Dipali Goenka: Using home making skills at Welspun Retail
Published on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 19:07 | Source : CNBC-TV18
Updated at Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:56
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Dipali Goenka: Using home making skills at Welspun Retail
On today’s show we are going to be celebrating women. We bring you three inspirational success stories of women entrepreneurs who made it big across three very different business fields.
On today's show we are going to be celebrating women. We bring you three inspirational success stories of women entrepreneurs who made it big across three very different business fields.
Dipali Goenka, Executive Director, Welspun Retail: Let us start the show with an women entrepreneur who decided to put her home making skills to some business use. Dipali Goenka is part of the family that runs a USD 3 billion Welspun group. So in 2003 she decided to get into the business of home décor and furnishing. She started Welspun Retail it is one of the largest brands in the country with about a 150 stores.
Yasmina McCarty, Co-founder & CEO, GreenMango: Our change agent this week is a social entrepreneur who decided to organize the unorganized sector in India all in a small way. She launched GreenMango.com in 2008 and it is really a platform to keep your local tailors, carpenters, plumbers a chance to list themselves and so you can make a phone call and avail best services. Live in Hyderabad and Bangalore soon to be available on your mobile phones.
Manju Bhatia, Jt MD, Vasuli Recoveries: Few years ago intermediating stories of recovery agents capture the nations imagination. Our next entrepreneur decided to change that. Manju Bhatia got into the recovery business with an all women team. Today she employees 200 women, has recovered Rs 800 crore and has a host of PSU banks as her clients.