₹6.5 crore prize challenge to create digital work opportunities for women
1 month, 1 week ago

₹6.5 crore prize challenge to create digital work opportunities for women

The Hindu  

Mphasis F1 Foundation and The/Nudge Institute have announced the launch of the ‘Digital Naukri Challenge’, with the goal of creating and showcasing digital work opportunities for one million women by 2030. With a prize purse of ₹6.5 crore and a duration spanning 20 months, the challenge invited tech start-ups and innovators across digital work organisations, IT/ITES, BPO, tech outsourcing companies, Job Access Platforms, digital/tech skilling organisations and beyond to discover disruptive, tech-first, and population-scale solutions to unlock gainful employment opportunities for more women in India. Digital Naukri is the fourth prize challenge by The/Nudge Institute in a series of grand challenges that focus on scalable solutions for complex livelihood challenges, ensuring urgency and a sharp focus on supporting the vulnerable segments of society. In urban India, for instance, the labour force participation rate for single women aged 25-29 is 60%, as compared to an abysmal 20% among their married counterparts.

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