Every section of Indian society needs good leaders;leaders who have the interest of the community at heart and who want to initiate social change.Considering that women do not play a large enough role in this sphere,city-based Global Adjustments Services Private Limited,in association with the Washington DC-based iLive2Lead programme,held an International Leadership Summit for young women (school and college students between the ages of 16 and 19) from across the country,with representations from as far as Arunachal Pradesh and Delhi.”This is the second time we are conducting an International Leadership Summit for young women,”explains Joanne Huskey,Co-Founder,Global Adjustments.”The last summit was held in July 2010 at Washington DC and saw representations from 17 countries.

In November 2010,Ranjini Manian,Founder and CEO of Global Adjustments,Laura Bode,President,iLive2Lead and Joanne got together to plan the event in India.”We wanted to bring it to India to empower young women in the country to aspire for leadership positions in different spheres of society,”explains Ranjini.
As part of the summit,the women attended lectures by various inspiring women and men,including Surjit Singh Barnala,Governor of Tamil Nadu,Andrew Simpkin,US Consul General,Suhasini Maniratnam,Actor,Kate Sweetnam,former Harvard Business School Review Editor,etc.”They were given lectures on strategic planning,networking,project planning,financial planning,presentation skills and even etiquette and grooming.We wanted to empower them with the ability to convert their ideas into reality,”says Ranjini.

After the summit,the women will be encouraged to begin working on their individual projects and will receive guidance from their mentors that include the members of the Harvard Kennedy School Women’s Leadership Board.