National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
As a Placement initiative, Government Home
Science College conducted a panel discussion on Women Luminaries in Business
Setup to apprise the students of the challenges and opportunities in the field
of entrepreneurship. Successful women entrepreneurs from around the city were
invited as part of the panel. Ms Jyoti Arora, owner of Vata Ma Solutions was
the first speaker of the day. She shared her journey of learning to manage your
own waste which started off by seeing her daily garbage collector. Her idea
about segregating our wastes and using it as compost was brought about after a
lot of research and technical expertise. She gave up all inhibitions about putting
her hand in the dirt and has gone on to save more than 2000 kg waste daily in
Chandigarh and recycling it to help save the environment and make the air
clean. Ms. Gayatri Sood from Monica's Puddings and pies, a professional chef
discussed her journey about how this brand was established. She spoke about how
her passion developed and her first baking experience at the age of 8 years.
She went on to study at Le Cordon Bleu from Paris, the best pastry school in
the world. Her Challenge was to add on more desserts and recipes to the
existing established brand name. She discussed how running so many stores is
challenging and to procure quality ingredients and management of staff. She
motivated the girls to follow their dreams and passion. Ms. Lalita Grover, the
next guest speaker encouraged the girls to take up any challenges that come
their way. She runs a family business of ready made garments and spoke about
how her journey was challenging in terms of lack of support but its her passion
and determination that kept her going. She shared how gender bias and societal
pressure bagged her down but she kept going on and emerged as a successful
entrepreneur. Ms. Ashna Narula, the founder of Psychopedia a training institute
to help people find the light hidden in them was the next speaker. She shared
how she invested all her savings and did not borrow money from her family. Her
journey included not just acting as a faculty, but also managing the whole
institute. She discussed how her attitude shifted from one of complaining to
gratitude. She encouraged the students to let their work speak for itself. She
motivated the girls to become financially independent and not to depend on
anyone else as' you have you'. Mrs Savita Ahluwalia, the last speaker of the
day, is the owner of designer boutiques-Ujitaa and Vastram. She discussed about
her growing passion for Fashion and trends. She emphasized the role of team
work in achieving a target and to overcome major challenges in one's field. Students
also got an opportunity to interact with the guest speakers and further discuss
their queries regarding entrepreneurial ventures. Principal of the college,
Prof. Sudha Katyal, expressed her gratitude to all the dignitaries for sharing
their experiences and challenges in their fields and further motivated the
students to set their goals and move ahead and become successful.
