Women Empowerment

After the college where she taught was reduced to ruins, Professor Nidhi Katare decided to venture into entrepreneurship. She set up a lab to produce mushroom spawns and expanded her business that now earns her Rs 1.5 lakh per month.

Kanika Talukdar's life was shattered when she lost her husband to malaria. To overcome financial hardships and look after her four-month-old daughter, she started selling vermicompost. She shares how she started with just Rs 500.

With an aim to break the gender imbalance in the transport sector, Jai Bharathi started MOWO Social Initiatives, a venture that trains women in driving for free and has helped several get subsequent jobs.

Mumbai's Apurva and Siddharth Purohit started Aazol, a company that sells authentic Maharashtrian snacks to help rural women gain financial independence, while introducing urban India to lesser-known food items.

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Kalyani Subramanyam and Corina van Dam run Maitrayana, an initiative that uses the sport of netball to help thousands of girls study, fight gender bias, and pursue their dream careers.

Bengaluru entrepreneur Neha Bagaria started HerKey to help millions of women return to the workforce after career breaks. She shares why she was inspired to start something like this.

Inspired by his grandfather, Tamil Nadu artist S Jeya Cruz is on a mission to empower poor women living in coastal areas by helping them upcycle coconut shells into eco-friendly products.

Chetna Gala Sinha (65) started the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank in 1997 after her neighbour was not allowed to open a savings account in multiple banks. Watch how Chetna, with the support of rural women, succeeds in establishing the bank in Western Maharashtra.

Forced into sex work at a young age, Karnataka’s Manjula now works to help hundreds of sex workers get voter IDs, Aadhaar cards, and more, as well as fight violence and abuse.