NSE, WE HUB Foundation ink pact to promote financial literacy, awareness on taking women-led MSMEs public
) on Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Telangana-govt led WE HUB Foundation to promote financial literacy through investor awareness programmes and spread awareness among women-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) for fund raising via the IPO mechanism using its NSE Emerge platform.
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The collaboration is also aimed at implementing the student skilling programme in the BFSI sector across Telangana to empower women and women-led enterprises.
The MoU was exchanged between NSE's chief business development Sriram Krishnan and WE HUB Foundation CEO Sita Pallacholla in the presence of chief minister Revanth Reddy, industries & IT minister D Shridhar Babu, rural development and panchayati raj minister Danasari Anasuya Seethakka.
As part of the agreement, NSE and WE HUB Foundation, which is a Section-8 non-profit company under the government of Telangana, will conduct awareness drive through seminars, camps, knowledge sessions, road shows, workshops to spread financial literacy and investor awareness.
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