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Thursday, May 29, 2025
TopicWomen entrepreneurs

Topic: women entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs can boost global GDP by $5 trillion. How their potential can be unlocked

World Bank data highlights a lack of government programmes that provide women entrepreneurs access to finance and training, which can support them in opening and running a business.

Biba founder Meena Bindra was told to quit business, and enjoy being an officer’s wife

Meena Bindra launched her memoir, A Stitch in Time: The Biba Story, published by Rupa Books in Gurugram's DLF Camellias. It was attended by Smriti Irani among others.

ADB, SK Finance team up for $100 million loan to boost women-owned MSMEs, EVs in India

The financing facility aims to support underserved segments, reduce carbon emissions.

Goa isn’t just a party capital, it is a start-up hub too. And women are driving it

Goa is among India’s top states for female-led startups, with over a third run by women—well above national average of 18%. Ease of doing business & work-life balance are big draws.

Indian youth are job creators, women leading more than 45% start-ups, says Modi at Startup Mahakumbh

PM was addressing event in Delhi organised by the government’s Startup India initiative, which was launched in 2016 to nurture new businesses.

Women entrepreneurs need digital readiness. Here’s how to help them

It is crucial for rural women entrepreneurs to be aware of initiatives like Digital India, UPI, and the AI-powered language translation platform 'Bhashini'.

New Indian platforms are teaching women the most difficult thing — how to network

Platforms like Leap.club, Sheroes and Kool Kanya are building exclusive hybrid communities for women across demographics and fields to network, upskill and find jobs.

In Arunachal, a women-run market boosts remote district’s economy by championing local produce

Women self-help groups are creating livelihood opportunities for residents of East Kameng. A prime example is ‘LOKAL’, which sells goods sourced from the remotest parts of the state.

2020 lockdown shut 11% women MSMEs, only 1% got back on feet with govt help, finds study

Krea University researchers surveyed 2,083 non-agricultural enterprises in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha to examine the impact of Covid-19 on women-led MSMEs.

My kitchen, my space, my business – women chefs demand their place under the sun

With a gourmet home bakery 'Indulgence Home Bakers', patisserie chef Trupti Pherwani shows how women entrepreneurs are the future in India.

On Camera

Fund Kaveri Engine campaign is more than a hashtag. India needs control over its fighter jets

The Kaveri experience is a story of a glass more than half full. We have developed a functional engine and accrued data points and experience at a relatively low cost. Now is the time to build better.

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

Chose restraint, could’ve done more—Rajnath on Op Sindoor; adds many in PoK seek reunification

Speaking at inaugural plenary of CII Annual Business Summit, Singh also underlines role of homegrown defence systems during and in aftermath of Operation Sindoor.

There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power has become its hard liability

India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.