5 Rural Indian Women Entrepreneurs Changing the Picture of India


4. Chetna Gala Sinha

Founder of Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank

Chetna’s foundation established in 1994 governs a regulated co-operative bank that is completely operated by women and serves women customers. The bank was established with help of a group of illiterate women and has now grown into a $562,000 firm by the end of 2011. In collaboration with HSBC, Mann Deshi Bank established the Udyogini Business School in 2007. “There are thousands of girls who drop out of school in Maharashtra every year, and Mann Deshi Udyogini aims at providing vocational training and financial training to these young women to enable them to become entrepreneurs,” reports Naree.com.