MMA Women Managers’ Convention 2010
“Women: Creating Enduring Values”, was this year’s theme for the Annual Women Managers’ Convention held by the Women Managers’ Forum (WMF) of Madras Management Association (MMA) at Hotel Taj Coromandel in Chennai on 8 March 2010 to mark the occasion of International Women’s Day. The programme was co-sponsored by The Sanmar Group.
The objective was to enable more women to become successful managers and leaders by examining and addressing the challenges they face at every stage of their career.
This year’s event showcased success stories and provided inspiration, perspective and a set of personal tools, which can help women navigate and stay the course.
Dr Poongothai Aladi Aruna lighting the ‘kuthu vilakku’ to mark the ceremonial inauguration of the convention. Sabitha Rao, Director Cerebrus Consultants, Sarada Jagan, Chairperson, MMA Women Managers’ Forum and ED-HR, The Sanmar Group and R Raghuttama Rao, President, MMA and MD, ICRA Management Consulting Services look on.
Gowri Ramnarayan, Dy. Editor The Hindu, Latha Rajan, Director Ma Foi Management Consultants and Archana Ramasundaram, Addl. Director General of Police, CBCID, during th business session on ‘Taking Charge: Responsibility for Success’.
A section of the participants at the convention.
Vijayalakshmy K Gupta, Member (Finance) Telecom
Commission and Ex-Officio Secretary to the Govern
ment of India welcomed by R Raghuttama Rao.
One of the highlights of this year’s event was the pre-event survey conducted by MMA along with Cerebrus Consultants, who were the knowledge partners for the event. A customised questionnaire was administered to about 446 working women in Chennai across age groups, income groups and industries in January 2010. A majority survey population was in the 25-35 years age group earning under 5 lakh per annum and belonged to the IT and ITES industry.
Panellists discussing the survey results. (From l to r):
Asha Mathen, VP Deutsche Bank, Sudha Gopal, MD,
Systech Solutions Pvt Ltd, Thomas Simon, VP-HR,
Tata Consultancy Services, Anita Ramachandran,
Founder and CEO, Cerebrus Consultants, Saundarya
Rajesh, Founder-President, AVTAR Career Creators,
Gowri Kailasam, VP-TQM and Materials, Rane
(Madras) Ltd and Vijayalakshmi Rao, COO and
Director Scope eKnowledge Centre.