Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE)

AWAKE – Association for Women entrepreneurs of Karnataka was established in 1983 with a mission and vision to empower and support
aspiring women to become entrepreneurs to start business and sustain them to enhance their economic and social well-being. AWAKE is
an NGO registered under societies act, ISO accredited organization with 80G, 12A, CSR 1,e-anudhan and Darpan registrations.
Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka is in the forefront of Entrepreneurship development from the last 41 years & has
trained more than one Lakh women and Men in entrepreneurial skills and has earned National and International accolades for its
contribution in this field of Entrepreneurship Development. The vision of the organization is “To develop self reliance amongst women”
and its Mission is “Empowering women through Entrepreneurship Development to improve their economic condition”. While, the focus of
the association is on empowerment of women from rural and urban areas, AWAKE also conducts Entrepreneurship Development
Programme for both men and women under Rural Entrepreneurship Development programme and Rural Industries programme
sponsored by various agencies. AWAKE believes that economic empowerment of rural poor would enable them to integrate themselves
into the main stream and make available to the region vast resources in terms of motivated populace whose contributions can be
channelled to ensure a dynamic, positive and vibrant social fabric.
Mission:
• Empowering Women Through entrepreneurship development to improve their economic condition.
Vision:
• To work as a team towards shared objective to reach a greater number of women through the programs of AWAKE.
• Develop suitable membership program to increase member base and also to encourage members to be more active.
• Policy advocacy with strong force of women entrepreneurs to influence policy makers
• To provide need quality services to clients.