Deccan Chronicle

We-Hub launched on women’s day

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On the lines of T-Hub, the Telangana state government on Thursday launched Women Entreprene­urship Hub (We-Hub) which is India’s first stateled service exclusivel­y for women entreprene­urs .

It will be led by Deepthi Ravula, who stays near Mahabubaba­d of Telangana, and has worked in the US and also with the IT Department.

We-hub will begin functionin­g from Friday. It is located at the T-SAT campus at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University in Jubilee Hills. We-Hub is open for both technology and non-technology business.

“One key characteri­stic of We-Hub is that it aims to be a platform that brings all the key elements of a vibrant ecosystem together. The government will be the first customer for the start-ups in We-Hub,” minister K.T. Rama Rao said at the Launch of We-Hub. The government will procure services from start-ups which is the same as THub. NITI Aayog launched the Women Entreprene­urship Platform (WEP), on the occasion of Internatio­nal Women’s Day. Through We-Hub, Telangana is the first state-level incubator to partner with NITI Aayog. Six MoUs were signed with UNDP, PwC, CII INW, Salesforce, AIDEA, NAARM and NSRCEL-IIM Bengaluru.

While the interested women entreprene­urs can apply through http://wehub.telangana.g ov.in/, the space currently has 100 seats. The applicatio­ns will be scrutinise­d by Ravula and Chief Innovation Officer of Telangana Phanidra Sama. Companies which are led by women can only apply.

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