While protests and a government crackdown wrack the scenic Himalayan territory of Ladakh, one women-led enterprise is quietly rewriting the definition of tea, progress and sustainable entrepreneurship. Smriti Sinha reports.
CaterpillHERs, an online career accelerator by Karachi-based Hira Saeed and Faiza Yousuf, aims to equip women entrepreneurs in Pakistan with internet skills and a powerful network.
Young technology entrepreneur Shivangi Jain has developed an app called TrackAlways that helps people with tracking and anti-theft solutions for safety and security.
Founder of an all-women beauty company that supplies soaps to the Indian Air Force, Saka Shailaja has empowered thousands of underprivileged women with training and jobs.
Sadaffe Abid’s social tech-enterprise CIRCLE aims to empower one million Pakistani women with basic digital literacy and business skills.
In episode 5 of ‘The Brown Box’ podcast for eShe, host Rani Jeyaraj speaks to media entrepreneurs Suparnaa Chadda and Tanu Ganguly on carving their own path in life, driven by the will to create value in the world.
Dipali Goenka, one of India’s most successful industrialists, exemplifies how compassionate leadership during a crisis can be a formula for growth.
Chandigarh entrepreneur Sartaj Lamba runs a fleet of wheelchair-enabled cabs that offer mobility to the elderly and disabled in seven north Indian cities.
Amrita Malik’s fintech offers payment solutions; Dr Miniya Chatterji helps brands become profitable and sustainable; and Shruti Aggarwal’s app is disrupting traditional lending in India.
Mumbai-based digital marketer Natasha Kothari shares how she was inspired to quit her job and launch a startup at the age of 23
Company law expert Archana Khosla Burman on the POSH Act and empowering women in the workplace
Gauri Malik’s label Sirohi provides small-town women artisans design support to make sustainable products for eco-conscious buyers in big cities.
Through her Bengaluru bookstore-café Champaca, Radhika Timbadia is creating a community space that celebrates diversity and the power of storytelling.
Young tech entrepreneur Hira Batool Rizvi’s carpooling app She’Kab offers women commuters in Pakistan a safe and efficient way to get to college or work.
WeEmpower Asia programme head at UN Women, Suhela Khan talks about the path ahead for women’s economic empowerment in India.
With classes moving online during lockdown, many of India’s kids lost access to education. These three EdTech startups are democratizing the landscape.
Even a pandemic could not deter young pastry chef Salonika Bansal from launching her own venture – a boutique patisserie offering luxurious treats.
Meet Chitrangada Gupta who, along with her Boju (grandma), started a home kitchen during lockdown supplying delicious momos to Delhi-ites. #TheReinvention
Rachel Lankester is the founder of online hub Magnificent Midlife, and helps women create ‘magnificent next chapters’.