{"id":140470,"date":"2025-08-07T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indusvalleytimes.com\/news\/?p=140470"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:34:45","slug":"shaifalika-panda-wins-shakti-award-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indusvalleytimes.com\/news\/shaifalika-panda-wins-shakti-award-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Accomplishment: Shaifalika Panda wins Shakti Award at \u2018We Women Want Conclave 2025&#8242;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"caps\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">By Subrat Kumar Sarangi<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi, Aug. 7: Shaifalika Panda, the Founder and CEO of Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation, IMFA\u2019s CSR wing, won the prestigious Shakti Award at the \u2018We Women Want Conclave 2025\u2019, hosted by NewsX in New Delhi. Mrs Panda won the award for her social development work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from receiving the award, Mrs Panda was also part of a panel that focused on raising confident girls in today\u2019s world, where she highlighted that improving girls\u2019 education and health goes a long way in making confident women who lead transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panel \u201cBringing Up Girls\u201d, focused on creating social structures and support systems for girls to thrive in a complex and often unequal social landscape. Mrs Panda joined thought leaders including Sara Abdullah Pilot (Co-Founder and Chairperson, CEQUIN), Charu Narang Singh (Board Member, Kisan Trust), and Radhika Bharat Ram (Joint Vice-Chairperson, The Shri Ram Schools), as a speaker in this discussion. The panel was moderated by Priya Sehgal, Editorial Director, News X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Speaking during the session, Mrs Panda emphasized the importance of confronting deeply rooted gender norms and systemic inequities, particularly in rural contexts where girls\u2019 aspirations are often curtailed by circumstance. She stressed the need for sustained investments in education, healthcare, and mentorship to help young girls develop confidence and a sense of self-determination.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">\u201cTrue empowerment means dismantling deep-rooted social barriers and moving beyond token efforts to build sustained, community-led ecosystems. Supporting girls through the three A\u2019s: Agency, Aspiration, and Access helps them navigate challenges and realize their dreams. This requires all of us- families, communities, workplaces, and stakeholders to be active allies in creating lasting change,\u201d she said.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The We Women Want conclave has, over the years, evolved into a meaningful platform for dialogue, advocacy, and celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s We Women Want Conclave &amp; Shakti Awards 2025 edition featured keynote addresses by Dr. Shashi Tharoor and Union Minister Gajendra Sekhawat, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and many celebrities like Ekta Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Shabana Azmi and so on. 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