Women in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE)
A programme by Action For India
Cohort programme for women-led social enterprises; only the 2021 cohort is published and no current intake is announced.
At a glance
| Best for | Women founders and co-founders of social enterprises |
|---|---|
| Run with | eBay Foundation |
About Women in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE)
WISE is AFI's cohort programme for women founders and co-founders running social enterprises. AFI says it supports them through peer-learning programmes, access to industry experts and investors, and mentoring matched to the stage of the enterprise, and that it has built an online networking portal for webinars, podcasts and mentoring sessions. AFI names the eBay Foundation as backing this work.
The programme's page is out of date. Only the 2021 cohort has a published roster — Akshita Sachdeva of Trestle Labs, Neha Kirpal of The Inner Hour, Shveta Raina of Talerang, Jahanvi Joshi of Bleetech Innovations, Pooja Rai of Anthill Creations and Dimple Parmar of ZenOnco.io — and the page carries an unfinished note about a later cohort rather than a date. Ask before you assume it is running.
Who can apply
- Women who found or co-found a social enterprise and want to scale it
How to apply: Use the register link on the programme page, or write to info@actionforindia.org to ask whether a cohort is open.
Where to apply
Other Action For India programmes
- AFI AI + ClimateTech Cohort 2026-27Online accelerator for founders using AI on climate, energy, water, emissions, waste and mobility problems, open until 1 October 2026.
- AFI Agri + AI Cohort 2026Accelerator for AI-in-agriculture founders; the 2026 cohort is running and applications for it have closed.
- AFI Impact Catalyzer ProgramAFI's general online accelerator for tech-enabled, for-profit social enterprises; between intakes, with its last published cohort in 2024.
- AFI Agri CohortFive-month free accelerator for agritech founders, run twice so far; the last intake closed in August 2025.
- AFI i-TIC Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator (AISEA)Accelerator AFI runs with IIT Hyderabad's i-TIC Foundation, funded by the Department of Science and Technology; two cohorts completed and no current intake published.
- Social Enterprise Advisory Program (SEAS)Paid, cohort-based advisory service covering fundraising, consulting, mentoring and introductions.
- Silicon Valley ChallengeAnnual business plan competition that sends selected Indian social enterprises to Silicon Valley for a two-week programme.
- AFI Annual ForumInvite-only two-day forum bringing 100 social innovators together with 100 investors, funders, government and industry people; the 9th has no announced date.