women empowerment

From cost-cutting and jugaad, to investing time in building a customer’s trust - here’s what these housewives-turned-entrepreneurs are doing to expand their business.

From A Lalitha, India's first female engineer; to Parvathi Mattancheril, who was the only girl on campus when studying engineering -- these phenomenal women paved the path for empowerment and innovation in the country.

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.

Saumil Majmudar and Parminder Gill run Sportz Village, a Bengaluru-based organisation that uses sports and play as a medium of education. Sportz Village Foundation, its non-profit subsidiary helps children from public schools (rural & urban) benefit from sport in terms of better educational, health and developmental outcomes. The organization also helps students become athletes playing at district, state and national levels in a variety of sports.

Kashvi Jindal, a 17-year-old, started ‘Invest The Change’ to help underprivileged people gain financial literacy and learn about the government schemes that they can benefit from.

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.