WE Hub, India’s first state (Telangana) led incubator to foster and promote women entrepreneurship, today announced its partnership with Start-up India, DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) to promote women entrepreneurs. The two have joined hands to launch Start-up India’s flagship program for women entrepreneurs called WING (Women Rise Together program in Telangana).
We Hub, will drive the program for women entrepreneurs in Telangana in collaboration with KSUM and provide them with access to incubation, investors and business support.
WE Hub aims to conduct 10 workshops to promote women entrepreneurship. It targets to create a conducive environment to share best practices and experiences that will help women leaders in the Telangana region to overcome challenges for their business growth. Importantly, WE Hub has also partnered with Start-up India for National Start-Up Award 2020 to help them recognize and reward outstanding women-led start-ups in the Telangana region.
Anil Agarwal, Joint Secretary, DPIIT, said, “WING program is strategically designed to help women entrepreneurs to spearhead innovation in India. It will support them with a suite of benefits like incubation, mentorship, investment opportunities that enable them to scale-up smoothly.”
The Telangana edition of WING was launched by KT Rama Rao, Minister for IT, Telangana.
“Initiatives like WING that aim to support 7,500 women entrepreneurs in the country over next one year deserves utmost importance. Our partnership with Startup India will aid us in enabling women entrepreneurs in Telengana and enable them to have a strong foothold in the l economy,” said Deepthi Ravula, CEO of WE Hub.