Outlook Business | WoW 2019 Kolkata - Award Ceremony
Watch the video to enjoy the much awaited award ceremony of the #WoW2019 event held in Kolkata.
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Transcript
00:00 Ladies and gentlemen, the moment that we've all been waiting for is finally
00:05 here. Yes, it has arrived. The Outlook Business WOW Awards 2019. The Outlook
00:16 Business Women of Worth Awards currently in its fourth year is an acknowledgement
00:21 of the success of women achievers who through their sheer grit and
00:27 determination have reached the pinnacle of glory. Thus far various achievers have
00:34 got the coveted award and this evening we continue with our journey of
00:39 celebrating excellence. So ladies and gentlemen, to give away the awards let me
00:45 now invite on stage Outlook Group CEO Mr. Indranil Roy who will be joined by
00:54 Mr. Pankaj Bansal of Loop in Life Consumer Healthcare and Outlook Business WOW
01:02 2016 Miss Pooja Dhingra, founder of Le 15 Patisserie to please join me on stage to
01:09 give away our first award for the evening.
01:20 And ladies and gentlemen as they make their way on the stage it's my absolute
01:26 pleasure to also invite on stage Queen of Pop who's really combined her golden
01:33 voice with the trademark silk saris and the gajras. For several years ladies and
01:40 gentlemen she's given Indian music versatility and individuality. Please
01:45 help me welcome the absolutely one and only Miss Usha Uttup.
01:51 [Applause] [Music]
02:15 Thank you, thank you so much for being here. Alright ladies and gentlemen our
02:21 first award this evening. So if you are a handloom and handicraft lover it's quite
02:27 unlikely that you wouldn't have heard of Byloom, the apparel, accessories and
02:33 lifestyle store which has now become a necessary pit stop for all those
02:38 visiting the city. Its niche and luxury products have had the most notable
02:43 customers namely Hillary Clinton to Priyanka Gandhi, Aparna Sen to Moon Moon
02:49 Sen and Ritu Parna Ghosh to Kiran Kher all have bought Byloom products. Besides
02:56 being the driving force behind Byloom she is also the brains behind the
03:01 Kolkata Literary Fest and the founder of Gameplan. Ladies and gentlemen please
03:07 welcome on stage none other than Miss Malvika Banerjee.
03:13 [Applause]
03:15 [Music]
03:23 Born proud, born and beauty salutes Malvika for her zeal and perseverance. Let's hear it for her once again.
03:31 [Music]
03:39 Miss Malvika please stay with us on stage.
03:42 [Music]
03:46 And of course I'm going to request you to please share your thoughts with us right now.
03:50 Can we have a hand mic please?
03:52 [Laughter]
03:54 We will arrange for them.
03:56 [Laughter]
04:02 Okay here you go.
04:04 [Applause]
04:06 Well I'd like to thank Outlook Business and this particular platform for doing this.
04:13 I don't know what to say because when one is in a journey one isn't really looking at making milestones.
04:21 One is just crossing them and to get it from Usha ji she's a fellow Malayali so I'm
04:29 and also a loyal Byloom patron so thank you for that and what really makes me happy about this is
04:38 both these brands are for Kolkata and that is my biggest muse so thank you.
04:44 [Applause]
04:45 Thank you so much and many many congratulations to you.
04:49 And Miss Pooja thank you so much for doing the honours.
04:53 Thank you.
04:54 [Music]
04:57 Usha ma'am please do stay with me for a few more minutes as I also invite on stage Miss Lata Bajoria
05:05 owner of the Hooghly Jute Mills and Outlook Business WOW 2017 to please join us on stage to give away our next award.
05:14 [Music]
05:27 Ladies and gentlemen this is an NGO that works in the hinterlands of India.
05:33 Kadam aims at tackling the problems of uneducated youth migration to urban cities resulting in issues such as
05:41 urban slums, unemployment, rampant violence and street children.
05:46 To tackle this at the absolute grassroot level Kadam creates employment opportunities by creating small and medium enterprises
05:56 leading to greater utilisation of local resources and sustainable economic growth.
06:02 Please meet the force behind Kadam Miss Payal Nath.
06:07 [Applause]
06:14 [Music]
06:25 Fork out bone and beauty salutes Miss Payal for her unflinching support to social upliftment.
06:32 [Music]
06:43 [Unclear]
06:45 not decomposing for about 450 years.
