Inspire Aspire Achieve
The IBPW Career and Mentoring Conference 2013
Co-sponsored by India Community Center
Invites you to join our discussion on May 10th, 2:00pm to 5:00pm on the theme of
Strategies that Empower Women

Reasons to Attend
1. You have just arrived in the US and have no idea on where to start and how to get the information that you need to start your career.
2. You want to change your career and don’t know where to begin and what steps to take
3. You have stayed home to raise your kids or to take care of a sick parent and now are ready to go back to the workforce. Where do you begin?
4. You have recently been promoted or want to get promoted and want to sharpen your leadership and communication skills.

You have come to the right place!
• This conference includes a panel of professional women at the top of their career; learn how they achieved their goals in these diverse fields and what hurdles they had to overcome!
• Experience a hands-on and role-playing session which walks you through real-life scenarios to help you break the glass ceiling and make those career transitions
• Encounter other women and men like you who have faced the same questions and can share a thing or two from their life experiences.

Panelists:
Anjali Gulati: MD, Cardiologist
Laurie Smith: Sheriff, County of Santa Clara
Michele Bolton: Founding Partner, ExecutivEdge of Silicon Valley
Nandini Nayak: Managing Director, Accenture Interactive
Moderator: Neerja Raman, Sr. Research Fellow, Stanford University

Dilip Saraf: Linkedin’s #1 Career Coach will give 10 minute one-on-one crash course on career advice/advancement to the first 5 winners in a business card drawing
Mark your Calendars:
Date: Friday May 10th 2013
Time: 2.00PM to 5.00PM
Venue: India Community Center, Milpitas, CA

Price: $20 Online Registration $25 onsite registration

More Information: Email us at info@ibpw.net or visit www.ibpw.net


Co-Sponsors: Indian Business and Professional Women and India Community Center


Table Sponsors: Dilip Saraf, Linkedin#1 Career Coach
Anjali Gulati, MD, Cardiologist
Kulvinder Kaur, Graphic Artist
Nithya Ruff, Ruff and Associates, Marketing Consulting
Monica Kumar, Sr.Director, Oracle


Read the Speakers Bios

2013 IBPW Book Reading Event: Sunday, 1.00 - 2:30 pm, March 17th, 2013 at ICC


Indian Business and Professional Women (www.ibpw.net) and the India Community Center, in affiliation with Silicon Valley Reads, presents our annual book reading event of 2013 at the India Community Center.
Minefields of the Heart by Sue Diaz is a tale of innocence lost, understanding gained, and hope reaffirmed. Ms. Diaz was an award-winning journalist and author whose work appeared in a variety of regional and national publications, including Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Family Circle, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and the Christian Science Monitor. Then her son was called up to fight in Iraq. While he was serving two tours of duty in Iraq’s Triangle of Death, Sue wrote for the Monitor about war from the perspective of the home front. Those stories, nominated by the Monitor for a Pulitzer Prize, were the starting point for her book.
Minefields of the Heart explores the impact of war on the souls of those who fight and those who love them. But more than just a war story, Minefields of the Heart is also the story of a kid from a middle-class suburb coming into manhood in a distant, war-ravaged land, and of a son and a parent in the process of redefining their respective places in the world and their relationship to each other.
We are fortunate to have Ms. Diaz join us to discuss her book.
Speaker: Sue Diaz; Author
Panelists: Jana McBurney-Lin, Author of Blossoms and Bayonets and My Half of the Sky.
Rukhsana Khan, MD- Psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration (VA)
Date: Sunday, March 17, 2013
Time: 1.00 - 2:30 pm
Place: India Community Center (ICC)
525 Los Coches Street
Milpitas, CA 95035
For directions, please visit www.indiacc.org
Cost: Free. Please RSVP to info@ibpw.net; as seating is limited.


For synopsis click here




2012 Miss Representation Screening event: Indian Business &Professional Women (IBPW) and ICC present “Miss Representation” Screening May 20, 2012 11:30AM at ICC 525 Los Coches Str. Milipitas 95035


The documentary Miss Representation, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Details: Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and challenges the media's limiting and often disparaging portrayals of women, which make it difficult for the average girl to see herself as powerful. India community Center, DAWN, emergeCalifornia are co-sponsoring this.Cost: $5.00, Ticket Purchase: http://www.indiacc.org/Miss_Representation
Free for Students (ID required) and Seniors;
IBPW.net for more info.

