New Delhi: NITI Aayog’s Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Division organized a National Seminar on “Global Aspirations, Local Foundations: Scaling Women-Led Startups from Rural India” on 24 th September 2025 in NITI Aayog, New Delhi.

The seminar was led by Shri Rajeev Singh Thakur, Adviser, NITI Aayog (Additional Secretary, Govt. of India). The discussions were further enriched by Shri T.K. Anil Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Shri Surender Mehra, Adviser (RD&PR), NITI Aayog, Ms. Mercy Epao, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, and Shri Sanjiv Singh, Joint Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, who collectively emphasized strategies to scale women-led startups from rural India to global markets.

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