06:49 Hay Day is a napkin that decomposes within 6 months to 2 years of its disposal.
06:54 It's a one of its kind invention and much needed in the menstrual hygiene space.
06:59 [Applause]
07:01 Just to correct a little bit of your introduction we are available even in Calcutta in Spencer's.
07:07 We're online and we're only a year old brand and we're growing at 30% month on month
07:15 and trying to reach more and more women all over India and request them to make an educated and aware decision about their consumer choices.
07:26 Thank you.
07:27 Wow fantastic many congratulations Dipanshali and thank you so much for doing what you do.
07:33 Thank you.
07:34 [Music]
07:41 Our next awardee ladies and gentlemen holds an MBA from Lanchester University
07:47 and comes with a rich experience in the ice cream industry.
07:51 She's been instrumental in creating and developing new flavors of ice creams and more importantly developing them as a source of nutrition.
08:02 Ladies and gentlemen please put your hands together to welcome on stage prestige ice cream director Anisha Agarwal
08:10 who churns out some irresistible and lip smacking frozen delights from Rolick Ice Creams.
08:19 [Music]
08:32 Anisha before we let you go please do share your thoughts with us.
08:40 I just wanted to thank Outlook business for bringing us all together.
08:44 I think we've heard so many inspiring stories that makes me feel that I have so much more to do and so much more to achieve
08:51 and at Rolick we believe in celebrating every little moment in life
08:56 and I wanted to thank Outlook for celebrating us today.
08:59 To all you lovely ladies keep Rolicking.
09:02 Keep Rolicking.
09:03 Thank you so much.
09:05 [Music]
09:07 And Ms. Dinaz I'm going to request you to address us all before I let go.
09:13 [Music]
09:19 Good evening everybody.
09:21 Actually this is a wonderful evening over here which Outlook has organized
09:25 and it is a celebration of all the wonderful ladies that have been over here that have become achievers
09:31 and I think they are the beacons and they show us the light of how to go forward.
09:35 So congratulations to all you wonderful ladies over here
09:39 and those at the back over there that have actually heard and have been inspired
09:45 and I hope that you will use this opportunity so that next year you perhaps will be the ones that we will be celebrating.
09:51 Congrats.
09:52 Wow. We echo that. Thank you so much. Thank you.
09:55 [Applause]
09:56 Thank you very much. I'm going to request you to please take your seat.
09:59 [Seats]
10:02 And to give away our next set of awards ladies and gentlemen
10:05 I'd like to invite on stage Outlook WOW!
10:09 Yes, she was women of what Monica Louis restaurant here.
10:12 [Applause]
10:34 Working closely with economically backward women in Jorhar district of Assam
10:39 she felt it imperative to make these women financially independent
10:44 and that vision led to the setting up of Konoklota Mahila Urban Cooperative Bank
10:52 the first all women bank in Assam in 1998.
10:57 [Applause]
10:58 More than bringing underprivileged women into mainstream banking
11:03 this bank has given and continues to give the women of Assam a chance to pursue their dreams.
11:10 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome on stage the lady behind it all
11:15 Miss Lakshmi Barua, founder Konoklota Mahila Urban Bank.
11:20 [Applause]
11:32 For her bone and beauty salutes Miss Lakshmi for her grit and determination.
11:39 Let's hear it for her once again.
11:41 [Music]
12:00 Thank you Outlook Business Group for bringing me here and giving this opportunity
12:14 and highlight my small works. Thank you.
12:20 [Applause]
12:22 Thank you very much ma'am and many many congratulations to you.
12:26 [Applause]
12:30 Miss Monica please do continue to stay with me as we move on to our next award.
12:35 She travelled far and wide in the rural areas of India conducting research, giving talks
12:42 and producing several papers to highlight issues of the North East.
12:47 She initiated several projects on women's development within the region
12:52 one of which has grown into a significant community based initiative called
12:57 the North East Network in Nagaland.
13:00 She has been planting the seed of socio-economic and environmental reform in Chizami
13:06 a small village in Nagaland's fake district since the mid 1990s.
13:12 Taking the spirit of women empowerment further she has flacked off Chizami Weaves
13:18 a decentralized livelihood project to create sustainable livelihood opportunities
13:23 for marginalized women as well as to preserve the unique textile tradition of Nagaland.
13:30 Starting with seven weavers, Chizami Weavers today has more than 300 women
13:36 spread across 10 other villages in the district.
