photo:  Harjinder Kaur far right

Harjinder Kaur, CEO Comvision India, will ascend to the presidency of FICCI FLO  2019-2020 after her tenure as VP and subsequently, Sr. VP.  We congratulate her on this prestigious appointment.

Ms. Kaur has 20 years of successful experience behind her, is a dynamic, result-oriented entrepreneurial leader with a strong track record and with good interpersonal skills who resolves multiple or complex issues as well as motivates staff to deliver maximum potential.  She is MD & CEO of Comvision (India) PVT Ltd and Comvision Q Free, leading companies in system integration, e-governance as well as proven hardware/software solutions for automated toll management respectively.

Harjinder founded her $5.0 million business in 1995 in India.  In the last 21 years she has provided one stop shop for IT solutions in e-governance arena of India as well as Intelligent transport solutions and free flow traffic solutions.  The company has done international strategic partnerships to give specialized solutions in Indian roads and highways sector apart from being a domain expert in implementing solutions for Govt. sector in India.

She has received recognition in “India Today” Among top 10 Women CEO’s of India & India’s Most Deserving Men & Women, is ex – YFLO Chairperson, Hyderabad Chapter & Governing Board Member of FICCI.  In addition, Ms. Kaur is The Global Ambassador for India for the IWEC Foundation.

About FICCI FLO

FLO was established in 1983, as a division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry (FICCI) which is the apex body of industry and commerce in India. As an All India Organisation for women, FLO has chapters in Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hydrabad, Jaipur, Guwahati and Kolkata with its head office in Delhi. Its members comprise of entrepreneurs, professionals and Corporate Executives.

FLO President’s Message:

“Dear Friends,

It is with great pride and a lot of humility that I don the mantle of the 34th President of Ficci Ladies Organisation.

As the largest women’s business chamber in the country, with over 33 years of experience, FLO has been instrumental in working towards the economic empowerment of women and promoting entrepreneurship through workshops, conferences, trainings and capacity building programs.

Educating and empowering women is the catalyst for rapid socio-economic growth of the country. With India entering into its next phase of growth, it is expected to add 110 million people to its workforce in the next ten years’, including youth and women. According to a study conducted by McKinsey Global Institute in 2015, if India can increase women’s labor force participation by 10 percentage points (68 million more women) by 2025, India could increase its GDP by 16%.

This, however is an uphill task if we go by the current statistics of participation of Indian women in its workforce. On the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index, the ranking of Indian women in economic empowerment is 0.3, where 1.0 means equality.

Keeping these trends into consideration, FLO will continue to work towards the inclusion of more women in the workforce through skilling initiatives in the fields of telecom, transport and e-commerce, initiatives for grassroots women, providing support to women entrepreneurs’ through Swayam which is our business consultancy cell, conducting directorship training and helping place women on Corporate Boards through the FLO Women Directors program. We will also expand and strengthen our initiatives to compliment Government programs like Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and Make in India.

We intend to work towards a more inclusive future and hope that our efforts will lead to effective and informed policy solutions that will empower women, make a positive impact and change many lives.”

Vasvi Bharatram, President