Deadline: 10 June 2024
CatalyseTech EntreprenueHer Innovation Challenge is being launched as a partnership between SELCO Foundation, NITI Aayog’s WEP and AIC-SELCO; creating a platform exclusively for women innovators and entrepreneurs to showcase ideas and solutions that sustainably impact last mile communities.
The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) incubated in NITI Aayog, and now transitioned into a public-private partnership is a one-stop shop for information relevant to women entrepreneurs, including SmartMatch feature for government schemes, incubators, accelerators and private sector initiatives, a community page, and mentorship module. Under the aegis of NITI Aayog’s State Support Mission, the WEP is now expanding its reach to the grassroots through a hub-and-spoke model.
CatalyseTech is a platform that works towards making innovation inclusive and sustainable for all. This innovation challenge is exclusively for women technology entrepreneurs in India, fostering gender diversity and inclusion. CatalyseTech’s EntrepreneuHer Innovation Challenge, promotes gender diversity and sustainability in Indian technology entrepreneurship. The EntrepreneuHer Innovation Challenge empowers women aligning with UN SDGs for gender equality and economic growth. It aims to create awareness and solutions for sustainability and climate resilience.
Objectives
- Promoting Inclusive Entrepreneurship with Comprehensive Support
- Creating Women Future Sustainability Innovators
- Promoting technologies and solutions for Last Mile Communities
What do they Offer?
- The challenge offers award money for upto 10 applicants, with maximum prize monies upto INR. 15 lakhs. Total prize money of 60 lakhs.
Inviting Applications in four broad Categories with hardware based technologies
- Agriculture & Allied
- Food processing & micro business
- Last mile health technologies
- Built Environment
Applications are Open to Women Candidates who are
- Entrepreneurs
- Technical and Entrepreneurial Aspirants
- Innovative Thinkers
- Resource Seekers
- Committed to Inclusivity
For more information, visit SELCO Foundation.