Watch Out for Bangalore SEGUE SESSION - 30th March

Dear Women Professionals,

After a long time got some interesting insights post my research on the new way to empower women. Yes I am talking about the Segue Sessions and I spent more of my time in my blog, luckily on a flight back to Singapore I had a chance to speak to person who was part of this session. Mind you she had quit her job more than 12 years now. Initially she was not too keen to attend such a program as you know when you come to India you would like to see your friends & family members. But her husband said he will spend time with the kids and she can go and attend the program. She says after the program I feel like I was reborn again with new thoughts to myself and what am I doing now to empower myself? The kind of speakers and very many women are like me and the way they shared information was not just forgettable – she says it “ build concentric circles of contacts “ what a way to network and to do it constantly. The whole conference was done so neatly and the arrangements were top class. She thanked AVTAR IWIN for creating such a concept which will pave the way to very many women who are aspiring for this kind of support to come up in life. She said, she is going to popularize this in Singapore with her own contact circles and of course a concentric circles. She felt more than happy to be part of it.

I did more searches and found the following links which might be of interest to you.

I am just sharing you the article which has come in Times ascent today in Mumbai edition “Segue Sessions 2012 - Segue Sessions 2012 - Times Ascent - Events” & Bangalore edition “http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.aspFrom=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIM/2012/03/14&PageLabel=40&EntityId=Ar04001&ViewMode=HTML”.

I am also sharing one more article “How to make a second career work for you after a break - The Economic Times”

The Good News is a similar program THE SEGUE SESSION is happening in Bangalore only for Women professionals in Bangalore. Watch out and register to participate in this event and its free! Click here to explore a new dimension in your own life http://avtariwin.com/seguesessions/

The Bangalore Segue Session is happening on 30^th March 2012, will write about this shortly.

See you and till then stay connected!

Segue Sessions - Chennai

I just got to see a link which talks about Segue Sessions in Chennai http://www.avtarcc.com/newsletter/nl_jan_12/Segue_Sessions.htm . Do visit this to learn what had happened in Chennai. I guess Mumbai Segue Sessions would have got over by now. Will update once I get to search more on the net…. Until then bye ….

The Segue Sessions

Great to see this happening in Mumbai, India. I was searching on the web to see what to write this week and found an interesting loads of information about an organization called AVTAR Career Creators & FLEXI Careers India are doing a novel initiative of re-skilling women to suit work place and they have named this concept as “The Segue Sessions”. If you are in Mumbai you should make a note of this. I guess its need to be appreciated. I am just copy pasting the data for your to have the full download. Do visit www.avtariwin.com/seguesessions for more information. Will write about the same very shortly post my research on them. Recently FLEXI Careers have successfully done a similar sessions in Chennai, India and some of them I found on the web :

Segue Sessions @ Chennai – some of the video clips can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07joF4bwdIs

What is Segue ????
The Segue Sessions is a professional development and networking program for second careers women. It is estimated that there are over 12 lakh Indian urban women who are looking for work-life integrated careers. This event aims to leverage the lost talent and experiences of women professionals who leave their careers due to lack of sustainability.

se·gue [sey-gwey, seg-wey] meaning to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly.

The objective of the Segue Sessions event is to provide a platform for women keen on reclaiming their career to learn from top-ranked experts on skills essential for a transition or re-entry. This event comprises of panel discussions and career workshops by industry stalwarts and senior women leaders. Please click here to see the program schedule. This forum will also provide opportunities for corporate organisations to engage with this talent pool.
AVTAR I-WIN, India’s first career service from FLEXI Careers India for providing life-work integrated careers for women is conducting Segue Sessions in association with Ascent, Times of India, the media partner for this event.
This is a "by-invitation Only" event for women aged between 25 to 40 and who are currently on career break.
Please register for the event by filling the registration form. Your participation in this event is subject to your receiving an email invite from us confirming your participation. Entry into the venue will be permitted only on production of the email invite.
For details, call 022-41229111/2/3/4 or 044-42941207
Who are the speakers in Segue ???? Click the below link to know more :
http://avtariwin.com/seguesessions/speakers.php

