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There is good news for Indian women entrepreneurs. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) — the pre-eminent voice of the country’s business and industry — has…

Anita Sharma was paralysed from the waist below when she was barely six months old and says the happiest moment of her life was when she could finally drive her…

Based in Pune, Pooja Apte-Badamikar’s BlinkGreen has caught the attention of people across the country. What is so special about BlinkGreen? They make footwear which is upcycled from tyre scraps.…

Hailing from Nari, Maharashtra, Godavari Satpute runs her own paper lamp-making business, which she founded in 2009. At 38, she runs her own manufacturing unit in Nari, while also offering…

In a conference held in Mumbai earlier this month, Metropolis Healthcare managing director Ameera Shah has said that starting a small business could be extremely lonely. She shared anecdotes on…

A three-day event organised by Tie Global in partnership with the US embassy marked the start of mentorship program AIRSWEEE (All India Roadshow for Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship) Scale-Up…

When it comes to the list of India’s most powerful, it is still agonisingly a man’s world. Just finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress president Sonia Gandhi feature in top…

Suchita Oswal Jain spins over a billion dollars a year at the head of the Vardhman Textiles Limited, leading the country’s largest textiles conglomerate engaged in manufacturing yarns, fabric, threads,…

As China plummets in gender equality rankings amid discrimination even after 70 years of Mao’s Revolution, the girl child has come to bear the brunt of the one-child policy of the…

Well-known Bollywood actor and a successful entrepreneur in her own right, Twinkle Khanna has now forayed into the digital space as launched her digital media platform Tweak India. A press…