Winners of Women Entrepreneur quest announced

22nd November 2017
Winners of Women Entrepreneur quest announced

Photo above:Top 10 Winners of WEQ 2017 along with Geetha Kannan, MD, AnitaB.org India, Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President & CEO, AnitaB.org, Dr. Anita Gupta, Scientist G/Adviser and Associate Head-Innovation and Entrepreneurship, DST, Government of India, Dr. Rajiv Tayal , Executive Director, Indo-U.S Science and Technology Forum. 
Photo ( thumbnail): Brenda Darden and Geetha Kannan
Bangalore, November 22, 2017: The AnitaB.org India, the  nonprofit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing and technology  has  announced the Top 10 winners of the 7th edition of the Women Entrepreneur Quest (WEQ) 2017, a contest for technology startups founded by women. All the Top 10 winners received an all-expenses-paid experiential learning visit to the Silicon Valley, US.
The WEQ 2017 finale was held today during AnitaB.org’s flagship conference in Bangalore, the Grace Hopper Celebration India 2017 (GHCI 17), the largest conference for women technologists in the country. The winners were selected from 257 applications received from across India. The Top 10 winners of WEQ 2017 are:

Bhavjot Kaur, Co-Founder at Clinikk Healthcare (Bangalore)
Kausambi Manjita, Co-Founder at Kubric (Bangalore)
Madhulika Mukherjee, Co-Founder & CTO at ‎Survaider (Bangalore)
Monika Shukla, Co-founder & CEO at LetsEndorse (Bangalore)
Meghna Saraogi, Founder & CEO at ‎StyleDotMe (Delhi)
Pallavi Bishnoi, Co-Founder & COO at ‎Real Time Renewables (Lucknow)
Radhika Choudary, ‎Co-Founder at ‎Freyr Energy Services (Hyderabad)
Sai Gole, Co-Founder & COO at ‎LeanAgri (Pune)
Supriya Rathi, Founder & CEO at ‎RoboVR (Mumbai)|
Vishakha Singh, Co-founder at Vicit Infot Tech (Mumbai)|
During the Silicon Valley visit, the WEQ Top 10 winners will get the opportunity to network with key stakeholders in the Silicon Valley ecosystem such as leading technology companies, startups, investors, officials, incubators, accelerators and universities. They will also receive expert guidance on important business functions and aspects that will help them further grow their business. A key focus of the Silicon Valley visit is to provide inspiration to the Top 10 winners by interacting with role models and also giving them a chance to showcase their business.