‘herSTART’ platform

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 2

President Murmu launches startup platform ‘herStart’ for women entrepreneurs which is an initiative of the Gujarat University. 

• The initiative of Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council aims at supporting women-led startups. 
• The platform has been launched with the aim that it will not only boost innovation and start-up efforts of women entrepreneurs but also help them connect with government as well as private enterprises.
• Through this platform, free resources and training modules free will be provided to aspiring women entrepreneurs. 
• It will build a digital community and also a digital publication to spread their success stories.
• The Platform encompasses the herSTART Incubator, a dedicated full-fledged Startup incubator for women entrepreneurs and innovators, and the herSTART Accelerator, a round-the-year accelerator programme for high-impact women-led startups.
• Gujarat is the first state in the country to form the Garima Cell with the aim of giving new energy and direction to the higher education system of the state.
• Employment generation: through 450 Startup projects operational in Gujarat University. Of these, 125 startups specially inspired by entrepreneurial women are giving a new direction to the entrepreneurship and innovative ideas in women.
• India has moved from 81st position to 40th position in the Global Innovation Index (GII) of 2022 as a result of the Startup program.
• Reduction in the drop-out rate among the students of the tribal community due to Vanabandhu Kalyan Yojana, Eklavya Model Residential School and Kanya Nivasi Shala.
• Real-time monitoring of the education system of more than 55,000 schools in the state by the Vidya Review Centre.
• Upgrading the infrastructure of about 20,000 schools of the state through Mission School of Excellence.