Women entrepreneurs, empowering the national growth on IWD

International Women's Day is an occasion of celebrating our female heroes. The state of their achievements is inclusive and diverse across the globe. 

As Maya Angelou said, "Being a woman is hard work." Women in literature, cinema, enterprise, and judiciary have marked their footprints on the history of art, culture, political, socio-economical ecosystem. 

The second-sex in metaverse and post-pandemic world is reinforcing the economy of India. This gender workforce is delivering creative insights on social media. 

A collective and collaborative growth of #she-force in India is strengthening all the professional pillars. In the 21st century, female participation as socio-technical entrepreneurs is discovering the paradigms of creative landscapes. 

International Women's Day (IWD) in the post-pandemic era has depicted a broad picture of gender engagement, whereas the hard work of #she-leader has drawn other equations in mental health as well.  

In ancient Indian society, from Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda, and Yajur Veda. Women have shared a significant and equal status in the social structure with men. There were occupations of teachers, scholars, philosophers, and academic fields. Women in the Vedic age distinguished themselves in war, health, and business. 

An epic civilisation of India with power and knowledge is witnessing the women's influence on economic, political, and social status. Their virtues are transforming the landscape of contemporary India. Women's leadership in India is empowering the ecosystem of its intellectual and technical growth.

Indian mompreneurs or women-entrepreneurs are creating new milestones in the startup industry. Top 10 creative startup founders dominating the social service, health service, ed-tech, and e-commerce industry. Let us find out about them below!

1. Kainaz Messman Harchandrai is a co-founder of Mumbai-based Theobroma, a patisserie with multiple followers.   
2. Ghazal Alagh is a co-founder of MamaEarth, an organic beauty and skin-care products company.  
3. Falguni Nayar is a founder of Mumbai-based Nykaa, an e-commerce company. It deals in beauty and fashion products across the nation. 
4. Chiki Sarkar is a co-founder and publisher of Juggernaut, a digital publishing platform. 
5. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a founder of Biocon India, a Bangalore-based biotechnology company. , 
6. Divya Gokulnath is a co-founder of BYJU'S, an educational technology company.
7. Shaheen Mistri is a founder of Teach for India & Akanksha Foundation. 
8. Aditi Gupta is a co-founder of Menstrupedia, a startup comic book with scientific and relevant information. 
9. Srijan Bagaria (co-founder) and Vikas Bagaria (founder) incorporated PeeSafe in 2013. It is a hygiene product brand that produces women-friendly products. 
10. Karn Nagpal, founder & CEO of Raasta Pvt. Ltd. A car and bike maintenance and repair service in India acts as a virtual Saathi for women.  

On International Women's Day, we at CIOL salute the #naarishakti of India. The Indian women are breaking the stereotypical image and sustaining the status of their female contemporaries on the international stage. 

Some of the powerful females have marked the difference in the society like Sarojini Naidu, the nightingale of India, Tessy Thomas, the missile woman of India; Indira Gandhi was the iron lady of India; Mahadevi Verma, known as a woman's liberationist and M.S. Subbulakshmi's name (the Indian Carnatic singer) had become a synonym for a Kanchipuram saree shade, MS blue. 

 "At times, we may feel the need to comply with certain ideals of a “strong leader”, which may come at the expense of expressing our true self. I believe it is important for us to be aware of our genuine self, our traits as women leaders, our natural instincts and emotional intelligence and bring that authenticity into our work and in the way we lead. By being authentic, we create room for our team and others around us to also express themselves and use their full potential." Sonam Motwani, Founder & CEO, Karkhana.io, on CIOL.