National Conference
on
Women Leadership Moonshot: Shaping the future
Date: Friday, 2nd May 2025 Time: 10:00 am
Venue: Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Inaugural Session
Time Programme
10:00 hrs Arrival of Dignitaries on the Dias
10:00 – 10:02 hrs Lighting of the Lamp
10:02 – 10:05 hrs Welcome remarks by Dr Malvika Kaul, Director, Sankala
Foundation
10:05 – 10:07 hrs Presentation of Plant to welcome the Guests on the Dais
10:07 – 10:13 hrs Special Address by Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey, UNICEF India
Country Representative
10:13 – 10:20 hrs Keynote Address by Shri Bharat Lal, Secretary General & CEO,
NHRC
10:20 – 10:28 hrs Special Address by Smt Vijaya Bharathi Sayani, Member,
National Human Rights Commission
10:28 – 10:43 hrs Inaugural Address by Shri Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa of India
and former CEO at NITI Aayog
10:43 – 10:45 hrs Felicitation of Guests with mementos
10:45 hrs Vote of Thanks
Session I: Innovation, Start-ups and Entrepreneurship
10:50-12:10 hrs
Shri Deepak Bagla, Former CEO, Invest India
Ms Seema Arora, Chief Executive Officer, CII Centre of Excellence for Sustainable
Development & CII Centre for Women Leadership, and Deputy Director General, CII.
Smt Vaishali Nigam Sinha, Co-Founder, ReNew and Chairperson Sustainability &
Founding Chair, Renew Foundation
Ms Gopika Pant Former CEO, Managing Partner, Indian Law Partners
Dr Girija Bharat, Managing Director, Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
Dr Aarti Gupta, National Head - FICCI FLO Startup Cell
Q & A Session
12:10 – 12:30 hrs Tea Break
Session II: Research and Technology Development
12:30 -13:50
Prof K VijayRaghvan, Former Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt of India
Shri Bharat Lal, Secretary General & CEO, NHRC
Dr Nivedita Gupta, Scientist G & Head, Division of Communicable Diseases,
Indian Council of Medical Research
Dr Pragya D Yadav, Scientist F, ICMR - National Institute of Virology (NIV)
Dr Leena Srivastava, Former Deputy Director General (Science), International Insti-
tute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),Vienna
Prof Shobha Shukla, Professor IIT Bombay Water and Sustainability
Dr Deeksha Gupta, Director, Global Strategy for Society Programs, American Chemi-
cal Society
Q & A Session
13:50 – 14:30 hrs Lunch Break
Session III: Governance and Social Transformation
14:30-15:50 hrs
Shri Amarjeet Sinha, Former Secretary, Dept. of Rural Development, Govt of India
and Former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
Ms Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary (DoWR, RD&GR)
Shri Ashok K K Meena, Secretary, Dept. of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Shri Sanjiv Singh, Joint Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industries and Inter-
nal Trade
Ms Kanta Singh, Country Representative, UN Women
Smt Chhavi Rajawat, Former Sarpanch, Village Soda, District Tonk, Rajasthan and
Board Member, Miracle Foundation
Q & A Session
15:50 – 16:10 hrs Tea Break
Session IV: Shaping the Future (Education and Healthcare)
16:10-17:30 hrs
Dr Vinod Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog
Mr Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Govt. of
India
Shri Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of India
Ms Roli Singh, Additional Secretary
Dr Manohar Agnani, Professor, Public Health, Azim Premji University, Bhopal, For-
mer Addl. Secretary, MoHFW
Dr Vinita Sahay, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya
Ms Mamta Saikia, Chief Executive Officer, Bharti Airtel Foundation
Q & A Session
Valedictory Session
17:30- 18:00 hrs
Time Programme
17:30 hrs Arrival of Dignitaries on the Dais
17:30 – 17:32 hrs Presentation of plants to welcome the dignitaries on dais
17:32 – 17:37 hrs Special Address by Shri Bharat Lal, Secretary General and CEO,
NHRC
17:37 – 17:45 hrs Keynote Address by Prof Ashutosh Sharma, President, INSA
17:45 – 17:55 hrs Valedictory Address by Dr Kiran Bedi, Former Lt Governor,
Puducherry
17:55 – 17:58 hrs Felicitation of Dignitaries with mementos
17:58 – 18:00 hrs Vote of Thanks
