I have been married for over 3 years now. Our work lives are very different. I am a full-time freelancer media professional while my husband is an engineering hotshot in the IT industry. You can call me an entrepreneur because technically I am master of my own domain, my own boss and I cut my […]

Every morning Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district wakes up with the assurance of proper nutrition since a woman took upon her the charge of a dairy co-operative. Hemlata Rawat, 45, runs a dairy cooperative society in the district and has inspired many women to join in. Rawat started-up the venture so there’s no lack of milk in the villages. […]

2017 has been an interesting year to say the least. And while all news hasn’t been good news this year, one thing is for sure; women around the world are showing the world what we are capable of. I was inspired by various women throughout the year but these are the women whose stories particularly […]

Kinnari Gala shares how she plans to learn in 2018. It’s got to be a year of growing up she says in this blog. From my school days, I was clear that this would be my career. And since, entrepreneurship runs in my blood, it was obvious to me that I should start my own […]

In her regular blog, H4 Visa Wife, Minakshi Shekar documents the move to United States and the judging she is subject to, for being a wife who chose to travel with her engineer husband. In her own way, she shatters stereotypes and questions the questions ‘they’ pose at her all the time. In my early […]

On my college graduation day, my father told me, “Your 20s will define rest of your life, so work hard and settle before you’re 30.” Judging by his counsel, I only had 9 more years to define success for myself, and so that day onward, my personal countdown started. Rashi Menda on her journey. The […]

An avid nature lover, Priyanka Amar Shah had spent most of her childhood with animals. Greenery has stayed with her through all these years. In 2011, this Mumbai resident founded iKheti — a full-fledged eco-friendly enterprise that smoothers farming among city dwellers and offers workshops, consultancy and gardening resources. “My brother and I, we have […]

How many of us have the guts to quit a well-paying job and take up farming? Born and brought up in Ajmer, Rajasthan, Anikta and her sister grew up in an atmosphere where academic excellence was greatly valued. An IIM Graduate, and daughter of a Civil Engineer, Ankita Kumawat, found her calling in the dairy […]

This morning I woke up to a horrifying graph that Wall Street Journal put out about how women lag behind in fund raising. Reproduced below this graph shows that “all-male founders in 2017 have outnumbered those led only by women by a ratio of more than 18 to 1.” This is for the United States. […]

GES 2017 was a rare opportunity to meet the Prime Minister, leading investors, entrepreneurs and government officials in the span of 48 hours. Very few events bring together as many leaders under one roof! The objective – to encourage entrepreneurship and women entrepreneurs in particular was not new. However, the way GES did this was unique says entrepreneur […]