TiE launches All India Road Show on women Economic Empowerment
7 years ago Shalini B
The entire startup ecosystem is well aware of TiE and its programs for the benefit of the entire clan of startups. TiE Global is one of the world largest not for profit organization with the mission of fostering entrepreneurship.
This organization aims to get bigger and better in 2017 and keeping that in mind, they have launched the “All-India Road Show on Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship – Project AIRSWEEE.
The program’s objective is to unleash value creation amongst aspiring young women in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India by empowering them with knowledge of Entrepreneurship. The initiative has received funding support from the US Mission in India, US Department of State. Though the program will be conducted in 5 different locations of the country, yet participants from all over the country can apply to be a part of this.
Locations –
- Telangana – Warangal
- Tamil Nadu – Coimbatore
- Rajasthan – Jaipur
- Maharashtra – Nagpur
- West Bengal – Durgapur
Each area will invite 25 participants and 5 participants from each group will be selected to receive 6 additional months of mentoring from USA and India based mentors through video conferencing. It will be a 3 days workshop.
Workshop format:
- DAY 1 and DAY 2: In-person Mentoring by USA based experts who will travel to India
- DAY 3: Mentoring by India based Expert
This AIRSWEEE Program has been initiated with a mission to promote entrepreneurship as a career option for women in smaller cities in India. Keeping in mind the fact that the entrepreneurs are from small cities and may not have a lot of funding to cover for the program, the organizers are going to bear all the costs are for this program – the program is free for the participants including Food, lodging and other logistical support.
Benefits for participants
Early stage women entrepreneurs will be highly benefitted by the expert guidance of U.S. based and Indian Origin Entrepreneurs advice and guidance. Participants will receive complimentary membership to the local TiE Chapter for a period of 1 year (In the case of Warangal workshop they will receive membership of TiE Hyderabad).
Event details:
- To participate, you will have to fill the application form. You can fill it here.
- Registration deadline: 27th January 2017
Women entrepreneurs from all over the country are invited to utilize this one of a lifetime opportunity. A women Entrepreneur can choose any city to participate.
