Naina Lal Kidwai: Provision of toilets and water are great liberators for women
As head of India Sanitation Coalition, Naina Lal Kidwai is passionate about the cause of sanitation and water. she tells us why it is time now to deal with these concerns.
The first woman CEO of a private bank in India, she retired as chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation India in 2015 but that has only spurred her onto greater things. As chair of the FICCI Sustainability Energy and Water Council as well as the India Sanitation Coalition (ISC), Naina Lal Kidwai is spearheading much-needed collaboration between corporate India and non governmental organisations to ensure that India does not merely reach its goal of becoming open defecation free by 2019 but goes beyond by treating its faecal waste, and creating
