COWE’s WISE & B2B Expo 2025 continues with impactful discussions in Hyderabad

Focus was on sustainability, circular economy, rural entrepreneurship, and global market integration for women entrepreneurs on second day

Hyderabad: The second day of the Women’s International Summit on Entrepreneurship (WISE) & B2B Expo 2025, organised by the Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE), continued its momentum with impactful sessions, business networking, and thought leadership discussions.

The focus was on sustainability, circular economy, rural entrepreneurship, and global market integration for women entrepreneurs. The sessions provided valuable insights, hands-on learning opportunities, and crucial networking platforms to help women-led enterprises scale globally.

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Student interactions with international speakers were followed by a series of high-impact panel discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions covering key areas of business growth.

The session on Circular Economy – Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, Redesign was moderated by Nidhi Toshniwal, Director, Toshniwal Cables & Founder, Crafts Etectera Organiks.

The panel featured Karuna Gopal Vartakavi, Founder President, Foundation for Futuristic Cities, Dr Ravindra Kumar Singh, CGM, SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India), Ovais Sarmad, Former Deputy Executive Secretary, UNCC, Spain, and Geetha Vangari, Co-Founder, Navaratnam Eco Products, USA.WISE

The Global to Rural – Learnings & Technology Transfer session was moderated by Geetha Rao, Co-Founder, Office Republic, and featured insights from Usha Gopalratnam, Ex-President, Score.org, USA, Seelam Rajasekar Reddy, Founder & MD, 24 MANTRA, Dr Jagat Shah, Founder, Vibrant India & International Business-Exports Advisor, and Ram Subramanian Oruganti, Director, Samanvaya Social Venture Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.

The Gearing Up SMEs for Global Supply Chains session was moderated by Sudhakar Budaraju, Business Coach & Independent Management Consultant, Ex-Joint President, Adani Group, included Ravi Verma from GEM Portal, Arunachalam Karthikeyan, Head of iMOVE Representation, and Rubylyn Hernandez from Aartees Education Foundation Inc, Philippines.

The Innovative and Sustainable Startups session, moderated by Radhika, CEO, GR Sustainable Solutions,featured startups MOWO by Jayabharathi, Ajhnhawk by Prayushi & Kajol, Green Breath by Sanjana, Karotimam by Chitra Lekha, Rent a Toy by Revathi, and Sanatana Dolls by Sreedevi Chitti.