"We felt there was a need to start a new educational initiative to help women who would like to start up. Besides regular NSRCEL mentors, Goldman Sachs' senior leaders will also mentor and share their insights with the participants. "Women entrepreneurs go through a host of challenges, be it confidence, access to capital or good deals. The 10,000 Women programme works with existing women-owned businesses with annual revenue between Rs 60 lakh and Rs 30 crore and a minimum of 10 employees. To date, it has trained over 1,300 women entrepreneurs in 13 cities in India alone.The association with IIM-B targets a different segment -women looking to become entrepreneurs.

Source: Economic Times November 15, 2016 03:00 UTC