In commemoration of the International Women’s Day, a four-week virtual workshop on “Women Entrepreneurship” was inaugurated at the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) Bhubaneswar on Monday.
The workshop supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, aims to provide 30 women professionals selected from all over the country to orient them to different issues and challenges of business opportunity in the field of science and technology. The event was inaugurated by Dr Anu Acharya, CEO, Map My Genome. She highlighted her experience and journey as a successful entrepreneur in the area of human genomics.ILS Director Dr Ajay Paida mentioned about the significant contributions women have made in the area of science and technology as well as in taking science towards successful business enterprise.