India will team up with Myanmar to empower women entrepreneurs

Creating a roadmap for exploring opportunities for collaboration between Indian and Myanmar to empower women entrepreneurs and generate sustainable livelihoods for women was discussed at a webinar organised by the FICCI Ladies Organization (FICCI FLO).

The interactive session was organised in partnership with the Indian Embassy in Myanmar, India Myanmar Chamber of Commerce (IMCC) and Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’ Association (MWEA). Saurabh Kumar, IFS, Ambassador of India to Myanmar and Sunil Seth, President of India Myanmar Chamber of Commerce talked about growing business opportunities between the two countries.

Speaking on the webinar H.E. Saurabh Kumar, IFS, Ambassador of India to Myanmar said “The cultural exchanges and historical contacts between our two countries are the base and core of our relationship. India and Myanmar both are part of BIMSTEC and Myanmar is the only country which comes under the ambits of our two foreign policies initiatives ‘Act East and Neighbourhood first’. Now we need to focus more on the business interactions and trade between the two countries”.

FICCI FLO President Jahnabi Phookan said, “It gives me great pleasure to start our Dialogue Series with Myanmar first, among our Bimstec countries. Keeping in mind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision, we want to take forward the 3 C’s for Myanmar: Commerce, Communication and Culture. Sustainability has taken centre stage during COVID-19 to create livelihood-linked and entrepreneurship-driven enterprises by women. Women must strive to be job creators and not job seekers.”

She added, “This session opens up a new door of opportunity of collaboration between the women entrepreneurs of India and Myanmar. With active support from Indian Embassy in Myanmar, IMCC & (MWEA), we are hopeful that we can create a roadmap towards creating business opportunities, areas for collaboration and also mentoring women from India and Myanmar.”

Sunil Seth, President of India Myanmar Chamber of Commerce said, “IMCC started two years back and we have around 119 members from Indian and Myanmar companies. Both India and Myanmar are fast-developing economies, we see great potential in trade between these two countries and there are many sectors and industries where we can work together for improving business relations and community engagements.”

Khin Thet Maw, General Secretary, MWEA said, “Our Association promotes women entrepreneurs by training, coaching and mentoring them. We also volunteer to support and motivate school girls towards education”. Dharitri Patnaik, Chairperson FLO Bhubaneshwar Chapter was the Day Chair said, “We aim to explore partnership opportunities between the Women Chamber of Commerce of India and Myanmar, to come up with a collaborative platform to help Women Entrepreneurs in creating sustainable livelihoods.” Some other eminent members of FLO and MWEA also shared industry-specific inputs during the webinar.

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