital. 

Ivanka laid emphasis on technology as it reduces the barriers in starting businesses for women entrepreneurs. She said technology opened tremendous opportunities for women. 

She also added that US government is actively considering a policy in support to providing enabling environment for women entrepreneurs by new year are so.

Taking part in the deliberations, Cherie Blair said using IT advantages will help women to reach their goals. Referring her own experience, she said by taking advantage of technology, she is reaching out women in need



across the world.

Laying emphasis on strong family support for each step that women take, Chanda Kochhar said her bank is providing wide training programmes that bridge the digital divide. She said one lakh youth are being trained every year in various sectors out of which 50 percent are women. 

In another panel discussion, Badminton National coach Pullela Gopichand and Mithali Raj and Sania Mirza opined that community has to connect with the champions and sports winners. 

Gopichand pointed out that the country should have a vision to encourage local sports as sports itself is local one. Sports need to be played at regional level and asked intellectuals to put their brains together to promote this. 

Harsha Bhogley who moderated the discussion said women are doing well but athletes are facing tough situations.There are discussions held on various topics such as future of cinema, mentoring and networking, innovations to bridge the digital divide, investments in healthcare and Agritech Matters- Feed billions by harvesting technology are among others today on the GES. 

The discussions, networking and mentoring of entrepreneurs will continue today also.