Harjinder Kaur Talwar, National President, FLO

Harjinder Kaur Talwar is the National President of FLO. She founded the company

Commission (India) Pvt. Ltd. in 1995 with a humble start.

Today Commission is CMM level3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013 & ISO/IEC

20000-

1:2011 certified medium sized business organization. Currently with 150+ employees and 4 offices across India, she stands tall as the only business woman,

into the specific arena of intelligent traffic / transport solutions.

Having a computer science degree & during her initial years in business, she took

upon the challenge to change the way Govt. services were given to a citizen and gave

a concept of multiple services of different Govt. depts. under one roof to India. Her

first such project “TWINS” implemented in Hyderabad in 1999 redefined the way

Govt to citizen(G2C) services were delivered. The model was thus replicated PAN India by many other Govt. departments and these govt. departments soon adopted

the concept of integrated multiple services under one roof.

TWINS was also showcased to the then US President “H.E. Bill Clinton” during his maiden visit to India.

As she grew in business her company additionally went on to specialize in the road

sector and today has strategic partnerships with world leaders in technologically advanced solutions in specific areas of intelligent traffic & Transport. With her

domain knowledge of Indian business and best of technology adoption, her company

has become a name to reckon with in the technology implementation in road sector

as well.

She has leveraged her sound business policies and good relationship with

Governments across ideologies including the current dispensation. Some of the notable contributions are as under:

Implementation of RFID based electronic toll collection technology for India,

integrating with the central clearing house of NPCI and payment settlement system across banks for toll lanes in India.

A few major Highways in the country are running with her solutions. Some of

them are Delhi Agra Highway, Gurgaon- Faridabad Toll road and Hosur

Krishnagiri Toll road near Bangalore.

Currently her company is implementing Smart City projects in many states. Notable areas of work are:

o Smart Garbage collection solution

o Optimization and intelligence of traffic signals with respect to traffic in corridors

o Planning traffic in city, working in partnership with traffic police in various cities in real time traffic information

o Knowledge management and tools to streamline the traffic with the help of history data analysis.

Feathers in her cap

IWEC AWARD (International Woman Entrepreneurial Challenge) covetedin South Africa in October’2010.

FICCIFLO award 2013 for outstanding achiever during Interstate meeting of 2013-14.

GPS “Business woman of the year” award by Air chief Marshal Arjan Singh

SAARC Women’s economic Forum Award given by Bimstec-SAARC for

excellence in Business category for the year 2016-17.

“Woman entrepreneur of the year” by the SME Chamber of India during the

SME Excellence Awards 2017.

ICONIC award: Business woman of the year 2018.

Women economic forum-(WEF) leader of the decade award in 2018.

She is Mercedes Felicitation by Mercedes India in 2018.

World Sikh Award in 2018 in category-Business Woman of the Year.

Media coverage

India Today: Iron Maidens-2007

Indian Express –Hyderabad: Woman of Substance, February 23, 2007

The Week: India’s most Deserving Men & Women –March 4,2007

The Savvy: Very with IT-August 2007

Mail Today (center spread two pages): From the hinter land to the hot seat- September 8,2010

Hindustan Times: Delhi and NCR- August 9,2012

Being a successful business woman, she was invited at S&P Capital IQ

(McGraw Hill Financial) and WINS and was asked to speak about her journey

in business on July 30, 2013.

Exclusive interview on DOORDARSHAN: An exclusive 30 minutes live interview on her, was done by main channel of DOORDARSHAN on 13th May

2014. The program focused her success story.

AAJ TAK: ‘Sabse aage hongi Harjinder Kaur’- 2016

Ministry of Information Technology: Documentary on her achievements in

field of Information Technology in Government sector.

Central News Agency, Taiwan: Documentary on achievement in Business and

as an Indian woman achiever.

Mauritius Government: Invited by Mauritius Government in year 2004, to

showcase work done by her organization. She was a keynote speaker at the

conference which they organized for their officers.

Social Initiatives:

Jewel of Delhi – Swachh Abhiyaan: Nominated by BJP President-Delhi to

spread Prime Minister’s Initiative of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’ as a campaign for cleaner India for next 5 years.

Advisor- Good health foundation-Hyderabad, an NGO: The NGO is wellknown in Hyderabad for health services. She is the advisor for IT services.

Countries travelled:

She is well travelled to Singapore, Malaysia, United states of America, Mauritius,

Taiwan, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Thailand, Nepal, Canada, Sri Lanka, Belgium, Turkey, Dubai, Czech Republic, Netherlands, France, UAE, Prague, Kenya, Sri- Lanka,

Seattle including India.

