The last 9 years have been transformational both professionally and personally for me. Summing it up would be not fair to the amount of work and effort that has gone behind all this, but here’s a brief attempt:
- From less than 400 startups to over 1,60,000+ and growing
- From 4 states/UTs with startup policy back in 2016 to 31+ now
- From startups coming from metropolitan cities to now 47% coming from Tier II/III
- From startups in 120 districts to now over 770
- From 8 unicorns to over a 118 now
- From Seed fund, FFS, CGS to International Bridges, G20 Startup20, SCO among others
- From Startup India Yatra to Women Entrepreneurship Bootcamps
- From Corporate engagements to ministry programs
- From State Ranking Framework to National Startups Awards
- From Global VC Summit (the OG in Goa) to Startup Mahakumbh
- From GeM Startup Runway to a course about startups in LBSNAA (civil service training institute)
- From angel tax exemption to abolition and 60+ other such reforms
Startup india team, DPIIT and all the ecosystem enabled the magic that happened- and it’s only here to grow.. because I beleive in the story of every single entrepreneur..
It has been an honour to work for and with DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry through the tenure of 5 Secretaries, 7 JSs, many directors and a dedicated team of section officers. Utmost respect for all the hard work and dedication all of them bring to the table. My perspective totally changed and how! I was also grateful to work with some exceptional leaders and mentors that made it all possible Piyush Goyal sir Anil Agrawal @shruti maam @manmeet maam Sanjiv Singh Sumeet Jarangal Amardeep Singh Bhatia @anurag sir @rk singh sir Deepak Bagla Nivruti Rai Karan Suyash
A girl who joined with dreams in her eyes to work for the Government of India, taking a bet on this new role (with a huge paycut), is going out today as an extremely fulfilled women, a mother of two and a truck load of friendships, gratitude and memories to last a lifetime.
Serving this ecosystem has brought me utmost joy and gratification, that kept me going for all these years.
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”
Until the next exciting chapter begins .. sharing details soon..
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