{"id":126995,"date":"2021-08-18T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=126995"},"modified":"2021-08-19T19:02:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T13:32:39","slug":"meity-nasscom-start-up-women-entrepreneur-awards-in-partnership-with-un-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/meity-nasscom-start-up-women-entrepreneur-awards-in-partnership-with-un-women\/","title":{"rendered":"MeitY-NASSCOM Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards in partnership with UN Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1746754\"><b>PIB<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government has announced the winners of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-21. It has also launched the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-21:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Setup by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry for Electronics and IT (MeitY)-NASSCOM in partnership with UN Women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To recognize and cultivate the entrepreneurial spirit in women. It also inspires the next generation of women to lead the Indian digital era to serve as guiding role models;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To encourage promising entrepreneurs who not only contribute to the nation\u2019s economy but also to the social community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide leadership and serve as guiding examples for emerging and young future entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Significance:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winners of the awards have also been <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">selected for the MeitY-NASSCOM Tech Women Entrepreneur Accelerator Program. The program gives them access to networks, connections, learning and resources that are needed to build scalable, profitable and global businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><b>About <\/b><b>Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Launched by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MyGov under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and UN Women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim of the Challenge is \u2018Nari Sashaktikaran\u2019, which is, to empower women to help them achieve their full potential.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support and promote women entrepreneurs and women-led Startups to find innovative solutions in the area of Women Safety and Empowerment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Implementation:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Challenge is being implemented under the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (COVID-19) Programme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Benefits:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he five winners of this challenge will be awarded INR 5 lakh each to develop, market and implement their solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: PIB What is the News? The government has announced the winners of the Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-21. It has also launched the Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge. About Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-21: Setup by: Ministry for Electronics and IT (MeitY)-NASSCOM in partnership with UN Women. 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