{"id":68271,"date":"2026-02-19T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/cii-indian-women-network-gujarat-chapter-announces-sherise-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:43:22","slug":"cii-indian-women-network-gujarat-chapter-announces-sherise-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/cii-indian-women-network-gujarat-chapter-announces-sherise-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"CII Indian Women Network Gujarat Chapter Announces SheRise 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 19:<\/strong> <\/span>The Gujarat chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Indian Women Network (IWN) will host its flagship annual conference, \u201cSheRise 2026: Stories of Courage, Choice &amp; Change\u201d at i-Hub in Ahmedabad on Friday, February 20.<\/p>\n<p>Designed as a platform to celebrate inspiring journeys of resilience, leadership and transformation, SheRise 2026 will focus on defining moments where courage meets choice, and how such decisions shape lasting professional and personal impact. The conference seeks to accelerate women\u2019s leadership across Gujarat\u2019s industrial and entrepreneurial landscape by encouraging dialogue, collaboration and actionable insights.<\/p>\n<p>The event will bring together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, academicians and change-makers to exchange perspectives on strengthening women\u2019s participation in leadership and decision-making roles. Through panel discussions and keynote sessions, SheRise 2026 will amplify real-life stories that inspire progress and meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100741 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pnn.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PNN-19-2-26-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"CII Indian Women Network\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Announcing the event, Ms Yogita Ahuja, Chairperson, CII Indian Women Network, Gujarat, and Director, Storycircle Edusaarthi India, said, \u201cSheRise 2026 is about recognising the power of choice and the courage it takes to lead with conviction. By highlighting authentic stories and practical experiences, we hope to create a space where women feel inspired and empowered to step into leadership roles and drive change within their organisations and society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Puunam Kaushik, Past Chairperson, CII Indian Women Network, Gujarat &amp; Dy. Managing Director &amp; Chief of Corporate Affairs mentioned with SheRise 2026, CII IWN Gujarat reaffirms its commitment to promoting inclusive growth and strengthening the narrative of women\u2019s empowerment in industry and society, while building a collaborative ecosystem that supports women professionals and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the annual conference is being hosted in collaboration with i-Hub. Key speakers at the event include Ms Yogita B Ahuja, Chairperson \u2013 CII_ IWN Gujarat &amp; Director , Storycircle Edusaarthi India Pvt Ltd, Mr Hiranmay Mahanta, CEO, i-Hub, Dr Hina Shah, Founder \u2013 CEO , International Centre for Entrepreneurship &amp; Career Development, Ms Punnam G Kaushik, Past Chairperson, CII_IWN Gujarat &amp; Dy. MD, Meteoric Biopharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd ,Founder and CEO, Meteoric Cosmeceuticals, Ms Tanvi Rangwala, Director \u2013 Advantterra Capital, Ms Haripriya Bhagat, Co-Founder &amp; Lead- Product &amp; Growth, IndiaBizForSale, Ms Anurita Rathore Jadeja, Author, Journalist &amp; Contributing Editor, Ahmedabad Mirror, Mr Krishnakant Kumawat, Head \u2013 HR , Nivea India Pvt Ltd, Ms Monica Yadav, \u00a0Past Chairperson &#8211; CII _IWN Gujarat &amp; Founder , Respire Experiential Learning and Mr Vishal Tiwari, VP \u2013 Growth &amp; Strategy, Narayana Business School. This will be the third edition of the flagship conference hosted by CII IWN Gujarat Chapter.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 19: The Gujarat chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2256,2257,2258,2259],"class_list":["post-68271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-cii-indian","tag-cii-indian-women-network","tag-ms-puunam-kaushik","tag-ms-yogita-ahuja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymetro.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}