WEBINAR | WOMEN IN BUSINESS – CHANGING THE GAME
Date: Friday, 5th March 2021 | Time: 12 Noon TO REGISTER CLICK HERE
Format: Virtual Panel Discussion The theme for Women’s Day 2021 is Guests: #ChooseToChallenge and women in business - The Hon Barry O’Farell AO, Australian High understand the importance of challenging the status Commissioner to India quo, breaking the glass ceiling, and conquering - Shri Navdeep Singh Suri, Career Diplomat & Former hurdles. They are creating a new world order – one Indian High Commissioner to Australia step at a time. Today, 87% of companies are highly - Ms. Priyadarshini Gupta, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, committed to gender equality – a huge increase from Tata Group - Professor Iain Martin, President & Vice Chancellor, 56% in 2012 but there is still a long way to go. Deakin University Deakin University, recipient of the WGEA 'Employer of Choice for Gender Equality' citation for 14 Panel Moderator: consecutive years, in association with We@Tata and - Ms. Ravneet Pawha, Deputy Vice President (Global), Australia India Business Council (AIBC), is hosting a Deakin University panel discussion on Women in Business: Changing President – Victoria, Australia India Business Council the Game, to explore the answers to some pertinent questions like the best ways to navigate systemic Panel Members: barriers and obstacles, how leaders should think - Ms. Michelle Wade, Commissioner – South Asia, about leveraging their influence to accelerate Global Victoria opportunities for women and the unique role women - Ms. Anjali Bansal, Founder & Chairperson Avaana can play in our economic recovery in a post- Capital pandemic world. - Ms. Amanda Johnston-Pell, Vice President, Marketing Services Center – Asia, IBM
SESSION RUNNING ORDER
1145 to 1159 Speakers join, tech check, speakers to confer on content and a quick briefing on the running order A separate zoom link for all speakers will be sent to your email prior to the session. A reminder will be sent one hour prior to the session.
1159 Start broadcasting on Zoom / Youtube LIVE All speakers except moderator to mute selves. Please ensure all other apps (emails) and browsers are shut down to avoid any noise interference.
1200 to 1202 Foreword and Introductions by Ms Ravneet Pawha A welcome to all Co-hosts, Guests, Speakers and Participants to the session and introduce Professor Iain Martin to give his opening remarks on the topic
1202 to 1207 Opening Remarks by Professor Iain Martin, President & Vice Chancellor, Deakin University Acknowledge Co-hosts, Guest and Speakers and speak on the topic highlighting Deakin’s initiatives in Gender Equity and role of women in the University
1207 to 1212 Occasional Remarks by The Hon Barry O’Farrell AO, Australian High Commissioner to India
1212 to 1217 Occasional Remarks by Shri Navdeep Singh Suri, Career Diplomat & Former Indian High Commissioner to Australia
1217 to 1222 Occasional Remarks by Ms Priyadarshini Gupta, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Tata Group
1222 to 1225 Introduction to the Topic and the Speakers by Ms Ravneet Pawha – Moderator - Remarks to set the scene - Explain order of proceedings, and degree of interaction - Introduction to panel - Each panellist to speak for 2 minutes on the topic
1225 to 1250 Panel Discussion on Women in Business – Changing the Game Moderator monitors questions to lead conversation Panellists: Michelle Wade, Anjali Bansal & Amanda Johnston-Pell
1250 to 1300 Q&A Session by Ms Ravneet Pawha – Moderator Questions posted by participants of the topic
ABOUT GUESTS & SPEAKERS
Mr O’Farrell served in the Parliament of New South Wales from 1995 to 2015, including as the State’s 43rd Premier between 2011 and 2014. As Premier, Mr O’Farrell initiated and led annual trade missions to India to promote economic, cultural and social links between New South Wales and the states of India. He has also served as NSW’s Special Envoy for India and has made a significant contribution as the Deputy Chair of the Australia India Council Board. Mr O’Farrell has a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University, Canberra. Born in Melbourne, Mr O’Farrell grew up in Darwin. He is married to Rosemary and they have two adult sons. The Hon Barry O’Farrell AO Australian High Commissioner to India
Shri Navdeep Suri is Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy (CNED). He leads existing CNED programmes in Morocco, Kigali and Dhaka — and in creating new areas of focus in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Gulf. Shri Suri has had a 36-year long career in the Indian Foreign Service. He served in India’s diplomatic missions in Cairo, Damascus, Washington, Dar es Salaam and London. He was India’s Consul General in Johannesburg, High Commissioner to Australia and Ambassador to Egypt and the UAE. He also headed West Africa and Public Diplomacy departments in India’s Ministry of External Affairs. Shri Navdeep Singh Suri His initiative to introduce social media in the Ministry of External Affairs and its diplomatic missions in Career Diplomat & Former 2010 was commended. His contribution to building stronger ties between India and UAE was recognised Indian High Commissioner to by the President of UAE when he conferred on Navdeep the country’s second highest civilian award — Australia the Order of Zayed II.
