“The Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Sri Lanka (WCIC) was established in 1985 by a group of visionary women with the main objective of facilitating the inclusion of women in mainstream business activity. The ceremony will culminate with the selection of the ‘Women Entrepreneur of the Year-2022’. “The participants will also be considered for the coveted special awards – Young Woman Entrepreneur, Outstanding Startup, Most Positively Abled Woman Entrepreneur, Most Outstanding Export Oriented Entrepreneur and Best of the SAARC Region.
With a view to identifying and promoting regional women entrepreneurs, WCIC encourages applications from all the provinces in the country in order to select the ‘Best of the Region’ from each province.” “Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards will be presented for each category. Each category will have a specified revenue for the year under review – 2021/22. Acceptance of applications for the competition is underway under the categories – startup, micro, small, medium and large. “WCIC Prathibhabisheka – Women Entrepreneur Award 2022- powered by DFCC ALOKA is to be held in January 2023. Some of our past winners include, Abans Pastonjee, Lakmini Wijesundra, Yoland Aluwihare, Sandra Wanduragala, Indrani Fernando, Nayana Karunaratne and Ramya Weerakoon,” Chairperson of WCIC said. Through the Judging process and after we include all these women into our network and then work with them to be more successful. To us, this is not just an award ceremony. However, as a country we do little to help these women to grow and scale. They build companies that are built on a set of values and they create diverse and inclusive working environments. “Women Entrepreneurs have the ability to help our economy grow in a sustainable manner. “As a country we have gone through so many changes over the last 4 years and therefore, we felt we need to re-look at our concept and ensure that the winners of our award are those that have the potential to be global entrepreneurs,” she noted.
We also hope to recommend our winners and other high potential women who apply for the awards to register giving them the opportunity to access global markets directly,” she explained. The Chamber at present also has an MOU with WEConnect where we recommend women who are able to sell in the global market to register. This will definitely help the women to market their products to global buyers. “The award is a national award and hence will be recognized globally. She made this comment as WCIC is gearing to showcase the excellence of outstanding women entrepreneurs through WCIC Prathibhabisheka – The Women Entrepreneur Awards 2022, powered by DFCC ALOKA.
Prathibhabisheka National Awards to be bestowed on outstanding women entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka and the SAARC region will be recognised globally, Anoji De Silva, the chairperson of Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Sri Lanka (WCIC) told The Island Financial Review. This time poised to select the ‘Best of the Region’ from each province
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