Jahnabi Phookan, National Senior Vice President, FLO

With nearly three decades of entrepreneurial experience in the field of travel and

tourism, I have been a passionate advocate of ecotourism, conservation and sustainable development in India’s verdant Northeast, “the Paradise Unexplored “.

A trained journalist, worked in the print media, studied Mass Communications in US

but gave it all up to return to Assam where the challenge was to turn a disadvantage

into an advantage. And that’s how I co-founded Jungle Travels India as a vision to

bring tourists into the jungles of Assam .in 1989.

Jungle Travels India was to become the first IATA agent of the entire Northeast.

Her sister concern, Assam Bengal Navigation Company was to become the pioneering long distance ever cruise company in India in 2003 and put India on the international cruising map.

Today, both these companies are the recipients of the National Tourism Excellence

Awards.

Mentioned below are some of the contributions made towards the inspiring platform of FLO.

FLO ACTIVITIES:

Founder member and Founder Vice Chairperson FLO North east chapter in 2007 under the leadership of FLO President Kiran Gera.

Initiation of the concept of awarding 5 iconic women of Northeast since the

inception of FLO in 2007 which has continued unbroken till date.

Chairperson in 2008 FLO Northeast chapter.

Human trafficking being one of key issues of NE, I collaborated with the NGO

GOLD to train the trafficked women for skill development in weaving. The central Silk Board assigned women master trainer under the FLO banner.

This continued with the support of central Silk board for the second year. The

women, were able to leave the shelter home with viable vocational skills.

After my tenure, I have continued to work as an executive member of GOLD,

empowering trafficked women of the North east

Visit by Chief Secy, Meghalaya and a ten-member delegation to my TRIBAL

HERITAGE center in Kaziranga, Assam as a model case study where I spoke about FLO’s contribution to my growth in the textile sphere.

Ujjwala Singhania, National Vice President, FLO

Ujjwala Singhania is part of the fourth generation of one of India’s leading families,

the JK Organisation, which was founded over 125 years ago by Shri Lala Kamlapat Singhania. JK Organisation is a global enterprise with multi-business operations around the world. She holds numerous leadership positions, bringing positive changes wherever she goes.

She is a director at JK International, a firm that invests, through private equity and venture capital, in the media, entertainment, Information & technology and healthcare spaces. Ujjwala has always been passionate about education and has taken an active interest

in her family’s educational institutions in Mumbai, Vapi and Chindwada. She was also instrumental in introducing the global International Baccalaureate curriculum in the Smt.

Sulochanadevi Singhania School in Mumbai. Unwilling to rest on her laurels, she forayed into vocational training for underprivileged children at the Raymond Rehabilitation Centre in Mumbai and for tribal women in their centre in Chindwara. She is a natural leader who strongly advocates women empowerment. Her drive and

tireless efforts, to make a difference to women in all walks of life, led her to initiate the FLO Women Directors initiative in 2015. Ujjwala realized that there was a need to bring about gender parity into the boards of corporate companies. She took up this challenge and conducted training programs

for women, across all the chapters with KPMG in India. Additionally, FLO directors conduct panel discussions, mentoring sessions and networking events. She also took the initiative to organize numerous leadership training programs at

the IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Lucknow. As a humanitarian who cares deeply about underprivileged women, Ujjwala joined

the FLO ‘Trends’ committee to raise funds in order to build toilets for women living in a village.

She wished to motivate the younger generation of women and hence, along with her multiple projects, she revived the YFLO chapter in Mumbai and mentored it for a year. Ujjwala studied commercial art at the Sophia Polytechnic College in Mumbai and was

awarded a scholarship for her unique designing and creative talents, which she continues to utilize in different ways. She is multi-talented and thoroughly enjoys painting, photography, golf and gardening. She has proved time and again that she is a leader, an independent

thinker and a team player taking giant steps towards the cause of women empowerment.

Aparna (Pinky) Reddy, Imm. Past President, FLO

Aparna Reddy, aka Pinky Reddy is a woman who dared to take on the mantle of a trail blazer and created her own unique identity as an entrepreneur and business woman.

With a business management course from Harvard University, Aparna

singlehandedly designed and developed marketing strategies to spearhead the

growth of companies that she has nurtured with a unique, distinct identity of her

own. Her strong acumen for business enabled her in creating a niche for herself through different aspects of work, enabling her to make the paradigm shift towards

Indian art and culture.

An ardent aficionado of art and culture, Aparna, affectionately known as Pinky, has turned her passion into a heritage business. Foreseeing a unique opportunity that

modern urban living offered for the promotion of heritage arts and culture, Aparna

started a venture called Lotus House. This organization works towards reviving and

promoting fast disappearing indigenous art.

Lotus House today is playing a major role in the rejuvenation of ancient art, ensuring

that struggling artists are provided the encouragement and resources to revive a

dying art and earn a decent living.

