As a businesswoman, Bhargava remembers having dealt with people who’d assume that women have little knowledge about technology or finance. In fact, mathematics has always been her strong point. As a 16-year-old, the small-town Ambala girl received a study scholarship from Singapore Airlines, and afterwards, one from the London School of Economics. There, she headed a 3,000-member business society, met the sharpest minds in the world, and honed her leadership skills. In 2013, she seized the opportunity of the growing demand for cashback companies in the UK, and together with her husband, launched PouringPounds.com, her first entrepreneurial venture. She brought CashKaro to India, two years later.
What about the challenges she’s faced, we ask. She says, “As an entrepreneur, you are often faced with situations where you might not have…
