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Women in climate
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Applications are open for Climate Label for Women in Energy Apply Now Last date for application: 06th March 2022 CLIMATE LABEL FOR WOMEN An entrepreneurship development program in clean energy
for women students enrolled in universities in India.

CLIMATE LABEL FOR WOMEN IN ENERGY

Climate Label for women in energy is an immersive entrepreneurship program in clean energy for women students pursuing PhD or Masters in any university in India.

This program is designed to fuel inspiration, build knowledge and provide hands-on business experience to help you launch their career in energy entrepreneurship.

Track 1 – Immersive Track

This is a 6-week immersive entrepreneurship program in clean energy for women students pursuing PhD or Master’s in a university in India.

Track 2 – Basic Entrepreneurship Skill Building

A 3-day basic entrepreneurship skill building program to help you to build business literacy and presentation of cleantech idea as a business.


Limited seats available

The program will be offered at no cost to the selected participants

 

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Eligibility

Women students pursuing Doctorate(PhD) or Masters in any university in India and have an aptitude for technology.

​Please apply to the tracks you find suitable according to your interest and time commitment. The selection to the specific track will be done on a case-by-case basis.

Who is this program for?

PhD and Master’s students (women only) who wants to develop their entrepreneurial skills and create a business idea around clean energy.

  • You’ve already committed to start working on clean energy solutions
  • You have sufficient time (4 to 5 hours/ week) to dedicate to the program alongside your university activities.
  • You want to hone entrepreneurial skills as a part of Immersive Track.
  • You don’t have the time to commit to a deep dive right now (you can always apply for later cohorts)

Remember-You don’t need a business idea to apply, all that is required is an interest in developing solutions on clean energy/mobility/energy access/carbon technologies and a commitment to participate fully throughout the program.

PROGRAM FORMAT

Track 1 – Immersive Track (6-week)

Phase-1: Induction and
Team Formation
(1 week)

In the first week,

you will be introduced to the program and formed into different teams through team building activities.

You will be further exposed to clean energy and basics of business literacy to build your foundation in the subjects.

Weekly commitment: 4-5h/ week

Phase-2: Startup Simulation:
A hands- on learning exercise
(3 weeks)

In the next three weeks,

you will develop entrepreneurship skills through an immersive exercise of simulating some of the energy startups

 

Weekly commitment: 4-5h/ week

 

Phase-3: Developing your Business Idea
& Pitching
(2 weeks)

In the last two weeks,

we will help you develop your business idea through workshops as well as mentorship. Teams will be further supported in refinement of business model and pitch preparation for the finale Pitch Day.

 

Weekly Commitment: 4-5h/ week

Track 2 – Basic Entrepreneurship Skill Building

Self-learning Courses

In this,

You will learn about basic business concepts and basics of clean energy through courses.

 

Daily commitment: 2-3h/ per day

Trainer-led Sessions

In these three days,

Quick startup simulation to build entrepreneurship skills. You will get chance to pitch the simulated startup idea.

Daily commitment: 2-3h/ per day

PROJECT TIMELINE:

Track 1 – Immersive Track

6-week (Mid-March – April end)


Track 2 – Basic Entrepreneurship Building Track

3-day (Mid-March – March end)

*These timelines are tentative and are subject to change, for more details, please contact us at label@womeinclimateentrepreneurship.org

Startups Simulated in this course

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