A Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Young Bombay Forum initiative, showcasing philanthropy through leadership
Mumbai, 9th April, 2015: Young Bombay Forum, the youth wing of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and
Industry today announced the launch of “Shadow the Leader Program”, an
innovative and unique program for promising entrepreneurs, professionals and
management students across the country to meet some of the biggest names in
corporate India.
The program provides
an opportunity for aspiring youngsters to follow a business leader for a day or
for a few hours and to understand what it takes to succeed as a leader. The leader
will be a guide for one day to the promising entrepreneurs, professionals and management
students for business and augment art of giving.
Eminent
corporate personalities who are participating include Industry stalwarts like Mr. Govind Shrikhande, MD,
Shoppers Stop Limited; Mr. Anil
Jain, MD, Jain Irrigation System; Mr. Ravi Kirpalani, MD, Castrol India Ltd; Mr. Ranjit Shahani, MD &
Vice Chairman, Novartis India Ltd; Mr
Ashok Barat, MD & CEO Forbes & Company Ltd; Mr. Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas &
Suresh A. Shroff & Co.; Mr. R
Mukundan, MD, Tata Chemicals Limited;
Mr. Sunil Mathur, Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director, Siemens Ltd.; Ms. Zia Mody, Founder & Senior Partner
of AZB & Partners.
Commenting on
the occasion, Mr. Ashith Kampani,
Chairman, Young Bombay Forum and Member, Managing Committee - Bombay Chamber of
Commerce and Industry said, “Shadow
the Leader program is a key initiative both in terms of learning & philanthropy.
Through this initiative BCCI is serving the dual purpose of mobilizing funds
for charity and providing promising youngsters with once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to meet and learn from these global leaders.”
Participants for
the program would be chosen through an online bidding process allowing each
participant to bid for no more than three CEOs in the program. The bidding
process is in association with eBay India and begins from 22nd
April, 2015 and closes on 29th April, 2015 at URL www.ebay.in/charity.
Participants can view the program on http://bit.ly/ybfleader
Activities for
the forum designed around the theme “Shadow the Leader” aspire to bring forth
& overcome day to day challenges revolving around people management,
overcoming obstacles while working for a common goal. Purely philanthropic and
designed as a learning program, all the net proceeds after defray expenses will
be used for the benefits of the underprivileged children through the partner
NGOs.
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