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September 22, 2022 | Bengaluru
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The ‘No Ceiling Summit’ is a CXXO initiative that brings together influential women, changemakers and emerging talent from diverse fields to build a robust community of empowered women. The day-long gala will celebrate all the efforts and achievements women changemakers have put forth in order to rise and shine in various fields, and will nurture emerging talent so they could turn into the winners and leaders of tomorrow. 

The event will be packed with provocative conversations, captivating storytelling, fun workshops, engaging experiences, and more. This celebration will also give you a peek into the minds of the women who are at the forefront of progress, an opportunity to interact with trailblazers, and a platform to let your hair down and get to know each other better.

The summit will also honour emerging talent from various fields in order to provide them with a solid platform to share their stories, perspectives, and plans and encourage them to gain greater heights. 

The event is a part of the plethora of initiatives that are undertaken by the CXXO program to level the playing field for women in India.

Event Details

The registrations for the day-long summit will begin at 8:30am; and the event featuring fireside chats, panel discussions and masterclasses will continue till 5:30pm. The event will conclude with an invite-only gala dinner that will begin at 8:00pm.

Event Dress Code

For the day's event, please pick ‘comfort and kicks’. Feel free to choose something casual, comfortable and chic and you’ll be all set! For the evening, up the ante with some ‘glitz and glam’. Please reach out to us in case you have any queries on any attire, we’d love to help you.

Gala Dinner

You also can’t miss our celebratory dinner and dance that will conclude this colourful day in the best manner possible! All of us can chat and unwind, and look forward to creating relationships and great memories. Please indicate your dietary preferences (veg/non veg) so that we can facilitate the arrangements accordingly.

DIETARY PREFERENCES
CXXO Masterclass

We also have interesting masterclasses lined up throughout the day for you to collect insights and learnings from the experience of leaders and organisations. Please note that each workshop will be limited to 25-30 attendees and registrations along with more details can be found on our website.

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CXXO Spirit Awards

CXXO also aims to nurture and inspire future entrepreneurs and to that end, at the event, we will be announcing the CXXO Spirit Awards wherein we will be identifying students with innovative business ideas. Through these awards, we will give them a platform where they can seek mentorship and also build relationships in the business and tech ecosystem of the country.

New Connections & Networking

In this day-long gathering, we promise to give you a peek into the minds of the women who are at the forefront of progress, an opportunity to interact with trailblazers, a platform to know about exhilarating stories of struggles and success, engage with one another through interesting workshops, and really just get to know each other better. We promise that it’ll be a day full of inspiring conversations, a thriving ground to cultivate meaningful relationships, fun workshops and activities, and letting your hair down with some scrumptious food and a whole lot of dazzle!

Speakers

Akriti Chopra
Co-founder,
Zomato
Upasana Kamimeni
Co-founder, URLife,
Apollo Hospitals
Vinita Bali
Board of Directors, Cognizant
Rashie Jain
Co-founder & CEO,
Onco
Aamna Khan
Co-founder & CEO,
Binks
Divya Gokulnath
Co-founder,
BYJU'S
Kanika Tekriwal
CEO, JetSetGo Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd.
Goda Ramkumar
AVP - Data Science,
Swiggy
Geetha Manjunath
Founder,
Niramai
Pallavi Shrivastava
Co-founder,
Progcap
Manjari Jaruhar
Advisor - Private Security Industry Committee, FICCI
Aishwarya Pissay
Indian Motorsports Athlete
Vani Kola
Founder & Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
Shradha Sharma
Founder & CEO,
Yourstory Media
Radhika Ghai
Founder & CEO, Kindlife.in
Priyanka Gill
Co-founder, Good Glamm Group
Gazal Kalra
Founder & CEO, Stealth Startup
Diksha Pande
Co-founder, Samosa Party
Neha Bagaria
Founder & CEO, JobsForHer
Prerna Jhunjhunwala
Founder, Creative Galileo
Agenda
Welcome Address
Why CXXO & the story being 'No Ceiling'
Vani Kola, Founder & Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
Shradha Sharma, Founder & CEO, YourStory Media
VIDEO Address
What does 'No Ceiling' mean to you?
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon & Biocon Biologics
FIRESIDE CHAT
Behind the scene
Akriti Chopra, Co-founder, Zomato
Shradha Sharma, Founder & CEO, YourStory Media
keynote
Into the spotlight
Upasana Kamineni Konidela, Founder, URLife and Vice Chairperson - CSR, Apollo Hospitals
audience speaker
A Story of triumph and tribulation
Mugdha Pradhan, CEO and Founder, iThrive Healing and Beyond
Fireside Chat
Being unconventional
Vinita Bali, Board of Directors, Cognizant
Prerna Jhunjhunwala, Founder, Creative Galileo
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Break for Tea, Coffee & Networking
cxxo masterclass
The art of building a successful team
Mallika Sadani, Founder & CEO, The Moms Co
Get moving with Shwetambari Shetty
Shwetambri Shetty, Fitness Expert, Cult.Fit
You already have it: Negotiation skills
Preethi Nair, Services Sales Lead, medium business segment & India ESG Sales Enablement Lead, Dell
Best face forward: Makeup & power dressing
Anjie Gogna Dhawan, Renowned hair and makeup artist
VIDEO ADDRESS
Wearing many hats
Kirthiga Reddy, Co-founder & CEO, Stealth Web3 Startup
AUDIENCE SPEAKER
Rising beyond diversity
Shilpa Viswanath, CEO, CMO Axis Outsourcing Services Pvt Ltd
panel discussion
Aha moment of fundraising: 4 stories of fundraising as a female founder
Diksha Pandey, Co-founder, Samosa Party
Rashie Jain, Co-founder & CEO, Onco
Aamna Khan, Co-founder & CEO, Binks
fireside chat
Up, close and personal with Divya Gokulnath
Divya Gokulnath, Co-founder, BYJU'S
Vani Kola, Founder & Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
AUDIENCE SPEAKER
Power of inner beauty
Dr. Chytra Anand, Founder President, Kosmoderma Clinics Pvt ltd
FIRESIDE CHAT
Swing for the fences
Kanika Tekriwal, Co-founder & CEO, JetSetGo Aviation Services Pvt Ltd
Priyanka Gill, Co-founder, Good Glamm Group
VIDEO ADDRESS
Women in tech
Raj Sheshadri, President - Data and Services, Mastercard
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM: BREAK FOR LUNCH
cxxo masterclass
How to manage stakeholder relationships
Priyanka Gill, Co-founder, Good Glamm Group
Disrupting a market and creating a new category
Pranoti Israni, Founder & Inventor, Rotimatic
VIDEO ADDRESS
Inspiring next gen leaders
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCL Technologies
audience speaker
Sports as a social change
Arshi Yasin, Co-founder & CEO, The Bridge
PANEL DISCUSSION
Geek girls
Goda Ramkumar, AVP - Data Science, Swiggy
Geetha Manjunath,
Founder, Niramai
Pallavi Shrivastava,
Co-founder, Progcap
Gazal Kalra, Founder & CEO, Stealth Startup
VIDEO ADDRESS
Smiling through it all
Swati Bhargava, Co-founder, CashKaro & EarnKaro
KEYNOTE
Women in Sports
Aishwarya Pissay, Indian Motorsports Athlete
CXXO Spirit Awards
Felicitation of awardees
Shradha Sharma, Founder & CEO, YourStory Media
5:10 PM - 6:30 PM : Break for Refreshments
Cocktails starts
Gala Dinner starts
Closing note
Vani Kola/Shradha Sharma

