YES Bank and YES Global Institute have launched Agenda 25×25, which pledges to create a synergetic startup environment for budding women entrepreneurs in India. YES Bank said the effort would ensure that by 2025 at least 25% of all entrepreneurs in India are women. The bank made the announcement at the YES Bank – YES Global Institute Annual Startup Conclave hosted in partnership with NITI Aayog, Invest India, Startup India and Atal Innovation Mission. A study by YES Bank-YES Global Institute, ‘Putting Women First: Building the Start-up Ecosystem Ground Up’ was released at the conclave. The study outlines Agenda 25×25 and the need to build a 10 Step Developmental Model focused on empowering women innovators, catalyzing investments, synergizing collaborations and increasing economic opportunities. Deepak Bagla, MD & CEO, Invest India and R. Ramanan, mission director, Atal Innovation Mission, released whitepaper on ‘Empowering Women for Entrepreneurship’. Rana Kapoor, MD & CEO, YES Bank and Chairman, YES Global Institute said it is projected that by 2025, India’s GDP will get an additional boost of 16%, by integrating women in the workforce. In order to achieve inclusive and equitable socio-economic growth for the nation, we must ensure that at least 25% of entrepreneurs in the country are women by 2025.
