NSE, WE Hub ink MoU to benefit women entrepreneurs
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the WE HUB Foundation, have decided to collaborate on multiple areas related to empowerment of women and women-led enterprises.
Promoting financial literacy through investor awareness programmes; spread awareness among women-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of fund raising through initial public offer (IPO) utilising the NSE Emerge Platform; and to implement student skilling programme in the BFSI Sector across Telangana are some the key components of an MoU signed by them here recently.
This MoU was exchanged in the presence of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and others by Chief Business Development Officer of NSE Sriram Krishnan and WE Hub Foundation CEO Sita Pallacholla, NSE said in a release on Wednesday.
The MoU is a step toward advancing financial literacy, strengthening investor awareness and empowering both existing and aspiring investors.
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