New Delhi: HDFC Bank introduced the launch of SmartUp Unnati, a devoted programme for mentoring women entrepreneurs by women leaders on the financial institution on International Women’s Day.
As part of the programme, over the following one yr, senior women leaders from HDFC Bank with experience spanning domains will mentor women entrepreneurs in serving to them obtain their objectives. This programme is on the market solely to present prospects and can initially goal greater than 3,000 women entrepreneurs related to the Bank’s SmartUp programme, a financial institution assertion mentioned.
“We firmly believe in providing ‘equal opportunity’ and have facilitated women’s empowerment over the years,” mentioned Smita Bhagat, Country Head, Government & Institutional Business, E-commerce and Start-up Banking, HDFC Bank.
“In the start-up ecosystem, women entrepreneurs are often faced with challenges unique to them. We believe HDFC Bank’s Smartup Unnati is the perfect platform for them to benefit from the experience of our women leaders. It will provide them access to mentorship, expand their vision, and enable them to scale up their businesses by widening their horizons. This is a programme by women for women,” she added.
#mute
HDFC Bank had launched a web-based mentoring platform for banking start-ups in 2018 below its Smartup Program. Under this programme, the financial institution is working with varied state governments, incubators and accelerators to advertise entrepreneurship. It recognises the problem that entrepreneurs face be it accessing credit score or formulating technique in a dynamic enterprise setting. Under Smartup Unnati, senior women govt leaders’ will act as a sounding board for women entrepreneurs as they undertake constructing numerous and revolutionary companies.