13:39 Ladies and gentlemen please put your hands together to welcome
13:43 Monisha Bell, founder of North East Network.
13:46 [Applause]
14:00 Alright, it appears that she has left the room.
14:03 We'll ensure that the Women of Worth Award reaches her
14:07 but ladies and gentlemen can we have a huge round of applause for her.
14:10 [Applause]
14:13 And Miss Yu, I'd now like to request you to please share your thoughts this evening.
14:18 Yes.
14:19 I don't know what to say but good evening everybody.
14:29 It's a privilege to stand here, standing here to give the award.
14:37 I can't, I am not very educated like all the people over here
14:41 that's speaking very good English.
14:44 So, should I speak in Hindi?
14:46 Yes, of course.
14:48 When I was young, I couldn't speak English at all.
14:54 And I have been speaking in Hindi since I was born.
14:58 And I haven't studied Hindi either.
15:00 I have been speaking the way I have learned it.
15:05 But after I grew up, I went to an English school and learned a little English.
15:16 And now I can speak English, not so much, not very highly educated.
15:21 I just passed my metric.
15:24 That was in a very difficult way.
15:28 A very difficult way.
15:31 When I was young, only seven years old, I was taken to Rajasthan
15:36 because of the Indo-China border war.
15:39 Because I'm a Chinese, even though I was born and brought up here,
15:43 I was taken to Rajasthan.
15:45 I was there for five and a half years without education.
15:49 After releasing from there, I started going to an English medium school for three years.
15:55 In three years, I really worked very hard to achieve my study.
16:01 It means I finished my study within three years from standard seven to ten.
16:06 I have that energy to go for study, and I don't have a basic,
16:13 but I just muck everything out from there.
16:16 Whatever I can do, I'm doing that only.
16:18 It's quite difficult for me.
16:20 And today I'm here, I can speak English.
16:24 I should also thank my parents,
16:26 because at that time it was not possible for my parents to give me 13 rupees for one month's fees.
16:34 I was studying at St. Joseph's Convent in Shillong.
16:40 So I feel so proud today that I have given an award to some Northeast people here.
16:46 Thank you very much, and I love you, all of you.
16:50 I would also like to return from Shah Rukh.
16:57 I love you, all of you.
16:59 And we love you too.
17:04 And ladies and gentlemen, we've been joined by our Outlook Women of Word 2019.
17:11 Please welcome her with a warm round of applause.
17:19 Can we please have the award on the backdrop?
17:21 There we go.
17:39 Once again, ladies and gentlemen, let's put our hands together for Miss Monisha Bell.
17:48 [Applause]
17:50 Just a minute, because dinner is, I think, served.
17:57 Everybody's hungry.
17:58 I only want to say, Northeast is very far away,
18:02 and I think Payal is one person who's been to Mizoram.
18:05 I would request Outlook, I would request the corporates,
18:09 and I would request the achievers, Payal, Malavika, etc.,
18:15 to get into northeastnetwork.org and see what kind of work we do,
18:21 and maybe we can all collaborate for a better future for the women of Northeast.
18:28 Thank you.
18:29 Noted, ma'am. Thank you very much, and many congratulations to you.
18:34 And thank you very much, Miss. Ray, thank you.
18:41 Mr. Roy and Mr. Bansal, thank you very much for doing the honors as well.
18:45 Ladies and gentlemen, can we have a huge round of applause?
18:48 Outlook Business Women of Worth 2019.
18:52 I'm going to request Miss N. Mahalakshmi to please join me,
18:55 because I have been told that one of our awardees, Miss Meghna,
19:00 founder and director of Makers Loft, has joined us.
19:04 Meghna, we really missed you during the show, but thank you so much for being here,
19:08 and we'd really like to present the award to you.
19:11 Please give us one quick moment as we get the award on stage.
19:18 Okay, and everyone in the room, can we please have a round of applause
19:31 for Miss Meghna, founder and director of Makers Loft,
19:35 who is also our Outlook Women of Worth 2019.
19:39 Thank you very much.
19:43 Thank you so much to Outlook Business Women of Worth.
19:55 This is great, and there are so many wonderful women there.
20:00 I'm so glad that you put it together. It's a great platform.
20:03 Thank you so much for encouraging women.
20:05 Thank you and many, many congratulations.
20:09 Congratulations.
20:11 [Music]
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