Strain engineering in TMDCs (WSe2) through Van der Waals epitaxy: Relative stabilization of the 1T’ phase (which has a higher electrical conductivity) against the 1H phase has been observed in MoS2 via VdW epitaxy. We try investigating a similar phenomenon in WSe2 by investigating the optical and electronic properties of the heterostructure and relating the signatures to the strain developed in the system.