Karnataka CM Inaugurates Ubuntu Consortium's Seminar In Bengaluru; Pensionbazaar Joins To Push NPS Awareness

Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar inaugurated the 5th edition of "Together We Grow" (Ogattagi Beleyona), an international seminar organised by the Ubuntu Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs' Associations in partnership with the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), on Wednesday, September 2nd.

The seminar, supported by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, was held to celebrate the International Women's Entrepreneurship Day under the theme "Connecting Women Entrepreneurs across the Globe."

The event saw the presence of DK Shivakumar as chief guest, Sarbvir Singh, Joint Group CEO of PB Fintech, and Vishwajeet Goel, Head of Pensionbazaar, K Ratna Prabha, IAS (Retd.), Founder President of the Ubuntu Consortium headed the event talking about empowering women entrepreneurs and to promote financial security among women workers.

The main agenda behind this was injecting NPS awareness and adoption, and building a culture of disciplined, long-term savings among women.

About The Ubuntu Consortium

The Ubuntu Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs' Associations is a not-for-profit platform that brings together women entrepreneur organisations from across India. It was founded and is led by Ratna Prabha, a former Chief Secretary of Karnataka, with the objective of consolidating women entrepreneur associations, committees to support the growth of their members across Karnataka and India.

Speaking to GoodReturns, on the sidelines of the seminar, Ratna Prabha said, " the consortium's work is deliberately focused on women in tier-2 and tier-3 cities and small-town enterprises, a segment she said needs support and attention because it largely falls outside existing government schemes, aside from access to bank loans."

"The consortium's core intervention is digital training that gives these women marketing support, including a push on social media transformation, adding that many women have scaled up their businesses after the training."