Professor Iain Martin commenced as Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University on 1 July 2019. Professor Martin comes to Deakin from Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom where he was Vice- Chancellor from 2016. Prior to that, Professor Martin was Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic at the University of New South Wales from 2012 to 2016. Professor Martin spent the previous 12 years at the University of Auckland in New Zealand where he held a number of positions, including Head of Surgery, Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and, for the last 18 months of his time there, as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Strategic Engagement with responsibility for external and international Professor Iain Martin engagement. Professor Martin grew up in the UK and completed his medical degree, a doctorate and a Master of President & Vice Chancellor, Deakin University Education at the University of Leeds. After graduation he trained as a surgeon specialising in gastrointestinal and laparoscopic surgery. During this time, he held clinical and academic appointments in Leeds. Professor Martin’s move from a clinical academic career to wider university leadership roles was driven through his passionate belief in the importance of universities and the transformational power of higher education for individuals and communities. He has led a number of major projects in Auckland, Sydney and the UK to enhance and grow university education, research and innovation performance.
Priyadarshini has over 19 years of experience across telecom, consumer durables, pharmaceuticals, HR consultancy, insurance, and manufacturing, and is now a Mumbai based independent Consultant enabling corporates on Organization Effectiveness / Culture & Diversity and Inclusion. As a ‘Home Chef’ Priyadarshini is associated with Mumbai based food portals, curated kitchens and pop- up food stores bringing mouthful of taste from across the globe to the food lovers. An all-India top 30
Masterchef India season 5 contestant she works with Authenticook and TGFC to pursue her passion. Priyadarshini Gupta She has rich, diverse exposure in Diversity and OD roles in organizations like Cummins, Mondelez, Airtel, Diversity & Inclusion Lead Samsung India, Mercer Human Resource Consultants & Torrent Ltd. At Samsung India, she grew to be a Tata Group mentor for various cross functional six sigma projects. As a free-lance Consultant, she has done significant work in Mumbai for reputed organizations like TATA- AIG, BIRLA Financial Services, MSEB. The area of focus has been OD – Talent Management, L&D and Policy and systems and Diversity and Inclusion and Prevention of sexual harassment at workplace. Since December 2010, she has been involved in focused roles around Diversity and Inclusion and has led the Diversity and Inclusion agenda for organizations of repute as Cummins and Mondelez in capacity of a consultant.
Ravneet was awarded the prestigious Business Leader of the Year at the India Australia Business and Community awards 2018. She was also awarded Exceptional Woman of Excellence in Women Economic Forum 2019. She holds various Vice Chancellor’s Awards of Excellence and outstanding contribution to building economic social and human capital. She also serves as the President of Australia India Business Council (Victoria).
With over 28 years of experience in the International education and training sector, she has been instrumental in establishing global collaborations and strategic partnerships. She set up the Deakin Ravneet Pawha University office in 1994, the first ever international ‘University office’ in India of any foreign education provider. She has developed 20 strong holistic partnerships across Government, academia, industry Deputy Vice President and research specifically for Deakin University in India / South Asia and has contributed to the immense (Global) & CEO (South Asia), Deakin University success globally. She is an inspirational leader and a passionate entrepreneur.
Michelle is a thought leader who has been promoting Victorian women leaders in a big way. She led Global Victoria’s first inbound women’s mission in March 2020. Currently, she is responsible for promoting trade, investment and education linkages between Victoria, Australia and India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and the South Asian region.
Prior to her appointment she managed the Queensland Government’s overseas network and spent 15 years as an Austrade Trade Commissioner in Madrid, Milan and Kuala Lumpur, specialising in Michelle Wade infrastructure, renewables investment and education. Commissioner – South Asia She is an experienced advisor at corporate board and executive level and the most senior levels of at Global Victoria, State government and a proven leader of large, international and geographically dispersed teams, who is Government of Victoria, experienced in delivering large budget special projects. Australia.
Anjali Bansal is the Founder of Avaana Capital which invests in and provides scaling up support to innovation-led start-ups for catalysing impact at scale while delivering commercial returns. Anjali has invested in and mentored various successful start-ups including Delhivery, UrbanClap, Darwinbox, Nykaa, and Lenskart. She is closely associated with NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform, digital solutions, and mentor to the Atal Innovation Mission.
