SEEMA SUMMIT gives center stage to influential South Asian women for remarks and panel discussions of their professional and personal experiences. We also will announce exclusive findings from SEEMA about how cultural expectations impact the lives of South Asian women.
SPEAKERS
- Aziz Ahmad, CEO of UTC Associates, Inc., and Co-Founder Coders Trust
- Ishveen Anand, Founder and CEO of OpenSponsorship
- Rachana Bhide, Broadcaster and Founder of The Corner in the Court Project (Moderator)
- Nilanjana Bhowmik, Founder and General Partner of Converge
- Nayantara Dutta, Creator of Defining Desi
- Dr. Anita Goel, Chairman and Scientific Director of Nanobiosym
- Sadia Halim, Managing DIrector of BNP Paribas
- Rachna Hukmani, Founder and CEO of Whiskey Stories LLC
- Viveka Hulyalkar, Co-Founder and CEO of Beam
- Dr. Malvika Iyer, award-winning disability rights activist, motivational speaker
- Sarina Jain, Founder of Masala Bhangra Workout
- Raman Kapur, President of The Indus Entrepreneurs New Jersey Chapter
- Surabhi Lal, Chief Impact Officer of Luminary
- Hetal Parikh, President of Rangam Consultants, Inc.
- Palak Patel, Chef and Food Network Personality
- Smita Pillai, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of Dow Jones
- Dr. Amrit Ray, Global President of R&D and Medical of Pfizer
- Raashi Rosenberger, Global Brand Strategy, Consumer Apps of Google
- Trisha Sakhuja-Walia, Founder of Browngirl
- Aneri Shah, Founder and CEO of Sightworthy
- Benish Shah, Chief Growth Officer at Loop & Tie
- Deepti Sharma, Founder and CEO of FoodtoEat
- Shwetha Shetty, Vice President, Corporate Strategy of SAP
- Snigdha Sur, Founder and CEO of The Juggernaut
- Roopa Unnikrishnan, Vice President Strategy of Harman
- Sweta Vikram, best-selling author, coach
AGENDA
The SEEMA SUMMIT begins with Brunch and ends with networking as well as mingling among pop-up shops with cocktails:
- 09:30a – 10:30a Registration and Brunch
- 10:30a – 10:33a Welcome Remarks
- 10:33a – 10:45a Introduction and Unveiling Results of SEEMA Survey
- 10:45a – 10:50a Meditation
- 10:50a – 11:10a Keynote Chef Palak Patel, Chef and Food Network Personality
- 11:15a – 11:40a Panel: Balancing It all In the Corporate World
- 11:45a – 12:10p Panel: Beyond STEM. A discussion on coronavirus and more.
- 12:15p – 12:50p Panel: Leaders Changing the World Through Entrepreneurship
- 12:50p – 01:00p Networking Break / South Asian Women Pop Up Shops/ Headshots
- 01:00p – 01:40p Choice of Discussion Breakouts
- 01:40p – 02:00p Networking Cocktails / Pop-Up Shops/ Headshots
VENUE