The documentary Miss Representation, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Details: Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and challenges the media's limiting and often disparaging portrayals of women, which make it difficult for the average girl to see herself as powerful. India community Center, DAWN, emergeCalifornia are co-sponsoring this.Cost: $5.00, Ticket Purchase: http://www.indiacc.org/Miss_Representation
Free for Students (ID required) and Seniors;
IBPW.net for more info.

2012 IBPW Book Reading Event: Sunday, 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, February 12th, 2012 at ICC

The Muslim Next Door by Sumbul Ali-Karamali offers easy-to-understand yet academically sound explanation to the commonly held misconceptions. Written from the point of view of an American Muslim, the book addresses what readers in the Western world are most curious about, beginning with the basics of Islam and how Muslims practice their religion before easing into more complicated issues like jihad, Islamic fundamentalism, and the status of women in Islam.

We are proud to have Ms. Karamali, along with other panelists to be a part of our discussion. Click Here for more info.

* IBPW Career and Mentoring Conference 2011 - September 23rd, 2011
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*Clearing the Air: April 20, 2011; 7PM
The dinner meeting was held April 20 at 7 PM at Swagat in Milpitas on the topic of black carbon emissions in India and their effect on public health, the monsoon, climate, glaciers, and regional and global climate. Click Here for more info.

* 2011 IBPW Book Reading Event: March 19, 2011 at ICC
The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond: The author talked about her book and there was also a panel discussion. Click here for more info.

* IBPW Career and Mentoring Conference 2010 - October 1st, 2010
Diverse panelists mentored attendees on career opportunities, market trends, and communication skills. Click Here for more info.

* Emerge Event - Saturday, April 24th; 1-3pm in Milpitas, CA. Emerge California and co-hosts IBPW and DAWN talk about inspiring the next generation of Democratic women leaders and what it takes to run and win. Click Here for Article and Photos

* Silicon Valley Reads" was on Feb 21, 2010. Book selection - In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Please click here for photos and event info!

* IBPW Annual Conference was Friday, Oct 23rd 2009 at the Holiday Inn San Jose. For more info please Click Here!

* SEVA-THON 2009 -- One Day. One Community. One Goal. In Celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
For more info visit: sevathon.dojiggy.com

* Annual Book Reading Event - Sunday, February 22nd 2009 - Please click here for more details.

*IBPW Conference 2008 was October 3 - Click here for photos and INDIA WEST article.

*IBPW and South Asian American Films and Arts Association (www.saafa.org) hosted a private screening of an award-winning documentary, The Sky Below by filmmaker Sarah Singh on June 29, 2008. Click here for more info.

*IBPW & CRY walk/run event (3KM walk, 5KM walk or timed run, 10KM timed run) was June 15, 2008 at Shoreline Park, Mountain View. Click here for more info.

*Town Hall Meeting on the Future of US-India Relations - May 31 - Click here for more info.

*Community Day 2008 was May 18. Click Here for more info.

*SVR Book Reading - February 2008. Click Here for synopsis.

*November 18th, 2007 -- Seminar by Swami Chidananda on Stress Reduction using Ancient Wisdom and Ethics in Profession and Business. Click Here for details.

*IBPW Annual Conference - September 30th, 2007. For more details click here.

*March 25, 2007 -- Career Choices for the 21st Century. Click Here for synopsis and panel details.

*Feb 8-9, 2007 -- Entrepreneurial Skills Conference for Corporate Women & Small Business Owners.
Please click here for more information.

*Feb 11, 2007 -- Book Reading at India Community Center at 11 AM.
The newest selection for the Silicon Valley Reads community program is "The Tortilla Curtain" by T.C. Boyle. Please click here for more information.

* Jan 18, 2007 -- T.C. Boyle in person for Silicon Valley Reads. Please click here for more information.

* Inspire Aspire Career Conference was held Octover 15, 2006. Click here for full details!

* "Drawing energy from within: application of ethics in everyday life" was held on Wednesday July 12 at the India Community Center. For synopsis click here.

* Health Seminar: Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention. Saturday June 3, 11 AM to 1 PM at the India Community Center. For more information, please click here.Synopsis of event click here!

* Our Career Choices for the 21st Century event was on February 26, 2006. For more information, please click here. Also, click here for event photos or listen to the podcast!

* BizMix was February 23, 2006. For more information, please click here!

* IBPW co-sponsored Silicon Valley Reads on February 12, 2006. Please click here for article and event photos!

* October 16, 2005 - IBPW Annual Banquet: India West Article | Photos