She is former Non-Executive Chairperson of Dena Bank, appointed by the Government of India to steer the resolution of the stressed Bank, eventually leading to merger with Bank of Baroda. She was earlier Anjali Bansal a global Partner and Managing Director with TPG Growth PE responsible for India, SE Asia, Africa and the Middle East. She started her career as a strategy consultant with McKinsey and Co. in New York. Founder & Chairperson AVAANA Capital She serves as an independent non-executive director on several leading boards including Tata Power, Bata, Kotak AMC, and Piramal Enterprises. She has previously chaired the India board of Women's World Banking, a leading global livelihood-promoting institution and on the Managing Committee of the Indian Venture Capital Association.
Amanda is global leader in the fields of; Business Transformation, Marketing, Brand, Customer and Entrepreneurship. Her career spans 25 years working across US, Canada, APAC and Japan markets in both Executive and Non-Executive roles. She serves as Vice-President Marketing Services Center Asia (Bengaluru, India) leading the Marketing Transformation agenda for IBM’s Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & Quantum computing business. Previously she was Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Chief Customer Officer of IBM A/NZ and Board Director IBM Australia. Amanda has served as Executive Sponsor People with Disability at IBM and is an Amanda Johnston-Pell, IBM Women Advocate and Mentor across APAC markets where she works closely with the next Vice President IBM generation of Marketing & Customer Leaders. Marketing Services Center She is a Member of Chief Executive Women Australia representing Australia’s most senior and Asia distinguished women leaders. She is an Advisory Board Member, The Sydney School of Entrepreneurship where she is advising the new generation of Start-up Founders and Sparsha Trust, serving underprivileged children in India.
ABOUT THE PARTNERS
We@Tata is an exclusive one Tata Network that provides a platform for all employees across all group companies to form safe spaces, communities and employee resource groups. Women’s network is one of the first networks formed under We@Tata, which provides a platform for all the women across geographies and industries to connect, network, share and learn from each other. This network has been designed for women employees from the Group to create a safe space to address their challenges in realising and fulfilling their personal and professional aspirations and also to ensure that every voice counts!
Deakin University, in India is engaging with the TATA group in strategic initiatives pertaining to skills development, research and innovation through the various verticals of the group. This initiative with the We@TATA is a step towards developing programs to equip this network of 7,000 women with skills significant to their business success with respect, inclusion and acknowledgement of each individual.
In September 2020, Deakin University, through its commercial arm, DeakinCO., signed up with the Tata Management and Training Centre to offer some skilling programs to professionals at various levels from some of its verticals like TATA AIA, TATA Capital and Tata’s aerospace & defence vertical, TASL. Going forward, Deakin University is also exploring various other strategic initiatives to enhance research and innovation in critical areas of importance to both Australia and India with an objective of strengthening bilateral relationships.
The Australia India Business Council (AIBC) was founded in 1986 and is the only national body representing bi-lateral trade and investment relations between Australia and India. AIBC is a national membership organisation with active chapters in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.
Deakin University is a strategic partner to AIBC in India through its Victoria Chapter. In India, AIBC, alongwith with the established stakeholders like Deakin university aims to foster linkages with federal and state government agencies, the diplomatic corps and industry bodies, and showcases opportunities to the business community through an active program of events in the communities it serves and aim to develop enhanced visibility, sectoral engagement in priority areas and enhance facilitation of businesses in India and Australia.
Through its engagement in India, AIBC wishes to foster conversations towards productive brainstorming, cultural engagement, cross-functional learnings and seek expert support from those with common backgrounds, experiences, and interest in the efforts towards in empowering and acknowledging women in business and entrepreneurship in both countries.
At Deakin University, we work towards creating an environment of inclusion where we value our diversity, embrace difference and nurture a connected, safe and respectful community. Through our initiative ‘Respect. Belong. Thrive’, we want everyone – our students, staff and local community partners – to feel part of our ambitious agenda.
In India, Deakin University, established its office at New Delhi in 1994 and has since engaged with the academia, industry and government to share its vibrant culture of education, research and skilling through strategic initiatives and partnerships. Deakin University aims to be a catalyst of positive change for the individuals and the communities it serves beyond borders by imbibing values of being excellent, inclusive, brave, dynamic, sustainable and ethical.
Deakin University leverages strong partnerships to maximise the social, cultural and economic impact it delivers globally and aspires to be Australia's premier university in achieving equal representation, recognition, reward and value of staff irrespective of gender.