NAREDCO Women's Wing MAHI Organizes Its First Convention

BY Realty Plus

Women realtors and corporates are expected to lead the real estate sector's transition said industry representatives at a convention of NAREDCO MAHI.

NAREDCO MAHI, the women's wing of National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) organized its first convention on the theme 'Realty Women - The Transforming Catalyst to Real Estate Tentative Session Agenda' on February 25, 2022

Speaking of the inaugural ceremony, D. Thara, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) stressed on the need for women to bring about different and new dimensions into property development and architecture.

During a lively conversation, Dr Anurag Batra, Chairman & Editor in Chief, BW Businessworld Media Group and Dr Ananta S Raghuvanshi, Founder President Elect, NAREDCO Mahi spoke about how with empowerment of women workers and entrepreneurs, there would be a trickledown effect that in turn would support this evolving real estate sector along with boosting the economic growth.

Surina Rajan, Director General, Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) was of the view that women should take proactive steps in greater adoption and construction of green buildings, easing compliance norms among others.

Founder President of NAREDCO MAHI, Tara Subramaniam noted that as professionals, women in the real estate sector should think of modern and progressive ways for driving the sector towards growth. Stressing on the need to work towards climate protection, she said, "There is a need for sustainable and climate conscious practices. With real estate contributing to 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we can no longer turn a blind eye to the matter and must take more assertive steps for adoption of green building practices."

Addressing the event, NAREDCO President Rajan Bandelkar said, "Women have taken a lead in transforming and spurring growth in several sectors and real estate is set to benefit from their knowledge, insights and industrious attitude."

Perin Devi, Joint Secretary (IFD) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rajeev Talwar, Chairman Emeritus, NAREDCO and Shri Alok Gupta, Director General, NAREDCO also addressed the event.

Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri and Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani, the Vice Chairman, NAREDCO addressed the event through online videos. 

NAREDCO MAHI aims to increase the women participation in management level positions by at least 10% every year. It is eyeing the 10% growth rate across junior, middle and higher management levels.  

Further, apart from the emphasis on a better gender parity in managements, NAREDCO MAHI plans to go big in terms of supporting the pink collared workers in realty comprising largely the labourers. NAREDCO MAHI plans to upskill at least 1,000 women every year and enhance the annual addition to the skilled labour base in times ahead.

Launched in September 2021, the women's wing of NAREDCO has outlined 10 'E's as its focus areas. These focus areas include education, equality, environment, empowerment, expansion, entrepreneurship, empathy, engagement, excellence and ethics.

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