1st May, celebrated worldwide as International Labor Day, had a different meaning altogether for a business school in Bangalore. International School of Business and Research( ISBR) felicitated women stalwarts on this day. It was the 6th edition of Abhinandana Awards this year. The whole concept of this series of awards is to felicitate women achieving various milestones by their counterpart. The chief guests of the event were Dr. S. Japhet, Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore Central University, Ms. Dana Kursh, Consul General of Israel in Bengaluru and Mr. K Ravi, President FKCCI. Prof S Japhet is a member of faculty with the National Law School of Indian University since 1990. He spoke about contribution of women to the post and pre Independence era (Annie Besant, Indira Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu) to the recent feat of women fighter pilots of Indian Air Force (Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth, Mohana Singh). The next chief guest was Ms Dana Kursh- Consul General of Israel for South India. Ms Dana presented herself in a very poised and dignified manner, which indicated her success as a diplomat. Having had an experience with Israeli defense services, she understands people far better. Along with celebrating felicitation of women, she also celebrated the commonality between India and Israel and dissolution of political barriers. The last prominent chief guest, Mr. K Ravi, President- Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FKCCI); spoke about evolving entrepreneurship and being a global citizen. The award ceremony was commenced by felicitating Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE) with the Institutional Award.
