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WOMEN’S FORUM – Leadership at the Workplace, at Home and Society
We are all familiar with the saying that behind every successful man there is a woman. Women are the backbone of many of the programs which are planned for WKC 2006, and have provided great leadership from the outset in preparing for the event. However, the Women’s Forum is planned as a unique freestanding activity, and will feature discussion groups, speeches and presentations of interest particularly, but not exclusively, to women. All are welcome to attend the sessions.
Women's Forum is proud to bring you a wide array of fascinating art workshop presentations. Besides, there will be special attractions for children such as face painting and cartoon/costumes. A draw for a lovely pure silk saree is sure to evoke much interest.
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Speaker Sessions and Panel Discussions
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Inaugural Speaker: Attorney Sheela Murthy Esq.
Topic: Secrets of a Successful CEO
Date and Time: Sept 2nd 10:00 A.M
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Attorney Sheela Murthy is the Founder, the President, and the Managing Attorney of the Murthy Law Firm, located in Baltimore County, Maryland. Ms. Sheela Murthy has a Masters Degree in Law (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School in Cambridge,Massachusetts, USA. She is on the Board of Trustees and co-chairs the American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF)'. Ms. Murthy was listed as one of the "40 Under 40 Emerging Business Leaders" in July 2001 by Baltimore Magazine and one of the Top 25 Lawyers in Baltimore-Washington by the Baltimore Business
Journal in 1999. In 2006, the Murthy Law Firm was recognized as one of the world's leading U.S. immigration law firms by Chambers Global.She has been on the Board of Governors of the Harvard Club of Maryland(2001-2002). She has been on the Board of Directors of several other professional and civic organizations, including the Executive Women's Network. She is also a serving co-chair of United way women's initiatives of Maryland.
visit her web site at www.murthy.com
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Motivational Speaker: Ms.Jayanthi Rao
Topic: Importance of Participation in American Politics
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Ms.Jayanthi Rao was the Republican Nominee for Secretary of State, North Carolina – 2004. Jay’s work history encompasses almost 2 decades of service in the political,
business and non-profit sectors. Jay has worked in the political arena
at the federal, state and local levels. On the national level, she has worked
for Jim Miller, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget and a
member of President Reagan’s cabinet in Washington, DC. Furthermore, Jay worked
for Washington think tanks including Citizens for a Sound Economy and the
Competitive Enterprise Institute. Both think tanks promote regulatory relief,
lower taxes, and a free market approach to business. Her endorsements are coming from
a very big list of supporters including Congressmen Richard Burr, Walter Jones,
Howard Coble, Robin Hayes, Cass Ballenger, Charles Taylor. These are
just to name a few. She sees herself as a bridge between the political world and the private sector since she has gained a wide range of experience in both the worlds. Visit her web site at www.jayrao.com
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Speaker: Dr.Prema Ganganna
Topic: Steps To Nutrition
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Dr.Prema Ganganna has her Ph.D in Nutrition from Howard University,
Washington DC and she is currently the Professor and Director of dietetics program at the University of the District of Columbia. She has been appointed as the member of DC Board of Dietetics and a member of Mayor’s Commission on Nutrition by DC Mayor Anthony Williams. She is also appointed as the member of the Blue Ribbon Panel to review nutrition programs in the District of Columbia. She is the Author of Supplemental Exchange book published by the American Dietetic and Diabetic Association. Dr.Ganganna is the Nutrition consultant to the Research Infrastructure for Minority Institutions (RIMI) grant funded by NIH for 4.3 million from 2005-2009.She was the invited team leader to discuss the nutrition policy issues at Oxford University in April 2006.
Visit her website at Dr.Ganganna
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Ms.Poornima Jairaj
Topic: Parents School Partnership: How to help children succeed in School
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Ms.Poornima Jairaj"Poornima Jairaj, Executive Trustee, Amber Valley residential School, made a paradigm shift from the business sector to the social sector in 2003 after being actively involved for many years in the sourcing of entrepreneurial talent in the technology area. From helping to create software companies and mentoring their growth as a VC partner and Director on Company Boards, in the last few years she conceptualised and created an institution of learning. The institution, Amber Valley Residential School, Chickmagalur, is now 2 years old and is well on its way to becoming a high quality residential school in India. She has been the Chairperson for the Basava Residential School for Girls, Bangalore, and supported the creation of the SVGH Vocational College, an institution which provides free vocational education for underprivileged rural youth."
