Shree Lahiri

828 posts

Playing with words is her favorite pastime, and for her “The pen is mightier than the sword”, as she believes the power of the pen is all-pervasive. Her varied experience spans Image Management and Journalism.

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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KMT women allowed flexible duty hours for taking care of family

Women employees of the Kolhapur Municipal Transport (KMT) in Maharashtra will now be allowed flexible working hours after it came to light that women ticket collectors were uncomfortable with duty…

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Ahmedabad women run pay and park facilities, get empowered

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has taken a big step for the empowerment of underprivileged women by allowing them to operate pay and park facilities in several locations of the…

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Gender diversity in leadership: Indian start-ups lead by example

More and more startups in the Indian entrepreneurial market are today prioritising gender diversity in leadership roles by addressing the many challenges they face and helping manage them. Riddhi Nagpal,…

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Karnataka women now free to work on graveyard shift

The Karnataka government announced on November 20, 2019, that women who are willing may be employed on the graveyard shift. This indicates a change in the mentality of the government,…

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