Chetna Sinha’s Mahila Sahakari Bank: Transforming The Lives of Rural Women Through Financial Inclusion

Chetna Vijay Sinha (Sinha), founder of the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank (MDMSB), received the prestigious India Social Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2013. The award, given by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in association with the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation , was presented to Sinha by the then Finance Minister of India, P. Chidambaram, at New Delhi. In his speech, Chidambaram pointed out that MDMSB was India’s first all-woman bank and lauded Sinha’s efforts toward financial inclusion...