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Ms.Geetha Rama Murthy
Topic: How South Asian Women Manage It All
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Ms.Geetha Rama Murthy is the Executive Director of Operations of TIE, Boston. She has a Bachelors degree in Biology from the Bangalore University and a Medical Technology degree from the Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to joining TIE She was senior Medical Technologist at the Children's Hospital, Boston. She founded G. Ram, a financial, accounting and Tax services company in 1994. She was instrumental in changing G. Ram from a single service startup to
a multi service company serving a range of small businesses and individuals.
She also serves on the board of two non-profit organizations and as
advisor to several startup companies.
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Dr.Anjana Ram
Topic: Empty Nest Syndrome
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Dr.Anjana Ram is a Gold Medalist and has her M.D from Mysore
Medical College from Mysore Unviersity. She completed her Residency in Family practice
at Cleveland Ohio. She practiced Family Medicine for several years at Lynchburg, Virginia and She was the Medical Director at Guggenheimer Hospital Lynchburg, Virginia.
She moved to Florida after her retirement.
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Ms.Sudha Dev
Topic: Women in Leadership Roles in the Corporate World
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Ms.Sudha Dev is a Project and Business Development Executive with IBM.
She has Global Responsibilities with focus on Europe and Asia Pacific.
Her role includes helping close business, strongly influencing global
resourcing while ensuring global delivery. Ms. Dev’s recent achievements
include setting up the Siebel Technology Center and the Global Delivery Center
for IBM in Bangalore India. These centers over the last few years were noted
as one of a kind models that IBM has successfully expanded to other areas.
Sudha has supported various not for profit organizations and mentors a number
of people both in the US and India. She is multilingual, travels extensively,
and has been recognized for strong leadership for which she has received many awards.
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Dr.Jaya Naraindas
Topic: Emerging Perspectives: Deconstructing Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Culture
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Jaya Naraindas, Ph.D., a biomedical scientist, is a resident of Baltimore, Maryland. MD. She earned a doctoral degree in Human Genetics at the University of Madras, India. Subsequently, she served as Research Scientist at the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, Universities of Minnesota, Yale, and Maryland Schools of Medicine, USA. Currently, she is a professional consultant in knowledge and technology transfer. She serves as a scientific advisor to small business and other organizations. She has held leadership appointments in academia, industry and government. She served in her last appointment as Director of two US Federal Grant Programs, SBIR/STTR, in Biotechnology, DHHS-NIH. She served for many years as Director, Genetic Diagnostics Program, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, MD and Consultant Director, Genetic Operations, Smith Kline Beecham, PA. Nurtured and nourished for two decades in multifaceted, and dynamic work environments in both India and USA, she has strong appreciation on controversial issues in science and technology. She is interested in communicating science to society. Currently, she is capturing in writing emerging perspectives on the Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Culture.
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Panel Discussion
Topic: Dating and Marraige!
Open Discussion Forum with the Audience Participation
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Art WorkShop Presentations
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Art WorkShop: Batik Art
Presented By: Smt.Nutan Dodbele
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Art WorkShop: Mat Painting
Presented By: Smt.Chandra Kotrappa
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Art WorkShop: Embroidery
Presented By: Smt.Susheelamma
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Art WorkShop: Paper Art
Presented By: Smt.Kamala ShivaMurthy
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Art WorkShop: Tanjavur Painting
Presented By: Smt.Raji Mohan
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Art WorkShop: Cake_Decoration
Presented By:Smt.Nutan Dodbele
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Art WorkShop: Vegetable Carving
