In an effort to support women entrepreneurs, Google on Monday announced a new web platform “Women Will” to support 1 million rural women in India to become entrepreneurs through accelerator programmes, mentorship, business tutorials, etc.

The announcement was made on the occasion of International Women’s Day at the virtual Google for India event. Accessible in English and Hindi, the web portal will offer guidance to aspiring women in villages on how to turn an interest or a hobby such as tailoring, beauty services, home tuition, food processing, etc. into a business, manage and promote it.

The tech giant committed USD 500,000 grant to NASSCOM Foundation to support 100,000 women agri workers with digital and financial literacy training in the six states of Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. 

Google will work initially with 2,000 ‘Internet Saathis’ to help other women turn entrepreneurs. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai had launched the Internet Saathi programme in 2015 to impart digital literacy training to women in villages.

“Building on the Internet Saathi program success, we’re making a new commitment to help 1 million women in rural villages in India to become entrepreneurs through business tutorials, tools, and mentorship,” said Pichai.

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