Vinita Bimbhet, currently holds the position of India Chair — India – ASEAN Women Business Forum. She has been Ex National President of FLO, the women’s wing of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, (FICCI) the largest and oldest apex business organization in India. She has been working towards women empowerment for the last fifteen years. She was also instrumental in setting up of the FLO Mumbai Chapter in 2002. She has led their initiatives for “Educating the Girl Child” by building sanitation facilities for schools in rural Mumbai. This initiative was launched in 2011 and has seen the successful completion of over a hundred toilets and another hundred slated for this year. She launched the “Roti Project” which provided vitamin fortified Indian bread to school children for whom this was probably the only meal. This was done in partnership with HUL’s Annapoorna brand of flour and most importantly it also provided alternate employment to women. She holds an honors degree in political science and is also a founder Director of GIW (Grameen Initiative for Women) a section 25 not for Profit Company, which is actively involved in supporting the “education of the girl child” by providing girl student’s cycles, computers and other facilities, which encourage them to continue their education.