Mrs. Urmila Navnath Deokar was born in Manchar, in Pune District of Maharashtra State. She always imagined serving the women of the country. In the year 2006, she started her career in the corporate world for a short period and then turned into her husband’s business as an entrepreneur. She has received fundamentals of business through her parents to care for and empower women. She is in the capacity of co-Founder & Director of Federation of Indian Industry and Professionals (FIIP). Her social experience as an entrepreneur made her feel a strong urge to help and to create an ecosystem to enable and aid the employment generated in small and medium-sized business sectors, especially for women. She leads a team of Vardhan Group of companies and plays an important role in building culture and work ecosystem. She passionately works for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs as the Co-Founder and Director of FIIP. She is keen on sharing knowledge and experience with upcoming women entrepreneurs. She is always ready to support various start-ups to build the capacity of MSMEs to lead to innovative strategies for the development and capacity building framework. She wants to be a catalyst for women empowerment activities to create more & more Atmanirbhar Bharat ki Naari.