Weaving success, thread by meaningful thread An alumna of the IIMB-GS 10K Women programme, run by NSRCEL, Anjali Chandran recounts her journey from setting up an FB page for struggling weaving communities to representing India at global entrepreneurial meets

21 April, 2021, Bengaluru: Impresa is an online clothing store that runs with a view to support handloom weavers across India. In its early years, it may be seen more as an experiment in humanitarianism than a business. “We locate, across India, weaving colonies which had run into financial trouble and hire them to weave original clothes for display and sale under the brand Impresa through the venture’s Facebook page. We use social media to spread awareness on the need to support India’s weaving communities,” says Anjali Chandran, the Founder, who has a Master’s degree from BITS Pilani and worked with Wipro, before choosing to launch her own enterprise. She…

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Quantanx Co-Founders Surabhi and Mahanthesh say their takeaway from NSRCEL’s Women Startup Programme is a gift unparalleled.

Young entrepreneurs aim to contribute to global development with their tech innovation Tech company Quantanx, founded by Information Science & Engineering graduates Surabhi and Mahanthesh, benefits significantly from NSRCEL’s Women Startup Programme

21 April, 2021, Bengaluru: Quantanx is a technology company created with the sole purpose of pushing technology to its threshold. Its flagship product Xtangible, which implies extended touch, is a haptic feedback glove, broadening touch capabilities to the realms of the virtual world. This is just the foremost of many products the company plans on contributing to the tech industry. The goal is not just creating something state-of-the-art but also being beneficial to the better part of science and global development.   The founders, Surabhi and Mahanthesh, met during their undergraduate degree. With a…

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