Vasvi Bharat Ram
Past President of FLO 2017-18
Vasvi Bharat Ram is the Joint Vice Chairperson of The Shri Ram Schools, which have been consistently rated as one of the top schools in India. Under the aegis of Shri Educare Limited, she has been instrumental in setting up The Shri Ram Millennium Schools and The Shri Ram Early Years play schools in the National Capital Region. Vasvi is on the Governing Board of Lady Shri Ram College, one of the first and most prestigious women’s Colleges of India and Welham Girls School, a prestigious boarding school for girls in Dehradun. She is also on the Boards of the SRF Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation India and SAVE the Children India, all of which work towards providing a better quality of life to the under privileged of our country.
She is a member of various Education Forums including the FICCI Arise School Education Committee and the Forum of Progressive Schools.
Vasvi was the National President of Ficci Ladies Organisation (FLO) 2017-18, the women’s wing of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). FLO is the premier women’s business organization in the country and implements a number of National Initiatives to create employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for women at all levels and works on policy and advocacy with the Government to strengthen the position of women in society.
Vasvi has been working towards the cause of women empowerment and is a strong advocate of equal participation of women in economic activities across all strata. In the past, she has also held the office of the Chairperson of the Young FICCI Ladies Organization (YFLO), Delhi, in the year 2010-11.
She has held the post of and ‘Spouse Forum Chair’ in the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO), Delhi and has won International awards for the same. She is currently the Social Impact Chair of YPO for the South Asia region.
Vasvi earned a degree in Bachelors of Arts from Delhi University and did her post-graduation in Business of Fashion Management from the London College of Fashion in London. She has also completed a number of executive education programs from globally renowned universities, including one from the Harvard Business School in Boston. She started her career as an entrepreneur making wrought iron furniture, home accessories and artefacts working with and providing a livelihood to local women artisans.
Outside of work, Vasvi enjoys reading, travelling, music and theatre. She and her husband live in New Delhi with their two daughters.