Heather Targosz

July 14, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Taxshe: Creating Safe Spaces for Women and Children by Empowering Women to Drive in India

Heather Targosz

July 14, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Taxshe: Creating Safe Spaces for Women and Children by Empowering Women to Drive in India

Taxshe is an all-woman cab service aiming to create jobs for thousands of women from marginalized communities in India. Founded by ex-investment banker, Vandana Suri, Taxshe trains women to drive and runs a cab service exclusively for women and children.

Heather Targosz

July 1, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Roots Reforms: A Woman-Run Startup Promoting Financial Inclusion

Heather Targosz

July 1, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Roots Reforms: A Woman-Run Startup Promoting Financial Inclusion

Woman entrepreneur and founder of the Roots Reforms Initiative, Aruna Sampige, believes she has a solution to empower women through last-mile financial inclusion.

Upaya

June 24, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Mirandola Designs: Hand Embroidered Couture with a Vision to Provide Sustained Income

Upaya

June 24, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Mirandola Designs: Hand Embroidered Couture with a Vision to Provide Sustained Income

Sisters and business partners, Smita and Shuchi Singh, expanded their established handwork export business, Mirandola Designs, to work directly at craft clusters with artisans and their families.

Heather Targosz

June 9, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Spudnik Farms: This Woman Entrepreneur's Farm-to-Table Business Mitigates Risks for Smallholder Farmers

Heather Targosz

June 9, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Spudnik Farms: This Woman Entrepreneur's Farm-to-Table Business Mitigates Risks for Smallholder Farmers

Sumeet Kaur, a lawyer-turned-farmer, is on a mission to create an equitable and sustainable food system in which smallholding farms are profitable and farmers are prosperous.

Heather Targosz

May 18, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Orora Global: This Clean Energy Startup Generates Livelihood Opportunities For Women In Rural India

Heather Targosz

May 18, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Orora Global: This Clean Energy Startup Generates Livelihood Opportunities For Women In Rural India

Savitha Sridharan was an electrical engineer working for a semiconductor company before leaving her career behind to start her own clean-energy company, Orora Global, that has created 250 jobs for women in rural India.

Heather Targosz

April 21, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Bringing Life to the Soil and Jobs to the Community

Heather Targosz

April 21, 2021

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Bringing Life to the Soil and Jobs to the Community

Namrata Acharya never imagined she would become an entrepreneur. But, after learning about the struggles faced by farmers and rural villagers who rely on agriculture for their livelihood, Namrata knew she wanted to do something about it.

Upaya

September 10, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This design enterprise upskills marginalized women to help them achieve financial independence

Upaya

September 10, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This design enterprise upskills marginalized women to help them achieve financial independence

Meet Deepa Pant, founder of SVATANYA, whose mission is to empower underprivileged women with financial independence that comes with a dignified job. SVATANYA is a Delhi-based social enterprise that trains women to make handcrafted products

Upaya

September 2, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This startup provides work for families in one of India’s poorest forested regions

Upaya

September 2, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This startup provides work for families in one of India’s poorest forested regions

Bastar se Bazaar Tak is working to fill a gap in available work for forest-dwelling families in one of India’s poorest regions.

Upaya

August 26, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This Startup Helps Farmers Earn Money from Crop Residue

Upaya

August 26, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This Startup Helps Farmers Earn Money from Crop Residue

The co-founders of EcoOpus are strengthening the biomass supply chain in India to benefit farmers, the local economy, and the environment.

Upaya

August 14, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Empowering Women with Every Stitch

Upaya

August 14, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

AVAL is a social enterprise dedicated to providing skills training and sustainable livelihoods for women from socially and economically disadvantaged communities in rural Tamil Nadu.

Upaya

August 12, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Creating Job Opportunities One Toilet at a Time

Upaya

August 12, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Creating Job Opportunities One Toilet at a Time

Husband and wife duo, Yashwant Suthar and Neelam Singh, founded Lootel, a chain of smart restroom cafés that provides restroom services to the public, while creating dignified and well-paying work for its jobholders.

Upaya

July 20, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Celebrating Handcrafted Products and the Artisans Behind Them

Upaya

July 20, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Celebrating Handcrafted Products and the Artisans Behind Them

Shineel, Founder of The House of Artisans (THOA) has always been interested in the origins and stories behind every product she comes across. When she learned how little the talented artisans in India earn for their handcrafted products, she decided to help create better opportunities for them.

Upaya

June 29, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Uplifting the Transgender Community Through Dignified Job Placement

Upaya

June 29, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Uplifting the Transgender Community Through Dignified Job Placement

Entrepreneur, Neelam Jain, is creating equal opportunity for the Trans community in India through job training and placement with the aim of creating inclusive workplaces.

Upaya

June 25, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Reviving India’s Artisanal Shoemaking Industry

Upaya

June 25, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Reviving India’s Artisanal Shoemaking Industry

The co-founders of Shoegaro, an Agra-based footwear company, are equipping artisan shoemakers with the skills and network needed to revive the city’s cherished footwear art.

Upaya

June 17, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Disconnected from Roads and Railways: Creating Livelihoods for Rural Artisans

Upaya

June 17, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Disconnected from Roads and Railways: Creating Livelihoods for Rural Artisans

Megha and Shipra started their company, KalaGhar, to help the local artisans in Odisha design and sell eco-friendly home décor items on a global level.

Upaya

June 4, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This startup enables tribal women in Rajasthan to earn more for their forest fruits

Upaya

June 4, 2020

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This startup enables tribal women in Rajasthan to earn more for their forest fruits

Rajesh Kumar Oza has a vision to empower the tribal communities in Udaipur, Rajasthan through increased family incomes. His business, Jovaki Agro, is doing just that.

Heather Targosz

October 11, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Uplifting Weavers and Artisans with Productive Jobs

Heather Targosz

October 11, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Uplifting Weavers and Artisans with Productive Jobs

Umang Shridhar grew up in a small village in Madhya Pradesh, and decided to use her commerce degree to start a company, KhaDigi, to employ and empower local artisans after seeing the poor conditions and poverty they face.

Heather Targosz

September 30, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Can goat farming provide jobs for thousands in Odisha? This startup believes so.

Heather Targosz

September 30, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Can goat farming provide jobs for thousands in Odisha? This startup believes so.

Jayanti Mahapatra started her business, Manikstu Agro to create local jobs and improve farmer incomes in Odisha, India. Her mission is to change the landscape of goat farming to keep farmers from migrating in search of work.

Heather Targosz

September 19, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This E-Commerce Logistics Company Hires Only Women

Heather Targosz

September 19, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

This E-Commerce Logistics Company Hires Only Women

Yogesh Kumar left a career in engineering to start a company that’s fighting gender inequality and poverty by giving women access to jobs traditionally reserved for men.

Heather Targosz

September 12, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Improving Dairy Farmers’ Incomes with Sustainable Farming Methods

Heather Targosz

September 12, 2019

Entrepreneur Spotlight

Improving Dairy Farmers’ Incomes with Sustainable Farming Methods

Ketan Parmar, founder of Krishi Naturals, believes organic farming can be a solution to the insufficient incomes and poor milk yields faced by small-scale dairy farmers in India today.