SME Times News Bureau | 26 May, 2018
NITI Aayog on Friday signed an agreement with actor Sushant Singh Rajput
to support two of its initiatives -- the Women Entrepreneurship
Platform (WEP) and BHIM app.
WEP motivates aspiring women
entrepreneurs to start their business. It provides them knowledge and
ecosystem support for helping them foster entrepreneurship.
"As
brand ambassador of WEP, which already includes over a 1,000 women
entrepreneurs, this partnership will further drive our mission to
establish a vibrant, enabling entrepreneurial ecosystem for the women of
the country," said NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
Sushant would
also be supporting NITI Aayog in promoting the Women Transforming India
Awards 2018, the theme for which is 'Women and Entrepreneurship' and
whose nominations are currently ongoing.
BHIM is a payment app that lets users make simple and quick transactions using Unified Payments Interface.