Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs

COWE Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs [www.co-we.com], as the name suggests is an NGO/social organization engaged in the social and economic upliftment of women through entrepreneurship. The slogan "Gearing women power" stands for the democratic structure of COWE and stands for “Of the women, for the women and by the women”.

Inuagurated on 22nd December 2004 by Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy at Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad, India. Has over two hundred members who are entrepreneurs in the fields of food processing, information technology, pharmaceuticals, printing, packaging, manufacturing, retailing, industries, textiles and the like.

COWE's vision is to build a women force that is economically empowered, valued citizens of the nation. By pooling the dormant talent, skills, practical knowledge and resources of a woman and combining it with her intrinsic quality of dedication and commitment, we will achieve this.

COWE's mission is to enhance women's opportunities in achieving the vision by creating a resource base of technical know how, management, marketing skills, finance, infrastructure and equipment to promote entrepreneurship.

Founder Members

• Ms Shylaja Reddy
• Ms Suman Kumar
• Ms Uma Ghurkha
• Ms Sandhya Reddy
• Ms P.Soudhamini
• Ms P. Girija

Managing Committee members (2006-2008)

• Ms Shylaja Reddy, founder and president
• Ms Suman Kumar, president
• Ms Uma Ghurkha, senior vice president
• Ms Sandhya Reddy, vice president
• Ms P. Soudamini, secretary
• Ms Meena Gupta, joint secretary
• Ms Madhuri Talluri, treasurer
• Ms P. Girija, treasurer (2004-2006)

CWE are partners with ZDH-SEQUA. http://zdh.de/english.html, http://www.sequa.de