In June 2019, Avaana convened and chaired the second meeting of the Investment Council of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Platform, established under the aegis of the NITI Aayog. The aim of the council for the year is look into various issues faced by women entrepreneurs, including investment education and awareness, identifying funding gaps and fund-raising for double bottom line ventures. Additionally, the focus this year is to promote entrepreneurship and financial inclusion in the FinTech domain. The Council saw participation from leading public and private sector organizations including IFC, Facebook, Google, DFID, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, amongst others. The Women Transforming India awards have been launched under this platform, and Avaana will support them.