Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women
About
A Powerful Partnership to Accelerate Your Business Growth
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women is designed to provide the essential tools, skills, and networks to help you scale your business. Since 2008, the program has supported over 3,800 women-led businesses in India.
A Journey towards Growth: Taught by world-class faculty, the curriculum is structured to build strong strategic, financial, and operational capabilities.
Modules will include education on financial management, marketing, negotiation and leadership, with a focus on fostering innovation and operational excellence
Who is Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women for?
Designed for highly motivated women entrepreneurs ready for the next stage of growth
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women is designed for established women entrepreneurs poised for the next stage of growth. They meet the following criteria:
Owner or co-owner of the venture
Business operational for at least one year
Annual turnover more than ₹30 lakhs
A minimum of 3 employees
Must not be a previous graduate of 10,000 Women
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Take the Definitive Step to Scale Your Business.
Ready to accelerate your business growth? Apply to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women India program.
For more information, contact us at: info@gs10kwapply.in
Real-World Impact
Alumni Success Stories
“I left my IT job with one mission: to make fresh, healthy drinks accessible across India. My husband Milind and I started small, with just a kiosk in a corporate office, and bootstrapped to ₹2 crore in revenue. But we lacked a roadmap to scale.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women changed that. It shifted my focus from daily operations to long-term strategy, taught us what it takes to be fundable, and shaped our values: integrity, customer centricity, and innovation.
We faced setbacks. The pandemic nearly shut us down, and we entered Shark Tank India with only a prototype and modest revenues. But the experience helped us improve, and we secured funding from Mr. Ajinkya Rahane and Chitale Bandhu.
Today, we’re receiving enquiries from the US, Singapore, and Dubai. 10,000 Women gave me the tools, network, and confidence to think beyond limits and the ability to keep playing the infinite game.”
Kirty Datar
“I’m what you’d call an accidental entrepreneur. After years in the corporate world, I took a break in 2018 to teach spoken English in Mumbai’s slums. Seeing the potential in underprivileged youth inspired me to create a platform to make them employable.
I began by training five youths in backend insurance work. With no hiring budgets, companies offered projects instead. Techsurance was born. Today, we’re a 175-member team across Mumbai and Pune, with 70% from tier-two cities and lower-income backgrounds.
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program came at just the right time. While I knew operations, I needed clarity on strategy, HR, and marketing. The curriculum helped me unlearn and rebuild, and the faculty pushed me to grow as a leader.
It transformed how I see myself: not just as a founder, but as a woman building something larger than herself.”
Metilda Stanley
MD and CEO, Techsurance Pvt Ltd
IIMB Faculty
Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula
Professor, IIMB
Suresh Bhagavatula is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). His research interests are in two overlapping domains – entrepreneurship and social networks.
Prof. Chetan Subramanian
Professor, IIMB
Prof. Padmini Srinivasan
Professor, IIMB, Chairperson - EEP
Padmini Srinivasan has varied professional interests in teaching, research and consulting in the areas of Financial Reporting, Management Accounting, Corporate Governance and accountability. Prior to joining IIMB, she worked in the industry for more than 14 years.
Prof. Malavika Harita
Visiting Faculty, Founder and CEO, Brand Circle
Prof. Srivardhini Jha
Professor, IIMB, Chairperson, NSRCEL
Srivardhini K. Jha joined Entrepreneurship area as a faculty member in Dec 2015. Prior to joining IIMB, she worked as a researcher with the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics.
Prof. Sushanta Kumar Mishra
Professor, IIMB
He is an active researcher, having published his work in reputed journals, book chapters, and case outlets. He has served as the chairperson of the dissertation committees of several doctoral candidates, besides being a member in many such committees.
Prof. Abhoy Ojha
Professor, IIMB
Professor Ojha started teaching in the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, during his doctoral programme. Prior to joining IIMB, he was an Assistant Professor at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada. He has also been the Chair of the dissertation committees of several doctoral candidates, who are today, active academics and researchers, besides being a member of the dissertation committees of many more.
Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan
Professor, Chairperson, Digital Learning, IIMB
Prof. Shainesh G.
Professor, IIMB
Meet the Mentors
Ajay Rungta
Ex Founding Member, Practo
Dr. Divleen Jeji
India Lead, Google Health
Dr. Divleen is the India Lead for Google Health, where she drives the deployment of AI-based solutions in clinical settings. An MBBS and MBA graduate, she has held leadership roles across Max Healthcare, HCL Healthcare, KPMG, Smith & Nephew, Lybrate, and Telenor Health, shaping strategy and digital health products globally. She also serves as a mentor for digital healthcare innovators in LMICs and has been a judge for MIT’s Solve Challenge, contributing to healthier lives through technology-driven solutions.
Ankura Ranade
VP Sales and Marketing
Ashok Suyal
Co-Founder, Social Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
Aarti B Iyer
Entrepreneur / Business Advisor / MarketinG Consultant / Mentor @NSRCEL
Alexander Valiyaveettil John
CEO, Angel Investor, Director
Entrepreneur, Investor, and Board member with over 19 years of experience building and growing businesses in India, Indonesia and UK, across technology, agriculture, impact and food distribution. Mentoring startups in India, Indonesia and UK across agriculture, fintech, and AI. Deep interest in impact organisations. Strong focus on early stage technology and business leadership and long term competitive positioning.
Dharmender Khanna
Angel Investor, Business Mentor EX-VP SSIPL Retail LTD
Nagaraja Prakasam
Angel Investor, Fund Advisor
Harsha Mutt
Business Mentor, Consultant
Harsha brings over three decades of global experience in general management, technology, and business leadership. A mechanical engineer and management accountant, he began his career at Infosys before taking on leadership roles at HCL Technologies. An alumnus of Harvard Business School’s PMD program and an accredited Executive Coach, he has guided CXOs, scaled businesses, and also pursued entrepreneurship as CFO and Board Member at Lukup Media.
