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Bilingual Entrepreneurship Programme for Women; Special Program by NCW & IIM Kozhikode


The increasing presence of women as entrepreneurs has led to significant business and economic growth in the country. Women-owned business enterprises are playing a prominent role in society by generating employment opportunities and bringing in demographic shifts thereby inspiring the next generation of women founders.

National Commission for Women in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Social Innovation (CESI) of the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode has joined hands to offer professional training to women entrepreneurs who wish to launch their entrepreneurial careers and a mentoring program for existing women entrepreneurs looking to scale up their businesses.

About this Program

To strengthen and build entrepreneurial capabilities among women entrepreneurs, the commission has developed an online training program that will provide women entrepreneurs access to the knowledge and skills required to grow and sustain their entrepreneurial ventures.

Aspiring women entrepreneurs can choose between two programs tailored to their current careers and skill sets, namely;

- Foundation Program in Entrepreneurship; To enter the entrepreneurial arena. It will consist of 60 hours of learning, including 40 hours of subject sessions and 20 hours of mentoring and Q&A.

- Advanced Program in Entrepreneurship; To scale up businesses. It will consist of 60 hours of learning, with 20 hours of subject sessions and 40 hours dedicated to mentoring and Q&A

The four-month programmes will include lectures, discussions, entrepreneurship talks, and mentoring from various subject matter experts. The training and courses will be offered in English and Malayalam.

Interested women participants for the programme can register online on the MyGov portal at https://innovateindia.mygov.in/entrepreneurship-program-for-women/ till August 16th, 2022.

With a primary focus on the Foundation programme, the Commission aims to develop the entrepreneurial skills needed to identify and build a business as well as the managerial capabilities to run the enterprise successfully. While the participants of the Advanced program will learn to fine-tune their business model, expand their markets, access funding, and diversify their products and services.