Top Dell exec says women entrepreneurs still face barriers — despite advances

As we celebrate #FutureFemaleForward, the focus is firmly on women, their empowerment and their solid contribution to the India story. At Tuesday's CNBC-TV18 ‘Future Female Forward — A Women’s Collective’ event, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said there's a lot more that needs to be done in terms of empowering women, a sentiment that was echoed by Swati Mishra, Director, and GM, Small Businesses, Dell Technologies India, in an interview with CNBC-TV18.com.

Dell Technologies recently released its annual WE (Women Entrepreneurs) Cities Index Report, in which Mumbai was ranked among 55 cities surveyed globally. Delhi topped the overall momentum score, while Bengaluru was ranked in the top 10 operating environments for markets.

The cities on this list are ranked on 23 key areas, based on two key pillars — operating and enabling environment, Mishra said. A city’s operating environment score is a measure of markets, talent and capital, and the enabling environment score sums up the impact of culture and technology.