Miss Deaf Asia inspires more than 100 women entrepreneurs at business conference

10.01.2019
Miss Deaf Asia-2018 Nishtha Dudeja addressed the Business Women Conference-2019 conference and encouraged the women entrepreneurs with her inspiring words. She was invited as a chief guest at the event organised by Uprise India at India International Centre (Delhi) to motivate and inspire budding women entrepreneurs. This was the third edition of the women's conference held to boost female entrepreneurship.

Dudeja recently won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at the 18th edition of Miss and Mister Deaf World -Europe -Asia Beauty Pageant at Prague, Czech Republic. She is the first Indian to have won any title at Miss Deaf World Pageant. Uprise India Foundation, which is the Women Entrepreneur Initiative, the organized 3rd edition of businesswomen conference 2019.

Here's what Miss Deaf Asia Nishtha Dudeja said at the conference:

"I am honoured to speak at this gathering. We, women, are in the habit of underestimating ourselves and we need to realize that if we set our mind to it, then nothing can stop us from achieving our goals," said Nishtha Dudeja, Miss Deaf Asia 2018.

"I have fought through many obstacles but with the support of my family, I have conquered all these obstacles to realise my dream. I believe that we all are special and unique in our own ways and we are our own biggest strengths," she said.

"I want to congratulate Uprise India for helping young women entrepreneurs with their initiative. It aims at raising the importance of women equality in society and works as a catalyst to the budding women entrepreneurs in making them self independent," added Miss Deaf Asia.

Takes from other attendees at the business conference
The experts in the panel enlightened the audience with different aspects of business through facts and figures while speaking on the topic of Personal Branding, Crisis Management and Financial Literacy.

During the occasion, Akash Shukla, Founder, Uprise India Foundation said, "I am really thankful to Ms. Nishtha Dudeja, Mr. Sharad Kohli, Mr. Vikram Shankar and other thought leaders who have joined us to take this initiative to another level."

"In today's time, we are missing the mindset of seeking out new knowledge and challenges and most importantly we are missing long-term development plans," he added.

Barkha Gupta, the owner of Ganache Panache, who attended the conference said, "In today's programme, I was inspired by the life journey of Nishtha Dudeja and Uprise India is an excellent platform for women entrepreneurs looking for networking, mentoring and exposure. Ganache Panache is to extremely happy to associate with Uprise for the event."

Other speakers at the conference for women entrepreneurs:
Apart from Miss Deaf Asia, 50 other speakers and panelists were a part of this business conference to amplify the voice of India's women entrepreneurs.

These included Vikram Shankar, Co-Founder Uprise India Foundation; Dr. Sharad Kohli, Founder & Chairman, KCC Group; Neha Agrawal, CEO, MensenTock Communications; and Kavita K Bhaskaran, Communications & Brand Specialist and Adarsh Agnihotri, Administration Head, Uprise India.