Mentorship, mutual support groups and training in managerial and technical skills can help women run businesses. Mar 05, 2021 · 09:30 pm Shabnam Batra (left) runs an organic food franchise and Sanam Devi runs a small general store. | Aman Kanojiya/ IndiaSpend
When Mumbai fashion designer Ashwini Mhetre, 31, approached banks for loans to set up a business last February, the responses were riddled with gender clichés: “You are 30, what if you decide to give it up and get married?” and “If you get married, will you put the same effort as you would as a single person?”
Kavneet Sahni, 40, faced similar scepticism when she was setting up her food consultancy in Gurugram eight years ago. She was faced with questions such as “Why not have more men in her team?” Or “How would you handle business if you have children?”
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought the whole world to a halt. An unprecedented crisis closed the doors of business houses, small enterprises, entertainment corners and academic institutions alike. With uncertainty prevailing everywhere, thousands of students were stuck on the edge of what was next; attending classes, seeking for internships, working on projects, and placement of a decent job seemed to be a distant reality to many. However, one of the B-Schools sailed smoothly through these crises. The IFMR Graduate School of Business Krea University. The prompt thinking and a critical crisis analysis by the management aided the students to benefit from their academics without any hindrance.
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Vermont Business Magazine For the first time since 2007, preliminary data from the National Safety Council show that as many as 42,060 people are estimated to have died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020. That marks an 8 percent increase over 2019 in a year where people drove significantly less frequently because of the pandemic. Vermont saw a fatal crash increase of 32 percent, which is the largest increase in the nation. The preliminary estimated rate of death on US roads last year spiked 24 percent over the previous 12-month period, despite miles driven dropping 13 percent. The increase in the rate of death is the highest estimated year-over-year jump that NSC has calculated since 1924 – 96 years. It underscores the nation s persistent failure to prioritize safety on the roads, which b
Why women run fewer than 13% of India’s small businesses
Loan applications of female entrepreneurs are more likely to be delayed or rejected, studies show. Representational image. | Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters
Software entrepreneur Niyati Chander, 30, ran into gender bias fairly early in her career. A Bengaluru-based management graduate, she had set up a software enterprise, a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise with eight employees in June 2020. “I wanted to be in control of where I am going in life,” she said.
From investors and government officials to real estate agents and even friends and former colleagues, Chander found that she was not being taken seriously. “People assume you do not know what you want,” she said. “When we were looking for office space, the emails from the landlord would go to my male co-founder though it was made clear that I am the main founder – it was assumed that the final call would be his.”
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