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One of the biggest challenges facing women in rural India was that they weren’t allowed access to bank accounts.
That meant millions of capable, hard-working women struggled to run businesses because they couldn’t keep their finances secure or transact easily or get a loan.
Then Chetna Gala Shinha came along and changed everything.
She founded the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahkari Bank which is a big name for a bank with big ideals.
More than half a million Indian women have benefited from the bank’s services.
She provides banking services to Indian female entrepreneurs including customized access to credit which arrives in a timely and affordable manner.
It has now loaned out over $50 million.
For her services to women’s empowerment in 2017, she was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar, India’s highest civilian honor.
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