CXXO Spirit Awards Jury

Shradha Sharma
Founder & CEO,
YourStory Media
Paroma Roy Chowdhury
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, BYJU's
Neha Bagaria
Founder & CEO, JobsForHer
Priyanka Gill
Co-founder, The Good Glam Group
Rajashree R
Chief Marketing Officer, TCS
Richa Bajpai
Founder, Campus Fund
Lakshmi Venu
Managing Director of Sundaram - Clayton Limited
Vani Kola
Founder & Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
Why attend?
Network and connect
Access to leaders, icons and influencers
Knowledge sharing 
Access to disruptive, emerging talent
Engaging workshops and experiences
Spectacular grand finale featuring awards, cocktails, dinner
and more..
Themes
Building leaders of tomorrow
Stories of triumphs and tribulations
The diversity agenda
Tech and digital inclusion
Nurturing emerging talent
Participants
Women achievers from various sectors such as business, tech, finance, sports, social, arts and culture, and more
Industry stalwarts and icons
Early stage entrepreneurs
Influencers
Senior leaders from unicorns and soonicorns
Champions of diversity, inclusion and equity

CXXO Masterclass

We also have interesting masterclasses lined up throughout the day for you to collect insights and learnings from the experience of leaders and organizations. Please note that each masterclass will be limited to 30 attendees and you can register for the sessions below.

The art of building a successful team

Malika Datt Sadani, Founder & CEO, The Moms Co

Best Face Forward: Makeup & Power Dressing

Anjie Gogna Dhawan

Get Moving with Shwetambari Shetty

Shwetambari Shetty, Fitness Expert, Cult.Fit

You Already Have It: Negotiation Skills in Women

Preethi Nair, Services Sales Lead, medium business segment & India ESG Sales Enablement Lead

How to manage stakeholder relationships to maximise value

Priyanka Gill, Co-founder, Good Glamm Group

Disrupting a market and creating a new category

Pranoti Israni, Founder & Inventor, Rotimatic

CXXO Spirit Awards

The ‘CXXO Spirit Awards’ is an initiative powered by Kalaari Capital’s CXXO and YourStory. These awards will promote and nurture college students who aspire to be innovators and entrepreneurs. The awards will laud students who have exceptional business and tech ideas, and have the potential to take shape with apt support and guidance. 

‘The CXXO Spirit Award will be open to girls who have completed high school and are studying in colleges based in India; individually or in a team. The winning ideas will win 50,000 rupees and an opportunity to present their idea at an event that will have important stakeholders of the country’s business and technology ecosystem. 

The awards will honour -
  • Business idea/tech solutions that have identified a gap in the market and look to solve it in an innovative manner
  • Business idea/tech solutions that have novelty improvements over some existing solutions
  • The idea should be substantiated with market research or case studies or market reports
We invite you to nominate yourself by filling out this form.

A collective of female champions who are passionate about  entrepreneurship and women’s leadership in startups. CXXO is a programme to support female founder-CEOs who are dynamic leaders and aspire to create significant economic impact in India.

To know more about the mission, vision, values, and other details regarding CXXO, please visit https://cxxo.kalaari.com/