Inspiring Startups

Upasana Taku, Co-founder Mobikwik After completing her engineering in 2001 from the National Institute of Technology in Jalandhar in June 2001, Upasana Taku, Co-founder, Mobikwik joined the Stanford University’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as a research assistant. She had been working for several international companies till 2010 including HSBC, Paypal, 2020 Social, Drishtee etc. Later, she had joined Mobikwik in 2010 and then founded ZaakPay with her then business partner and now husband Bipin Preet Singh. How would you define true Woman Entrepreneurship? True woman entrepreneurship is breaking-free from all constraints, marching ahead with conviction. How is entrepreneurship and working women important for India as a whole? Working women not only add a lot of economic value to business, but also bring unique skills and capabilities to the workforce. Financially independent women help in developing a balanced societal structure. The scale of impact that ha...

Nidhi Agarwal, Fouder & CEO, Kaaryah With an experience of 17+ years, Nidhi Agarwal understood the importance of well fitted, functional, feminine and fashion-forward western formal wear. She believes that, there is the huge scope for start-ups in this space, as the customers are extremely under-served and the need is very large. Thus,Just by virtue of that the number of providers that can actually coming to serve existing customers. Speaking on the idea behind the launch of Kaaryah, Nidhi, Founder and CEO Kaaryah Lifestyle Solutions, said, There was a large unmet need for these across age groups, no matter what their occupation was. I therefore focused on bridging the gap between western formals and the Indian silhouette, its perfect fit and a variety to choose from. Hence, after 1.5 years of market and product related research focusing on challenges with the current set of options available, Nidhi launched Kaaryah in September 2013, aimed towards providing wardrobe ...