Presented By:Smt.Indira Purushottam
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Art WorkShop: Coconut Carving
Presented By:Smt.Shashikala Kulkarni
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Beauty Parlor Activities
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Mehandi
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Nail Painting
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Hair Style
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Eye-Brow Shaping
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Young Children's Activities (From Ages 0-6)
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Face Painting
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Costume Characters
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Event Schedule
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Speaking Events
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Speaking Format
Total : 30 minutes
Speaking time: 15 minutes
Questions and Discussion : 10 minutes
Exit and Entry : 5 minutes
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Speaking Sessions Location :
Meeting Room Number 314 at BCC
Panel Discussions: Meeting Room Number
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| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 9/02/06 | 10:00 A.M. to 10:25 A.M | Attorney Sheela Murthy | Secrets of a Successful CEO |
| 9/02/06 | 10:30 A.M. to 10:55 A.M | Dr.Prema Ganganna | Steps to Nutrition |
| 9/02/06 | 11:00A.M. to 11:25 A.M | Ms.Poornima Jairaj | Parents School Partnership: How to help children succeed in school |
| 9/02/06 | 11:30 A.M - 12:00P.M | Ms.Geetha Ramamurthy | How South Asian Women manage it all |
| 9/02/06 | 12:20 P.M. to 2:00 P.M | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 9/02/06 | 2:00 P.M. to 2:25 P.M | Dr.Anjana Ram | Empty Nest Syndrome |
| 9/02/06 | 2:30 P.M to 2:55 P.M. | Ms.Sudha Dev | Women in Leadership Roles in the corporate world |
| 9/03/06 | Sunday Sessions | Sunday Sessions | Sunday Session Starts at 2:00 P.M |
| 9/03/06 | 2:00 P.M. to 2:25 P.M | Ms.Jayanthi Rao | Importance of Partcipation in American Politics |
| 9/03/06 | 2:30 P.M. to 2:50 P.M | Dr.Jaya ANaraindas | Emerging Perspectives: Deconstructing Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Culture |
| 9/03/06 | 2:50 P.M. to 4:30 P.M | Panel Discussion | Dating and Marriage |
Art Work Shops
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| Date | Time | Presenter | Art Work Shop Item |
| 9/02/06 | 10:30 A.M.- 11:30 A.M. | Nutan Dodbele | Batik Art |
| 9/02/06 | 11:30 A.M.- 12:30 A.M. | Chandra Kotrappa | Mat Painting |
| 9/02/06 | 2:00 P.M.- 2:30 P.M. | Basanthi SeethaRam | Beads and Sequence Work Shop |
| 9/02/06 | 2:00 P.M.- 2:30 P.M. | Indira Purushottam | Vegetable Carving (parallel to Beads and Sequences) |
| 9/02/06 | 2:30 P.M.- 3:30 P.M. | Tanjavur Painting | Meera Mohan |
| 9/02/06 | 3:30 P.M.- 4:00 P.M. | Susheelamma | Embriodery |
| 9/03/06 | 10:30 A.M.- 11:30 A.M. | Kamala ShivaMurthy | Paper Art |
| 9/03/06 | 10:30 A.M.- 11:30 A.M. | Nutan Dodbele | Cake Decoration (Parallel to Paper Art) |
| 9/03/06 | 11:30 A.M.- 12:30 P.M. | Arathi Giribhattanavar | Embossing |
| 9/03/06 | 2:00 P.M.- 2:30 P.M. | Raji Mohan | Tanjavur Painting |
| 9/03/06 | 2:30 P.M.- 3:00 P.M. | Jaya Kottekar | Knitting |
| 9/03/06 | 3:00 P.M.- 3:30 P.M. | Shashikala Kulkarni | Coconut Carving |
Committee
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| Name | Activity Area Leads | Contact Phone(Cell) | Contact email |
| Kalpana Ananth | Womens Forum Coordinator | 301-257-8884 | |
| Shalini Srinagesh | Womens Forum Joint-Coordinator | | ssrinagesh@yahoo.com |
| Meena Rao | Speaking Sessions | | |
| Sujatha Sharma | Speaking Sessions | 240-423-2550 | |
| Meena Gowda | Speaking Sessions | 301-346-6953 | gowdameena@yahoo.com |
| Keerthi Swamy | Speaking Sessions | 240-498-1023 | keeanu6@hotmail.com |
| Laxmi Prasad | Speaking Sessions | 301-928-9629 | rohandivya@aol.com |
| Sheela Rao | Panel Discussions | 703-624-4922 | allageminis@yahoo.com |
| Padmini Rao | Panel Discussions | 301-518-9007 | aptrs@aol.com |
| Maya Harapanahalli | Art Work Shops | 240-381-2273 | maya_harapanhalli@yahoo.com |
| Nutan Dodbele | Art Work Shops | | nutan.dodbele@cox.net |
| Shashikala Kulkarni | Art Work Shops | | shashikalap@gmail.com |
| Soumya NagShankar | Beauty Parlor | | |
| Akhila Sudhish | Beauty Parlor | 703-593-3254 | akilasudhish@hotmail.com |
| Narmada Ravindra | Young Children's Activities | | narmadaravindra@hotmail.com |
| Smitha Vasist | Young Children Activites | 240-506-7044 | smitharavi@aol.com |
| Jayamma | | | subrar1@verizon.net |
| Savitha Rao | | | kurchi123@hotmail.com |
