New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): The Women Empowerment vertical of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BRICS CCI WE) has introduced the third version of its flagship Global Women Leadership Programme (GWLP). The programme seeks to offer mentorship to girls in enterprise {and professional} fields from BRICS+ nations and companion nations.
As per a launch, the programme, launched with Nippon Paint India because the Lead Programme Partner, is designed to construct management expertise in addition to encourage cross-border collaborations. In this 12 months’s version, three prime world members will obtain a completely funded journey to India to attend the Convocation Ceremony.
Additionally, the perfect challenge making use of the ‘Nudge Theory’ shall be awarded a trophy throughout the BRICS CCI WE Annual Summit & Felicitations 2026, supported by the Cheistha Kochhar Foundation.
Highlighting the intent behind the initiative, BRICS CCI WE President Ruby Sinha mentioned, ‘Global analysis reveals that mentored entrepreneurs are twice as more likely to succeed, and for ladies, this steerage is usually the distinction between staying small and scaling globally. Through the Global Women Leadership Programme, our goal is to equip girls with the worldwide mindset, mentorship, and networks they should thrive throughout borders as leaders.’
Echoing this sentiment, Sharad Malhotra, Director, Nippon Paint India, emphasised the significance of continuity in supporting girls leaders. ‘Our ongoing affiliation with the Global Women Leadership Programme displays a shared imaginative and prescient to create an enabling ecosystem the place girls’s management is nurtured, scaled and celebrated. Each version of GWLP has strengthened our conviction that when girls are given the fitting platform and help, they rise, not simply individually, however collectively, driving sustainable and inclusive development throughout industries and geographies,’ he famous.
Over the previous editions, GWLP has introduced collectively mentors and mentees from throughout BRICS+ nations, together with India, Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa, and the UAE, providing what members describe as life-changing experiences.
The 2024 winner, Mahadi Mosia from South Africa, was later recognised amongst 18 world winners from over 1,000 girls entrepreneurs within the BRICS Women’s Startup Contest.
The present version will span over 4 months in a hybrid format, combining on-line mentorship periods with in-person networking alternatives. Participants will interact in studying modules masking management rules, sustainability narratives, entrepreneurial versus managerial management, and the applying of behavioural science instruments corresponding to Nudge Theory.
The programme will culminate in two key occasions, the Ideas Pitch Fest, the place members current ventures to buyers, and the Convocation Ceremony, coinciding with International Women’s Day. (ANI)