Satya Vadlamani, CMD, Murli Krishna Pharma

An engineer by training, Satya set up her own company, Murli Pharma Krishna in 2005. Satya said, “It is not easy to make it as an entrepreneur, but women can do it. The toughest part is setting up the first industry. What women entrepreneurs should also look at is big investments, beyond Rs 20-30 lakh. Do not limit yourself to cottage industries. If you can prove your worth, the sky is the limit!” Satya said that she firmly believed that Sakal Media Group’s Tanishka Women’s Dignity Foundation would help women. She said she was ready to help other women entrepreneurs to set up shop.

“I am willing to share my expertise and experiences through workshops. The government should ensure a single-window policy so that red tapism and delays can be avoided,” Satya said.

Manisha Paul, WinMark Services

For the past seven years, Manisha Paul has been running a facilities management company, WinMark Services that offers corporate guest houses and services apartments. Sharing her journey and work challenges, Manisha said, “Business is all about PR, and I feel that the men score better here because they can work after-hours. Women cannot work beyond a certain hour.

Manisha is looking forward to work as a volunteer for the Tanishka Women’s Dignity Foundation. “Since I have worked in the corporate world, I can take workshops for corporates and spread awareness about the Sakal Media group’s initiative,” Manisha said

Varsha Jagtap, Varsha Educon, Saswad

Varsha Jagtap started Varsha Educon in Saswad with the sole aim to make rural women computer literate. “Women entrepreneurs in rural areas feel inadequate because of their incompetency in computers, marketing skills and inability to communicate in English,” Varsha said.

Varsha who has worked in a sugar factory and an insurance firm, both male-dominated industries said that she had learnt through her challenges. She was confident that the Tanishka Women’s Dignity Foundation would bring a change in society. “I hope the Sakal Media Group can conduct workshops and seminars for women in rural areas. It can introduce women to business and teach them marketing skills,” she said.

Vandana Saxena Poria, OBE, CEO, Get Through Guides
Having stayed abroad for a long time, I often find it little difficult to adopt to a local culture. Tanishka Foundation will serve as a platform for me to interact with women from across various fields which will also help me to understand the problems faced by them. Since I have been in Pune for last seven years, I am very happy to get connected with the Tanishka Foundation and Sakal Media Group to work for the dignity of women.

Rujuta Jagtap, Executive Director of Saj Test Plant

The Tanishka Foundation will help women entrepreneurs to deal with challenges such as running a business with high attrition rate and come out with collective solutions. As there are many academicians in the forum, we can work together towards providing necessary skills to students to meet the demands of the industry.

Priya Gokhale, Architect and Editor of a design magazine

I would like to take up a garbage segregation awareness programme through the forum. It always pains me to see people throwing dry and wet garbage together as a result of which the dust bins are always flooded with garbage. Besides spreading awareness regarding the garbage segregation, I would like to use the platform of the forum to demonstrate best practices of garbage segregation.

Vaishali Sharma, CEO, Purplechai Technologies

I run a company that manufactures mobile applications. That is the simple part. The difficult part is to market and sell our products. The Tanishka Foundation is a very interesting concept. It is a great platform to bring women entrepreneurs together to share ideas and solutions with each other.