The Maharashtra Women’s Economic Empowerment Program is designed to enhance the entrepreneurial and managerial skills of women leading early stage ventures by coaching them in hard and soft entrepreneurial skills, training, and creating a local women’s network to provide continuous peer support after the end of the program.  A series of training workshops will support existing ambitious and innovative women entrepreneurs by enabling them to transform their business venture into a sustainable enterprise. The program aims at expanding inclusive economic growth in Maharashtra by empowering women entrepreneurs

Women Entrepreneurship Cell (WEC) of the Maharashtra State Innovation Society(MSInS), under Department of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship and ACIR have collaborated to conduct this program for women entrepreneurs in Maharashtra. The WEC was set up with a clear one-point focus of planning and undertaking initiatives for spurring women entrepreneurship in the state of Maharashtra. The cell works in collaboration with public as well as private sector organizations and enables sharing of best practices amongst women entrepreneurs and partner organizations and promotes evidence-based policy making for women entrepreneurship. The Cell undertakes various initiatives to support state’s women entrepreneurs and ensures a conducive environment for women to take up entrepreneurship. The Cell has planned various activities to support women entrepreneurs through different programs like Acceleration programs, Mentorship and Incubation support, Financial assistance & Compliance support. 

The Maharashtra Women’s Economic Empowerment Program invites applications from all 36 districts of Maharashtra spread over the 6 divisions - Nashik, Nagpur, Amravati, Kokan, Pune, and Aurangabad.