Year: 2021

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…

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…

When I was asked to write about what it has taken to get to where I am today, my first reaction was to ask myself what was special about my journey to warrant writing about it? Like any other professional, I have pursued higher studies, worked hard, followed my interest, and tried to carve a niche for myself. However, when I thought more about it in the context of International Women’s Day, I realized that an important part of charting my professional course has been to confront gender norms and…

Deepti Ganapathy The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 #ChooseToChallenge cannot be more appropriate at a time and moment in the new decade where a challenged world is an alert world. “Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day”- is the justification for this theme for 2021. I have taught at several Business schools in India, where each year our classrooms show an increase in the number of women. This is a moment to be celebrated and rejoiced. It was in 1800s at…

Impresa is an online clothing store that runs with a view to support handloom weavers all 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 about the need to support India’s weaving communities,” says Anjali Chandran, the founder, who has an Master’s degree from BITS Pilani and worked with Wipro, before choosing to launch her own enterprise. By 2013, Impresa had…

Soul Quilts, incubated by IIMB-NSRCEL, under the Goldman Sacha 10K Women Program, was an idea that turned into a live business with paying customers within weeks. A story of three women coming together with a creative twist, this venture focuses on upcycling clothes, with fond memories and sentimental value, into premium quilts for people to preserve and relive memories. “The winter of 2020 in Bangalore was a perfect time to start this business and it received a warm welcome (literally). People opted for Soul Quilts as they declutter homes and take a minimalist approach. We all hoard to sentimental…