About Us

Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) India

Established in 2004, COWE India empowers women entrepreneurs through mentoring, networking, skill development, advocacy, market access, and strategic partnerships, creating opportunities for sustainable business growth across India.

The Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) India is a leading not-for-profit organization committed to promoting women-led entrepreneurship. With over 1,000 members and chapters across India, COWE supports aspiring and established entrepreneurs through training, mentoring, exhibitions, financial linkages, policy advocacy, and business networking. By fostering innovation, leadership, and collaboration, COWE continues to strengthen women-owned enterprises and contribute to India's inclusive economic development.

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Guiding Principles Behind Our Success Empowering women through leadership, mentorship, quality, advocacy, innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship nationwide.

To be a national association of women business owners that propels women entrepreneurs into economic and political spheres of power.

Our Mission to empower women across the length and breadth of the country by motivating them to unleash their potential, inculcate entrepreneurship culture, bring awareness of government schemes and benefits, develop skills, facilitate and provide mentoring to build businesses, and to provide marketing platforms, and enable networking to grow their businesses. Also to do advocacy with the government and other policy makers, by bringing forwards constrains and challenges of the women entrepreneurs.

We, at COWE, strive to empower women—especially at the grassroots level in rural areas—through entrepreneurship by imparting training, counselling and handholding to enhance their skills; even as we continually strive to enhance our services through knowledge sharing and advocacy

COWE Through the Years

Celebrating Two Decades of Women Entrepreneurship.

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    Foundation of COWE

    COWE was established by six first-generation women entrepreneurs to empower women through entrepreneurship, creating a platform for mentoring, networking, skill development, advocacy, and sustainable business growth across India.

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    National Expansion & Strategic Partnerships

    COWE strengthened its national presence through leadership roles with MSME, ni-msme, NSIC, SIDBI, the AP Industrial Task Force, and the GRoW Steering Committee. These strategic associations helped expand COWE across multiple states while earning recognition as a trusted implementation partner for women entrepreneurship and MSME development.

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    Women-Centric Industrial Development

    COWE pioneered women-exclusive industrial parks and infrastructure initiatives, creating dedicated spaces for women entrepreneurs while improving access to manufacturing facilities, business resources, and long-term growth opportunities.

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    Driving the Future of Women Entrepreneurship

    With a strong national network and global collaborations, COWE continues to empower women through innovation, leadership, market access, skill development, industrial infrastructure, and advocacy, strengthening India's entrepreneurial ecosystem and creating opportunities for the next generation of women business leaders.

Board of Directors

Shylaja Reddy

Shylaja Reddy

Founder Director

Suman Kumar

Suman Kumar

Founder Director

Uma Gurkha

Uma Gurkha

Founder Director

Sandhya Reddy

Sandhya Reddy

Founder Director

Soudhamini P

Soudhamini P

Founder Director

Madhu Tyagi

Madhu Tyagi

Director

National Office Bearers

Aparna Darsi

Aparna Darsi

National Secretary

Meetu Puri

Meetu Puri

National Secretary

Radhika Chowdary

Radhika Chowdary

National Jt. Secretary 1

Meena Kaviya

Meena Kaviya

National Jt. Secretary 2

Nidhi Toshniwal

Nidhi Toshniwal

Immediate Past National President

MEET OUR CEO

Ms. Geetha Sree Masapogu

CEO – COWE India

Bringing over 25 years of experience in enterprise development, skill building, innovation, and MSME ecosystem development.

An ILO Master Trainer, she has mentored 132+ startups and contributed to entrepreneurship initiatives across multiple states.

She is passionate about empowering women entrepreneurs, strengthening startups, and promoting digital adoption for sustainable, inclusive economic growth.

Ms. Geetha Sree Masapogu - CEO COWE India

Presidents

Ranu Sharma

Renu Sharma

COWE Delhi Chapter

Veena Parikh

Veena Parekh

COWE Gujarat Chapter

Ruchita Bansal

Ruchita Bansal

COWE Haryana Chapter

Pallavi Shekar

Pallavi Shekar

COWE Karnataka Chapter

Sneha Patil

Sneha Patil

COWE Maharashtra Chapter

Preeti Agrawal

Preeti Agrawal

COWE Rajasthan Chapter

Kalpana Sharma

Kalpana Rao

COWE Telangana Chapter

Ria Raheja

Ria Raheja

COWE Uttar Pradesh Chapter

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