Conference Agenda

Friday, 2nd March, 2012

9:00am - 10:00am	Registration
10:00am -10:30am	‘Introducing AVTAR I-WIN’ Opening remarks and presentation on AVTAR I-WIN by Ms. Saundarya Rajesh, Founder - President, AVTAR I-WIN and FLEXI Careers India Welcome Address and Launch of AVTAR I-WIN at Mumbai by Ms. Geetu Verma, Executive Director - Foods, Hindustan Unilever Limited
10:30am -11:00am	Inaugurating SEGUE SESSIONS – Mumbai edition 2012 Inaugural Keynote Address by Ms. Leena Nair, Executive Director - HR, Hindustan Unilever Limited Special Keynote by Ms. Sandhya Vasudevan, Managing Director, DBOI Global Services, Deutsche Bank Group
11:00am -11:15am	Tea Break
11:15am -12:00pm	Corporate Panel Discussion : India Inc's need for women managers to hold sustainable long-term careers in order to bridge the skill gap. Ms. Moushumi Bose, Diversity Lead, DBOI Global Services, Deutsche Bank Group Ms. Rajashree Nambiar, Head - Distribution, Standard Chartered Bank Ms. Sonali Roychowdhury, Head - Human Resources, Procter & Gamble, India Ms. Priya Joshi, Talent Strategist, Accenture in India Ms. Anita Guha, Leadership Development Manager, IBM
Workshops brought to you by Accenture DBOI Global Services, Deutsche Bank Group Hindustan Unilever Limited IFB
12:00noon -1:00pm	Workshop 1 on Networking for a Segue Workshop Anchor: Ms. Soma Pandey, Vice President – HR, Accenture in India Workshop Moderator: Ms. Anuradha Challu, Senior Director – HR, Beverages Business, PepsiCo India Workshop Exemplar: Ms. Sagarika Ghoshal, President HR - Reliance BIG Entertainment
1:00pm -1:30pm	Networking light lunch
1:30pm -2:30pm	Workshop 2 on Managing Internal Stakeholders via New ways of working Workshop Anchor: Ms. Poornima Pandey, Diversity Lead – South Asia, Hindustan Unilever India Limited Workshop Moderator: Ms. Shilpa Mhatre, Head – Consumer Technical Insights, Marico India Workshop Exemplar: Ms. Neha Kanabar, Regional Marketing Manager – West, IFB Appliances
2:30pm -3:30pm	Workshop 3 on Negotiating for a Win-Win Workshop Anchor: Ms. Anuja Agarwal, Director – Communications, DBOI Global Services, Deutsche Bank Group Workshop Moderator: Ms. Ophira Bhatia, Director – Corporate Affairs, Kraft Foods Workshop Exemplar: Ms. Namrata Gill, Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive and Farm Equipment Sectors
3:30pm -4:00pm	"How do we go from here? Freewheeling session with select representatives from participating organizations and Saundarya Rajesh
4:00pm -4:15pm	Closing Remarks by Times of India and AVTAR
4:15am onwards	Networking Tea

More to follow……. Maria

Why Women Welfare?

I have been travelling most of life in the past 2 decades almost everywhere across Asia. I wanted to share most of my learnings in a common forum and hence this blog. In the United States that we know the kind of freedom that women enjoy is great when compare to the Women in Asia.  The primary agenda for me is to propagate the organisations who are working towards  empowering women at large. I have met a lot of Women during my visit to Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, China & India etc. You will see most of my practical experiences in my blog very shortly. I am doing a lot of research about organisations in Asia and got a whole of information about my own interested topic Women Welfare and also some of the interesting and innovative stuffs soon. Till then bye.... Maria