NEW YORK: South Asian Women's Leadership Forum (SAWLF) is organizing its annual Congress on Saturday, March 15. A SAWLF press release says, "Through the annual Congress, SAWLF is committed to providing women entrepreneurs and professionals a forum in which to interact and learn from successful business and community leaders.

The visibility of prominent individuals who are willing to share their personal experiences of challenge and achievement is critical to the success of this program." The closing Keynote Presentation will be by filmmaker, writer & producer Mira Nair Women's Global Executive Roundtable features Shahla Aly, Interim MSIT Leader and General Manager of Corporate and Business Groups Solutions Delivery, Microsoft (Traveling from Washington); Punita Kumar Sinha, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group (Traveling from Boston). Sharda Cherwoo has served as the CEO of Ernst & Young's Global Shared Service Location in Bangalore, India, a member of Ernst & Young's Global Tax Operations working group, and most recently served as Ernst & Young's Americas Director of Tax Operations. Moderator Mira Kamdar, Author, Planet India; Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Asia Society Women in Media presents Padma Lakshmi, Host, Top Chef (Bravo) Women in Finance presents Romita Shetty, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers; Women in Business presents Selina Tobaccowala, Co-Founder, Evite; SVP, European Product & Technology, Ticketmaster (Traveling from London).

Additional Special Guest Speakers include Roopal Patel, Senior Director, Women's Fashion, Bergdorf Goodman; Ann Mukherjee, Vice-President of Marketing, Frito-Lay Convenience Foods Division (Traveling from Houston) - named to Ad Age's 2007 Marketing 50.