The Realty+ Women Icon Conclave & Awards2023, virtual event on June 08 was a show of women power as the trendsetter women leaders of real estate, building and construction sector spoke about the industry trends and their own professional journeys.
THE WORDS OF MOTIVATION
In the inaugural address of the day Dr. Annurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief & Chairman, exchange4media Group & BWBusinessWorld Group acknowledged the rise of women in leadership positions across the industries and hoped that the trend continues. , “Women leadership in every domain is growing and we hope we have more women entrepreneurs. Realty+ has once again created a benchmark by bringing together over 75 women leaders together. I am sure, they will inspire next generation of female leaders in this sector.”
Sharing similar sentiments in his special address of the evening, Dr Niranjan Hiranandani- Managing Director, Hiranandani Group& Vice-Chairman, NAREDCO said, “A decade ago, the challenges for women to take up entrepreneurship were many, but today we see a large number of women entrepreneurs making a difference in all sectors. Women are multi-taskers, they are also able to reskill, upskill and change their skills as per the need at home and at work. India is at a cusp of major transformation in its 75th year of independence and women empowerment will be a major contributor towards growing national wealth.I do feel institutions like Realty+ be complimented for taking up and creating such programmes for the purpose of identifying women leadership, and women icons in various fields of activity and this will also add a great incentive to the women in order to take this forward. Congratulations to team Realty+ once again for whatever you are doing in this line of activity. Keep it up and see that you lead the way of what Prime Minister talks about in terms of Atmanirbhar Bharat.”
THE SHOP TALK
The conclave of the day’s first session on Redefining Real Estate for Attracting Newage Investors deliberated on the role of amenities, cost factors, return on investment as well as the growing inclination of younger generation towards REITs and Fractional ownership models of investing.
The discussion was moderated by Gautam Saraf- Managing Director, Mumbai & New Business, Cushman & Wakefield. Joining him for the session were Anjana Sastri- Director – Marketing, Sterling Developers, Bani G. Anand, Vice Chairperson, ATS Infrastructure Ltd. Hina Kamra- Managing Director - NeoWealth Management, Khair Ull Nissa Sheikh- Executive Director- WTC Services, World Trade Center Noida. Reshmi Panicker- Executive Director Land and Residential Services, Knight Frank and Sarah Jacob-Director Trine Holdings.
The design centric session Transforming Workspaces, One Design at A Time discussed the new concepts like ‘hybrid’, ‘flexible’, ‘agile’, changing corporate office structures, repurposing of office spaces and use of technology.
The session was moderated by Arnab Ghosh- Managing Director - Corporate Fitouts India, Colliers The panelist joining him for the session included- Dr Ananya Gandotra, Founder Director, AG Strategic Management & Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Erna David- Project Head - Interiors, APICES Studio Pvt Ltd. Fancy George- CEO, Thomas Workplace Design. Gagandeep Kapila- Founder and Principal Architect, Workshop for Metropolitan Architecture. Dr. Ponni M. Concessao- Founder & Principal Architect Oscar & Ponni Architects and Sanober Garda- Senior Director – Office Leasing Services, Mumbai, Savills India.
THE CANDID CONVERSATIONS
The Fireside Chat on Being Champions of Change in Tech World with women leaders highlighted how Proptech is accelerating the participation of women in real estate.
This session was chaired by Shajai Jacob- MD & Country Head – ApnaComplex, CEO - GCC, ANAROCK. The speakers of this session were Kanika Gupta- Founder & COO, Squareyards. Shivani Karia Jhaveri- Co-Founder & CMO, Blox. Nidhi Srivastava- Co-Founder & CEO - Vibe Realty, Founder - Graviti Dubai and Priti Thakur- General Manager- Salesforce Initiatives, Oberoi Realty Ltd.
The Real Talk- Inspiring Success Stories threw light on the challenges and opportunities for women at work, need of bringing awareness on women’s rights and simplifying laws for greater accessibility to legal system for women.
The intriguing talk was led by Sapna Srivastava- Editor, Realty+ with renowned Women Rights Lawyer Adv. Flavia Agnes, Co-Founder & Director, Majlis Law and - Founder Member & President, NAREDCO MAHI Dr. Ananta Singh Raghuvanshi.
POWER OF WOMEN RED CARPET WALK
The virtual event concluded with the Realty+ Women Icon Awards 2023 evening of felicitations that showcased the women power as the women achievers from various segments of real estate, building and construction industry walked down the virtual Red Carpet.
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