The south India Times; TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), the internationally prominent NPO devoted to the growth of entrepreneurs has recently witnessed its global flagship TiE Global Retreat at Rome, Italy. TiE Global Board of Trustees bestowed the prestigious ‘Best Support to Women Entrepreneurs’ Award to TiE Hyderabad chapter. This is in recognition of the city chapter’s brilliance in diversity and empowerment, with over 100 successful women entrepreneurs to corroborate the chapter’s triumph. Among other competing chapters were TiE New York, TiE Dubai, TiE South California, TiE London, TiE Atlanta, TiE Delhi, TiE Bangalore, to name a few. These awards were meticulously evaluated by TiE Global Board of Trustees including Mr. B.J Arun, Chairman – TiE Global, and Ms. Smitha Sidhanti, Past Co-Chair- TiE Women, among others.
The award was bestowed to TiE Hyderabad, which was contending against 40 national and international TiE chapters. TiE Hyderabad has a robust system for the development of its women entrepreneurs with structured mentorship programs which have manifested highly successful entrepreneurs. Through these bootcamps and mentor sessions, numerous female-driven startups have showcased progressive results. From its mock pitching sessions to one-on-one clinical mentoring, the sessions were comprehensive and are designed to engage key investors. In a span of 2 mere years, TiE Hyderabad chapter has impacted over 200 women-led startups, molding them into successfully running businesses and raising funds through Shark Tank India. The entrepreneurs represent startups of different stages and sectors, ranging from manufacturing to Biosciences, Fashion to Social enterprise, Agri & Biotech to Edutech.
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Mr. Murali Bukkapatnam, Vice Chairman of TiE Global and Co-Chair, TiE Global Summit 2022, acknowledging Hyderabad Chapter’s accomplishment, said “The city chapter’s extraordinary performance in empowerment is a fantastic forerunner for the TiE Global Summit due in Hyderabad in December 2022. TiE champions the cause for women empowerment in entrepreneurship and our very many activities, awards, and panels dedicated to the cause during the TiE Global Summit 2022 will reflect our reinforcing endorsement of skillful fempreneurs in the city and in India”.
Commenting on the accomplishment of TiE Hyderabad Chapter, Mr. Suresh Raju, President, TiE Hyderabad said, “We are proud that TiE Hyderabad chapter not only participated but also won the award for ‘Best Support to Women Entrepreneurs’ whilst competing against equally successful global chapters. At the Hyderabad chapter, we firmly believe, that women entrepreneurs do not only add their strong business acumen but also bring a human touch and more compassion to their ventures, and we will ensure a continuous support system to have more and more women take their entrepreneurial journey.”
The TiE Hyderabad chapter is proud to host the upcoming TiE Global Summit from the 12th-14th of December 2022 in Hyderabad, which will also feature the TiE Women Conclave’s Semi-finalists and finalists. The 40+ finalists from diverse chapters will come together to compete on 12th December 2022 from 1 winner among the 6 finalists will be chosen to win the conclave and win $100K equity-free cash prizes.
The Summit is likely to witness over 2,500 delegates from diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem raging from start-ups to established organizations including powerful international and national female speaker line and close to 200+ women entrepreneurs are expected to attend the event.
