Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment initiative

Recently Eleven women entrepreneurs have been shortlisted under ‘Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment' initiative supported by the Department of Science and Technology.
It is the country's first-of-its-kind initiative to strengthen women's ecosystem.
The initiative has been founded by IIT Delhi and is supported by the Department of Science and Technology.
The aim of the initiative is to focus and ignite a fire amongst women from a college-going student to a middle-aged housewife to embrace entrepreneurship as a viable fulfilling career option.
The cash awards, in the form of a grant totalling Rs 25 lakh, will be presented to the 11 women entrepreneurs.