Exemplary women honoured on Women’s Day

Women In Leadership (WIL), along with its implementation partner Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF), organized Inspiring Women Award 2017, Powered by ACI PURE Spices to mark the International Women’s Day 2017 at hotel Le Méridien Dhaka. The award aims at recognizing the inspiring women in different sectors who have contributed to the organization as well as to the society.  The gala ceremony was the second part of the daylong initiatives taken by WIL, following the Le Méridien Dhaka Women Leadership Summit 2017, Powered by IPDC Finance Ltd.

Ms. Syed Alamgir, Managing Director, ACI Salt Ltd. & Executive Director, ACI Ltd, gave the welcome speech and inviting all the guests to the gala. Nazia Andaleeb Preema, Director, Bangladesh Brand Forum & President, WIL congratulated the winners in advanced and also praised all the nominations for their hard work that their respective organization has already recognized as an inspiring leader. A special speech was given by Ashwani Nayar, General Manager, Le Méridien Dhaka.

This year, call for nomination of Inspiring Women Award included 12 categories. More than 150 nominations under different professional categories from 58 organizations and more than 50 nominations under IPDC Leaders of Tomorrow category from 18 universities were received. Three jury panel consisting of total 20 jurors evaluated the nominations based on set criteria of respective categories.

The gala started in a flamboyant manner. The awards were given as winners and honorable mention. A total of 14 women professionals, 10 student leaders, two organizations and one initiative who were awarded.

The invited guests of the award included winner & their family members, ambassadors of different embassies in Bangladesh, female activists, academicians, politicians, social and media celebrities, high officials from corporate sector, students and others.

The award is Powered by ACI PURE Spices, RFL Plastics Limited and The Daily Star as In Association With, Advance Development Technologies Ltd. as Lifestyle Partner, Le Méridien Dhaka as Hospitality Partner, FICCI & MCCI as Partner, Colours FM & Marketing Society of Bangladesh (MSB) as Strategic Partner, GTV as TV Partner, Masthead PR as PR Partner and Webable Digital as Social Media Partner.