- “KALEIDOSCOPE” SHE Startup Sojourn (Camp 1) event being organized at AMA to help connect the Women Enterpreneurs with the Start up System and help recognize Rural entrepreneurs
NE BUSINESS BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, NOV 26
In order to strengthen the hands of women entrepreneurs in rural areas and unorganized sector in Gujarat, a one-day seminar-cum-awards ceremony is being organized by Kaleidoscope – She Startup Sojourn at Ahmedabad Management Association here on Saturday.
This event is aimed at educating women entrepreneurs and the start-ups on the solutions and the government schemes, including subsidies and e-commerce opportunities, that are available to them, build their capacity to take advantage of these solutions and build their businesses to match their dreams.
Speaking on the occasion,, Purvi Pandya – Founder, ideas2 execution (i2E) said, “The Indian startup ecosystem and entrepreneurs has evolved dynamically over the last two decades. The number of Startups and entrepreneurs in India and worldwide are on the rise, and they are now being widely recognised as important engines for growth and job generation. At a time when women are hitting the bull’s eye at the bourses and entering the billionaires’ club, Indian businesses are getting a much-needed non-androgenic perspective. In a largely male-dominated world, women are finally braving their feet to celebrate entrepreneurial ideas and pacing their way up to become successful businesswomen. So the need of Kaleidoscope.”
Chief Guest and Gujarat Commissioner for MSMEs Ranjeet Kumar, IAS, will deliver his address on “Government Schemes for Women Entrepreneurs” while Special Guest, Additional Collector and the General Manager of Gujarat Women Economic Development Corporation Jayshree N Zaroo will share her thoughts. Ajay Thakur, Head-SME & Start-up, BSE Ltd will speak at length on “Guiding entrepreneurs for Listing (Chasing Dreams). JETRO assistant director Sanchit Oza and many more experts will offer their valuable knowledge at this event.
Witnessing this exponential growth in women entrepreneurship and startups, Kaleidoscope aims to provide wings to their vision by connecting the unorganized business community, entrepreneurs, including Divyang community and startups who are in quite good numbers and are passionate of their dreams and business models, to interact with industry experts, government, banks, investors, legal firms and venture capitalists who will provide them with detailed information about the support that they can expect from government, pragmatic way of doing business, financial support system through banks and investors and design thinking approach to upscale & diversify their business. The session will also discuss about the case studies of few startups who have been successful and their innovation.
“Konnect is supporting Kaleidoscope because Kaleidoscope is a bridge between women entrepreneurs and government scheme VCs. This is our initiative to enhance knowledge and possibilities for women entrepreneurs. We are supporting this initiative because we genuinely feel, the need for women empowerment,” shared Nayika Agrawal, Founder, Konnect
Talking about the program, Dharmesh Parikh,Founder (D&V Business Consulting) & Anupam Chanda, Co Founder (D&V Business Consulting) said that, “D&V Business Consulting helps MSMEs and start-ups businesses to establish professionalism , build strong culture in company and implement various policies. It will be truly accepted by all the business owner presented in the forum.”
Nita Shah shared of Vibrant Women Industrial Networking Association, VWIN shared that the first-ever Women GIDC of Gujarat has been developed at SANAND with 204 plots. These Members would start manufacturing units and they will work in areas of engineering, electrical, and Plastic sectors. We are going to witness many Investors in this Seminar who would be important for entrepreneurs. The addition of Governance is a huge bonus and hence in this platform Women entrepreneurs would network and know each other. Wonen Entrepreneurs would know each other and get motivated.”
Speakers and officials from RUDMI, AKhil Hindustani Viklang Seva were also present at the conference. Shri Ajay Thakur of BSE shared his voice message.
In the end Subhojit Sen of SMS PR shared, “Through Kaleidoscope awards we aim to encourage and motivate few entrepreneurs both from rural and urban sector and startups including Divyang community for their entrepreneurial work and community service. This will boost their moral and will also motivate others to follow their journey. Conference has 2 technical sessions apart from Inaugural and will discuss on aspects of entrepreneurial skills, design thinking, legal aspects and support required, including rural entrepreneurship.”
