Calling for Female Indian Professor to Participate in Tupperware Brands' Global Links Program
August 09 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Joint program with U.S. Secretary of State's
Office of Global Women's Issues and Rollins College looks to grow
program participation while inspiring the development of a new
generation of female entrepreneurs in India
Tupperware Brands (NYSE:TUP) announced the call for more Indian
professors to participate in its Global Links program. In
partnership with Rollins College and the US Secretary of State’s
Office of Global Women’s Issues, the program is designed to expand
women’s entrepreneurship in developing and post-conflict countries.
Female Indian professors are encouraged to apply to participate
in the five month intensive education and business program
focused on social entrepreneurship. The program begins in the
United States (U.S.), and it combines executive business classes, a
hands-on externship at Tupperware Brands Corporation and on-going
mentoring for the selected Indian business professor. After
the completion of the immersion experience, the professor returns
to her home university where she would be expected to implement a
social entrepreneurship plan that would have transformational
impact on her students and local community.
In 2015, Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee was selected as the first
Global Links scholar from India. Dr. Banerjee is a professor for
the Department of Business Management at the University of
Calcutta. Since her return from her U.S. based immersion
experience, Dr. Banerjee has held nine workshops where more than
400 students and 50 faculty members have been engaged in social
entrepreneurship curriculum. 14 out of the 400 students have been
trained and selected to work directly with female entrepreneurs who
own enterprises in the Calcutta community. Connection with the
female entrepreneurs was made possible by the support of Bandhan
Bank, which has provided critical business loans to the
entrepreneurs. Not only has this program taught the students
business fundamentals, it has inspired them to work on business
projects that give back to their community. The mission of the
program is to continue to build on the “learn and return” model to
further entrepreneurial opportunities for women in India.
After a successful 2012 pilot in Iraq, the program expanded to
India - a country that sees only 35% female participation in the
job market, despite it being the 10th largest economy with respect
to GDP, and with a projected growth rate of 5 percent. By 2020, the
working age population of India is expected to reach 856 million,
translating to a need for 10 million jobs per year. However, women
continue to face many cultural, societal and educational barriers
to labor force entry and economic empowerment. Global Links is a
cross-cultural exchange program that was launched with the
objective of empowering women through opportunity and education.
The train-the-trainer model reaches students at the scholar’s home
university and, through the expanded efforts of these students,
additional women in their communities receive ongoing mentorship
and support.
”At Tupperware Brands, we know that when you uplift a woman, you
uplift entire societies,” said Rick Goings, Tupperware Brands
Corporation Chairman and CEO. “Through the Global Links ‘learn and
return’ model there is a ripple effect of social impact that aligns
so perfectly with what Tupperware has been doing for more than 70
years – empowering women, enabling their financial independence and
changing lives through opportunity, support and relationships.”
The U.S. Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues
utilizes the Global Links Program as a pillar for advancing women’s
economic empowerment principles globally. “Programs like Global
Links illustrate the impact that's possible when government,
business and academia work together,” said Catherine Russell, U.S.
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues.
Since the inauguration of the Global Links Program, many
exciting changes have occurred at Rollins College that support this
particular academic program area. Most significant is the start of
the Business and Social Entrepreneurship (BSE) major, which
combines practical business knowledge, entrepreneurial skills, and
understanding of current economic, political, cultural, and
environmental issues. With development of this academic
program area, the Global Links Scholar should have greater breadth
and depth of courses and co-curricular activities to support her
learning while on campus and to build her portfolio of
implementation ideas for her return to India.
Grant Cornwell, President of Rollins College, expressed
his enthusiasm for the continuation of the
Program: “Rollins College is committed to educating students
for global citizenship and responsible leadership, and programs
such as Global Links enrich their personal and professional
experiences while uniting faculty, students and community on a
global scale.”
Rollins College will welcome the next Global Links Scholar from
India in January 2017. The deadline for application submission is
September 6, 2016.
The U.S. portion of the program will take place from January
-May 2017. Full application details can be found at
http://preservingyourfuture.org/people/global-links.
About Tupperware Brands Corporation
Tupperware Brands Corporation is the leading global marketer of
innovative, premium products across multiple brands utilizing a
social selling method through an independent sales force of 3.1
million. Product brands and categories include design-centric
preparation, storage and serving solutions for the kitchen and home
through the Tupperware brand and beauty and personal care products
through the Avroy Shlain, BeautiControl, Fuller Cosmetics,
NaturCare, Nutrimetics, and Nuvo brands.
About Rollins College
Founded in 1885, Rollins College is Florida’s oldest
recognized college. Located in Winter Park, near Orlando, Rollins
is consistently ranked as the number one regional university in the
South by U.S. News & World Report. As part of its
mission to educate students for global citizenship and responsible
leadership, Rollins offers full-time undergraduate programs,
undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its evening
program at the Hamilton Holt School and graduate business degree
programs through its Crummer Graduate School of Business, which has
been ranked a top MBA program by Forbes and Bloomberg
BusinessWeek. Rollins serves approximately 3,300 degree-seeking
students annually. For more information,
visit www.rollins.edu. “Like” Rollins
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