Thus, Lotus House has become a successful business module creating job

opportunities, while at the same time restoring a great cultural heritage. Encouraged by this endeavour, Aparna also started a charitable entity called the

Aparna Foundation which provides education for over 150 children.

Working tirelessly to make a difference, Aparna Reddy has taken on many identities, such as humanist, entrepreneur, an aficionado of the arts and culture and promoter

of education for children. Effortlessly juggling between the roles of wife, mother, homemaker and entrepreneur, she is today an inspirational icon for aspiring young women entrepreneurs.

Over the last decade, Aparna Reddy has made her presence felt at the

leadership level with her active participation at different forums, thus

establishing herself as a prominent entrepreneur with a vision for a modern yet culturally rich and vibrant India.

Glimpses into Aparna’s contribution and achievements:

President – FICCI FLO - 2018-19

Chairperson – FICCI FLO Hyderabad Chapter 2011-12

Chairperson (Education) – Young Indians, CII 2010-2011

Founder, Trustee – Aparna Foundation – 2012

Managing Director – The Lotus House Group – 2011 onwards

Member on Board -GVK EMRI, GVK Projects-

2012onwards Membership in Other Professional and Social

Organizations:

Chairperson – Hyderabad 10K Run Foundation- 2005 & 2006

Aikya – Indian School of Business (ISB) – 2004 onwards

YPO – 2000 onwards

Member – Young Indians, CII

Promoter Shareholder – GVK – 1995 onwards

Archna Luthra Treasurer, FICCI FLO

Archna Luthra is the Managing Trustee of Chiranjiv Bharti Schools for the last

11 years. Both the schools are in Gurgaon with over 4,000 children. In the year 2006, the School received The British Council International Award and got 03 other awards as one of the best schools in Haryana.

She is also the Director of Ambience Hospitality. Ms. Luthra has been a GB member of FLO for the last 10 years.

She is a keen music enthusiast with her forte is Indian classical music. A few

year ago, she recorded a devotional music album called “AATMAN” which was released by Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan.

Archna Luthra is also an avid traveller and have extensively travelled to the USA, Europe, South Africa, Middle East and South East Asia.

She is a Trustee of Kusumajali Foundation which promotes and rewards

Authors and Writers of Hindi Literature and to recognise all other Regional Writers in the country.

She is also on the governing body of Chiranjiv Karm Bhoomi which runs an old

age home in Palam Vihar, Block -A.

Smriti Puri, Joint Treasurer, FICCI FLO

Smriti Puri, a commerce graduate from Hindu College, Delhi University, is a keen entrepreneur. Married into a family of chartered accountants, she spearheads the corporate communications and public relations at their firm

SCV & CO. LLP, one of the premier accounting firms in India, with a standing of more than 40 years.

The firm renders tax advisory, risk advisory, assurance, transaction advisory, corporate advisory, accounting outsourcing services.

Alongside, she has co-founded an event management company. The company’s focus is to organise events that showcase creations, talents and innovations of individual entrepreneurs, thereby giving them an opportunity to come to the forefront.

A nature lover with a deep sense of duty towards women empowerment, she was moved by the plight of hill women who work tirelessly. With the support of her family, she set up Devbhoomi Handicraft Felt Centre, a small artisans’

self-help group in Bhatrojkhan village, Uttarakhand. The women there are being trained to make pure wool felt items. The focus is to provide skills and an additional source of income in this non-traditional sector.

She hopes that through her expertise, she can further the causes that FLO aims to propagate and act as a catalyst for positive change.

Rashmi Sarita Executive Director, FICCI FLO

Rashmi Sarita is currently the Executive Director, FICCI Ladies Organization.

She brings along 13 years of rich experience across various sectors and verticals of the economy that covers intellectual property rights, science and

technology, innovation and R&D, homeland security, Private security industry,

and geospatial technologies, among others.

In FICCI, she has been involved with policy and regulatory issues in different

economy verticals. Rashmi has been responsible for conceptualizing the concept of “safe and secure nation” in FICCI, and in providing key inputs to amendments of the PSAR Act 2005 and in putting forward the demands for amendments in the Public Procurement Bill and Public Funded R&D bill.

She has engaged government’s attention in the creation of Standards for

Security at Public particularity in connection with the internal security of the

country. She was also engaged with World Intellectual Property Organization

(WIPO) and Department of Policy and Promotion (DIPP), GOI to get India off the 301 list by spreading IPR awareness in India. She has represented FICCI at

various national and international forums and executed Euro- India Projects

successfully.

Rashmi is a commerce graduate from the Jesus and Mary College, University

of Delhi. She also has a Post Graduate Degree in International Business from Faculty of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.