Webinar- Building Digital First Business Models

Avaana collaborated with Women Entrepreneurship Platform – NITI Aayog to organize a webinar on Building Digital First Business Models. It was an extremely rich, insightful and engaging panel discussion.The panelists shared their years of experience in tech, investing and entrepreneurship! We thank Anna Roy, Sandeep SinghalAnanth Narayanan and Anjali Bansal for making this discussion so engaging and insightful.

The video can be accessed here https://lnkd.in/gX4UyDn

Podcast on “Supply Chains in the post COVID-19 Era”

Avaana Founder, Anjali Bansal, in conversation with Ankur Bhageria, CEO and Co-Founder, CashFlo shares some unique cross-sector insights on what it’s going to take to get capital, goods and the economy moving again.

Subscribe to the podcast on:

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2zekzUR
Apple: https://apple.co/3fhVKrs

Women Entrepreneurs Navigating Technology for Business During COVID-19

Women Entrepreneurship Platform, NITI Aayog had organized a webinar on “Women Entrepreneurs Navigating Technology for Business During COVID-19”.  Avaana Founder, Anjali Bansal was at the panel along with Debjani Ghosh, Anu Acharya and Rashmi Daga. It was a candid interaction on navigating technology in the new normal after covid-19.

The video can be accessed here:  https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=239269797339328&ref=watch_permalink

#Charcha2020

#Charcha2020 had an insightful and inspiring discussion on Gender Forward Agendas post Covid-19.  Anjali Bansal, Founder Avaana Capital emphasized on investing in mentorship as unavoidable to foster gender parity at work, including in leadership roles.

“Women need to mentor women up, down, and laterally. We also need to mentor men to be better managers to women team members.”

Anjali Bansal

To watch the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv1c39zx5XE

Panel Discussion with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Anjali Bansal was at the panel The Governance Dilemma organized by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. It was an insightful session with industry experts on navigating the trade-offs in the times of COVID-19. 

Ask Me Anything Session-TiE Mumbai

Anjali Bansal, Founder Avaana Capital had engaged in an interesting AMA Session with TiE, Mumbai. She answered all the buzzing questions that entrepreneurs faced on dealing with Covid-19.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLAr_FQFM8s&t=961s

Avaana supports Kirana e-supply innovation hunt

Avaana is pleased to support Startup India, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in synergizing the efforts of various companies and startups to solve the challenge of providing essential goods to the Indian citizens.

The Kirana e-supply innovation hunt is a call out for all startups with a fitting solution in the supply chain to help the local Kirana stores take orders online and ensure last mile contactless delivery.

It is  humbling to partner with the government, industry bodies, startups who have come together in this pandemic to serve the nation!

Last date of application is May 24, 2020 https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/ams-application/challenge.html?applicationId=5ea181f8e4b0363cb6335eea

Ask Me Anything Session

Join Anjali Bansal, Founder Avaana Capital in the Ask Me Anything Session organized by TiE Mumbai!

Register at https://lnkd.in/g9cJmMb

Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate digitization

“I believe the pandemic will accelerate digitization, and startups that have already incorporated digital strategies to provide essential commodities stand to benefit from the situation”

Anjali Bansal

In an interview with Financial Express, Anjali Bansal talks about Avaana’s scaling up support to our partner companies, how early stage startups could cope up with the impact of COVID-19 and the funding scenario this year. It can be also accessed on LinkedIn at https://lnkd.in/fUT7ffX

Digitalisation And SOPs

How Is India Solving Its Supply Chain Woes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic?

The pandemic has led to an unprecedented concerted effort from the government and private sector players, as well as the startup ecosystem.

While it had initially impacted India’s supply chain system severely, it also paved the way for digitization of the supply chain network. Industry players, authorities and independent advisory committees have begun discussing the way forward and strategy following the end of the lockdown, with the issuance of SOPs and enabling mechanisms to facilitate manufacturing and supply chain continuity.

Read the complete article on Digitalization and SOPs: How India Is Solving Its Supply Chain Woes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic by Avaana Founder, Anjali Bansal