India, March 8 -- "There is no limit to what women can accomplish, except the limits that they place upon themselves." With this powerful reminder, the inaugural session of the Sashakt Nari, Viksit Bharat Conference 2026, organised by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF), set the tone for a wide-ranging discussion on the central role of women in India's development journey recently. Held in the spirit of International Women's Dayand its theme "Give to Gain", the conference underscored a simple but powerful idea: when societies invest in women's empowerment, the gains are collective, economic and intergenerational. Opening the session, Shishir Priyadarshi, President of CRF, emphasised that the vision of Viksit Bharat must go beyond conven...