7 Years of Recognizing Women

Mahak Shinghal

The seventh edition of the Digital Women Awards and Summit [hereinafter, “digital women awards”] took place from November 21^st – 23^rd 2021. 

The digital women awards were established in 2015 with a goal of celebrating and recognizing entrepreneurs or digital women. The focus of the awards is on the growth and success of women using the internet and impacting their own lives so that they become financially independent and self-reliant in more ways. The awards are open to any woman who is working in the digital space as an entrepreneur and who has achieved excellence in their field. 

The awards bring together all those women who are united by their success and have a passion for digital. For Indian women entrepreneurs, no dream is too small or big, no number is too big to achieve. 

For the past seven years, SheThePeople’s Digital Women Awards has done just that – celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship among Indian women and how they have managed to overcome barriers of economy, region, language, and access to write a success story that will be cherished for decades to come. 

“Women are climbing the corporate ladder and a large number turning entrepreneurs. They will be the key driving force of our economy in the decades ahead. I believe the work SheThePeople is doing with Digital Women Awards especially recognition is a meaningful step towards encouraging women, making them independent and turning contributors to the economy,” said Akila Urankar, Director at Business Standard Private Limited and jury member for the awards. 

This year’s edition celebrated and recognized talent under eight categories – Leadership, Disruption, Digital Marketing, Impact, E-commerce, Content, COVID Pivot, and Solopreneurs.

The jury applicants in each of these categories include – Rajiv Anand, who is the Executive Director (wholesale banking) Axis Bank; Akila Urankar, who is Director at Business Standard Private Limited; Rashi Narang, who is Founder at Heads Up For Tails; Shaili Chopra, who is founder of SheThePeople, Sapangeet Rajwant, who is senior Vice-President of Viacom18; and Aparna Hegde, who is Founder and manager trustee of ARMMAN.  

“Women are great examples of leadership, excellence and entrepreneurship, all of which SheThePeople.TV stands for.” expresses SheThePeople’s Founder, Shaili Chopra. She continues, “our mission is to continue to build this platform for future leaders who will shape the Indian digital eco-system and the Digital Women Awards is one of the key steps in achieving that goal.”

India has one of the biggest gender gaps on the internet. Through the awards and putting women’s stories on the map, the previous edition and this edition inspires many women to think out of the box and do something of their own. In the post-pandemic era, almost everything has gone digital which has increased the ease of doing business for women to a great extent. It has also enabled women to come up with more innovative ideas and approaches which has changed the entrepreneurial perspective in India.

Winners of the Digital Women Awards 2021 –