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NCW and EDII Unite to Champion Women Smt. Vijaya K. Rahatkar spoke about the need to give women

Entrepreneurship and Empowerment more opportunities to lead, build businesses and keep up with
the fast-changing digital world. Addressing the women
entrepreneurs, Smt. Rahatkar said, “Empowering women isn't
just about giving them skills — it's about building confidence
The vision of Viksit Bharat mandates empowering women that results in inclusive, all- and shifting mindsets. Women should feel safe, capable and
encompassing enviable growth. Taking a significant stride in this direction, EDII has been ready to lead, whether it's in business, technology or everyday
actively collaborating with the National Commission for Women (NCW) on several result- life. With novel initiatives and with meaningful partnerships,
oriented programmes. On July 3rd 2025, under this collaboration, an interactive session NCW is helping women step into the world of technology and
was organized with women entrepreneurs at EDII's campus wherein Smt. Vijaya K.
innovations. AI is a new and rapidly growing field, offering
Rahatkar, Chairperson, NCW interacted with EDII trained women entrepreneurs and immense opportunities and possibilities for women. NCW's
artisans. Also present were Mrs. Shivani Dey, Deputy Secretary, NCW; Mr. Ramawatar effort is to ensure that our daughters and sisters understand,
Singh, Head – Training, NCW and Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII.
learn and move forward in this emerging technology. We are
One of the highlights of the event was a workshop on 'YASHODA AI', a digital literacy committed to empowering every woman in the field of AI, so
programme specially designed to introduce women to the fundamentals of Artificial that they can also play a significant role in developing the future
Intelligence and Cybersecurity. of our nation.”

250 women entrepreneurs who attended the session, actively discussed their
challenges, the lessons they had learnt and how such sessions & capacity building
programmes could help them evolve as visionary entrepreneurs.

Smt. Vijaya K. Rahatkar, Chairperson, NCW inaugurating the exhibition showcasing the work of women
artisans trained by EDII.

Expressing his opinion, Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director
General, EDII, said, “NCW's novel efforts, as well as
progressive national and state schemes and policies for
promoting women entrepreneurship envision an
inventive new generation of entrepreneurs who will
build startups on the premise of knowledge,
innovations and technology. NCW and EDII's joint effort
has also been rewarding in the way it has built On the occasion, Smt. Vijaya K. Rahatkar, Chairperson, NCW also addressed the
capacities and generated knowledge among aspiring participants on YASHODA AI, a Digital Literacy Programme designed to acquaint women
women entrepreneurs.” with the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity.

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