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Number of women on boards of Indian companies doubles, but still negligible

According to a study of the Bloomberg data on the gender composition of boards of 91 companies on the BSE-100 index, the median number of women on Indian boards has…

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First-ever National Startup Awards 2020 launched by DPIIT

With the goal of encouraging and supporting innovation and disruption in the Indian startup ecosystem, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), on Friday, invited applications for…

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Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) launches Women Entrepreneurship Cell

The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has launched a new initiative to mentor students from an institute in West Bengal, with the aim of creating a new line…

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Focusing on rights on Human Rights Day – December 10

Sheatwork urges all women entrepreneurs on Human Rights Day, to know your rights as a citizen, so that you can empower your entrepreneurship goals. It’s human rights that’s in focus…

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Festive times are here…Entrepreneurs can step up business

Sheatwork observes that with India emerging as the third largest start-up base, businesses are poised to grow and what better time to step up business than the festival season? Festival…

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Entrechat with Ms. Payel Mukherjee

“The spirit of entrepreneurship is unique. You will discover it by yourself and then it just takes over you and claims you completely.” You could say that words kept her…

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BDC Study shows more than one-fourth of Canadian entrepreneurs are women

A new report published by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) states that women make up 28 per cent of all entrepreneurs in the country. According to the study,…

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Women entrepreneurs reclaiming their ‘Bragging’ rights in the global market

In today’s highly competitive entrepreneurial market, the gender disbalance is still starkly evident. While more and more women are stepping out of their professional journeys and stepping into a business…

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India sees 2.1% rise in women salaried workers: NSO Survey

India saw a marginal rise in regular wage earners and salaried employees in its urban workforce between April-June 2018 and January-March 2019, from 48.3% to 50%, as per the latest…

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‘Deshi MBA’ programme empowering rural India’s women entrepreneurs

Vanita Salunkhe has been running her cloth bag manufacturing unit in Degaon village in Satara for almost eight years. This year, she completed the one-year ‘Deshi MBA’ programme run by…

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