<p>Three startups firms, run by women entrepreneurs from Bengaluru, are among six firms that have bagged Shri Shakti Challenge award instituted by MyGov in collaboration with UN Women.</p>.<p>MyGov, in collaboration with UN Women, launched the Covid-19 Shri Shakti Challenge in April 2020 to encourage and involve women-led startups to come up with innovative solutions that can help in the fight against Covid-19 or solve problems.</p>.<p>MyGov is a citizen engagement platform founded by the Centre to promote the active participation of citizens in their country’s governance and development.</p>.<p>Among a total of 1,265 entries from across the country, six were selected for the award, a statement from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said.</p>.<p>The following are the winners from Bengaluru: Dr P Gayatri Hela, founder of Resada Lifesciences Private Limited; Vasanthi Palanivel, CEO & co-founder, Seragen BioTherapeutics Private Limited and Shivi Kapil, co-founder of Empathy Design Labs.</p>.<p>The other winners are Romita Ghosh, founder of Shimla-based iHeal HealthTech Private Limited; Dr Anjana Ramkumar and Dr Anushka Ashokan, product managers, Thanmatra Innovations Private Limited, Kerala; Jaya Parashar and Ankita Parashar – a mother-daughter duo and the founders and co-founders of STREAM Minds, Gurugram, Haryana. </p>
<p>Three startups firms, run by women entrepreneurs from Bengaluru, are among six firms that have bagged Shri Shakti Challenge award instituted by MyGov in collaboration with UN Women.</p>.<p>MyGov, in collaboration with UN Women, launched the Covid-19 Shri Shakti Challenge in April 2020 to encourage and involve women-led startups to come up with innovative solutions that can help in the fight against Covid-19 or solve problems.</p>.<p>MyGov is a citizen engagement platform founded by the Centre to promote the active participation of citizens in their country’s governance and development.</p>.<p>Among a total of 1,265 entries from across the country, six were selected for the award, a statement from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said.</p>.<p>The following are the winners from Bengaluru: Dr P Gayatri Hela, founder of Resada Lifesciences Private Limited; Vasanthi Palanivel, CEO & co-founder, Seragen BioTherapeutics Private Limited and Shivi Kapil, co-founder of Empathy Design Labs.</p>.<p>The other winners are Romita Ghosh, founder of Shimla-based iHeal HealthTech Private Limited; Dr Anjana Ramkumar and Dr Anushka Ashokan, product managers, Thanmatra Innovations Private Limited, Kerala; Jaya Parashar and Ankita Parashar – a mother-daughter duo and the founders and co-founders of STREAM Minds, Gurugram, Haryana. </p>
