ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women Entrepreneurs in India | Jagi Panda | TEDxXIMB

Here’s Great Tip: Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women Entrepreneurs in India | Jagi Panda | TEDxXIMB

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Ms Jagi Manat Panda is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Ortel Communications Ltd., a medium sized company in the broadband telecom space, and its spinoff, Odisha TV, the first private sector Odia language television channel in Odisha. She was the chairperson of Confederation of Indian Industry(CII)’s Odisha State Council for 2 years (2001-02,2002-03).The World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2007 had chosen Ms Panda as a YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER for its annual list of 250 up and coming leaders under the age of 40 from around the world. To promote women education in the state, she initiated a project “Ortel Dayitwa” providing scholarships for higher education for girls. Starting from scratch and building up a business with 2500 employees, Ms Panda has been acknowledged in eastern India as a role model for women entrepreneurs.

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