Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs

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COWE Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs [www.co-we.com], as the name suggests is an NGO/social organization engaged in the social and economic upliftment of women through entrepreneurship. The slogan “Gearing women power” stands for the democratic structure of COWE and stands for “Of the women, for the women and by the women”.

Inuagurated on 22nd December 2004 by Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy at Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad, India. Has over two hundred members who are entrepreneurs in the fields of[[ [Food Processing]]], Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Printing, Packaging, Manufacturing, Retailing, Industries, Textiles and the like.

COWE's vision is to build a women force that is economically empowered, valued citizens of the nation. By pooling the dormant talent, skills, practical knowledge and resources of a woman and combining it with her intrinsic quality of dedication and commitment, we will achieve this.

COWE's mission is to enhance women's opportunities in achieving the vision by creating a resource base of technical know how, management, marketing skills, finance, infrastructure and equipment to promote entrepreneurship.

Founder Members -

Ms Shylaja Reddy,Ms Suman Kumar,Ms Uma Ghurkha,Ms Sandhya Reddy,Ms P.Soudhamini and Ms P. Girija

Managing Committee Members(2006-2008)

   Ms Shylaja Reddy  Founder President 
   Ms Suman Kumar      President 
   Ms Uma Ghurkha      Sr. Vice President 
   Ms Sandhya Reddy      Vice President 
   Ms P. Soudamini      Secretary 
   Ms Meena Gupta      Jt. Secretary 
   Ms Madhuri Talluri       Treasurer     
   Ms P. Girija  Treasurer (2004-2006)

Partners to ZDH-SEQUA [[1]];[[2]]

At GITEX-2007, COWE  organised a seminar on “Capacity Building in IT/ITES –Challenges and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs”.at GITEX 2007(in collaboration with Dubai World Trade Center and IndiaSoft).GITEX 2007 is a premier exhibition focused on Information and Communication Technology, that brings large participation from international and domestic companies and users, both companies and individuals. GITEX 2007, conducted during 9th to 11th January 2007 at HITEX center, NAC grounds, Hyderabad; GITEX IndiaSoft 2007 Was inaugurated by Shri Dayanidhi Maran, Hon'ble Minister, Communications & IT, Govt. of India on 8th Jan 2007. 

On the occasion of this prestigious event, Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) has conducted a seminar under the aegis of IT&C department, in parallel to sessions being conducted by NASSCOM, HYSEA, & CII. COWE is a non-profit business organization working towards promoting participation and development of women in various social and economic sectors through entrepreneurial development training and exposing them to various business and developmental opportunities aiming to make a perceptible difference in the cause of women and to lay a path for their economic and social independence through development of entrepreneurship facilities for them, especially in the sector of ICT.

Topic: “Capacity Building in IT/ITES –Challenges and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs”.

Inauguration by - Sri K.R.SURESH REDDY, Hon’ble Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Keynote Address by - Sri B.Rama Raju, Co-Founder & CEO, Satyam Computers

Chief Patron - SMT. RATNA PRABHA, I.A.S, Secretary, IT&C Dept,Govt.of.Andhra Pradesh

Presided over by - Prof. M.S.Vijay Kumar, Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Computing MIT Boston USA

Subtopics and speaker list:

Soft skills/ Communication Skills for work force - Major General R.S.Chhatwal, Director General, Amity Jaipur Campus

Strengthening Industry/Academy partnership – Prof Ghanta Subba Rao, SCIO & EO Spl. Secretary. to C.M., AP

Strengthening Industry/Academy partnership – Ms Meera Shenoy, Director, EGMM, Employment Generation & Marketing Mission, World Bank consultant

Data Management Opportunities for enabling e-services - Mr Jeffrey W. Merriman, Senior Strategist Academic Computing Project Director, Open Knowledge Initiative, MIT, Boston, USA

Data Management Opportunities for enabling e-services - Mr.C.S.R.Prabhu, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre