India’s No.1 Bakery Foods Company Britannia Industries announced the top 10 winners of its renowned Marie Gold My Startup Initiative season 3. The 10 winners were felicitated and awarded INR 10 Lakhs each to kick-start their business ventures. The Chief Marketing Officer of Britannia Industries Ltd Mr. Amit Doshi and the Founder of SHEROES & Mahila Money Ms. Sairee Chahal were presented in the ceremony.
Britannia Marie Gold My Startup initiative is a platform for aspiring homemakers to become financially independent and transform themselves into ’Womenpreneurs’. The shortlisted candidates of Season 3.0 showcased their ideas virtually to an eminent jury. The Britannia Marie Gold My Startup contest season 3 went live in September 2021 and has received an overwhelming response of more than 13 Lakh entries. Applicants could register their entries via telephone calls, websites, and WhatsApp. The brand witnessed the largest number of entries from Maharashtra at 20 percent followed by Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. It also provided digital skilling to homemakers in collaboration with Google. All participants have been provided free access to a set of Google’s digital and business skilling resources in 6 languages-– Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, and English. Many winners of the past 2 seasons of Marie Gold My Startup are today running successful ventures in diverse fields.
The Chief Marketing Officer of Britannia Industries Ltd Mr. Amit Doshi said, “We are privileged to have provided this platform to over 3.8 million homemakers to present powerful entrepreneurial ideas with a chance to transform themselves into business owners and job creators.”
