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 he  role  of  MSMEs  in  the  development  of   will  also  help  them  in  their  socio-economic
 economies, across countries, has always   development.
 Tbeen  appreciated.  India's  industrial  and
 Mr.  Prabhu  Srivastava,  Associate  Faculty  at
 artisanal growth can be comfortably credited to
 Lucknow  explains,  “Uttar  Pradesh  has  a  rich
 MSMEs with most of these reflecting a high growth
 heritage of conventional crafts, and when we talk   (2nd L-R) Shri Sidharth Nath Singh, Hon'ble Cabinet Minister, MSME & Export Promotion, U.P. Government interacting
 potential.  Given  such  an  important  role  that
 about  Gorakhpur,  we  see  how  this  place  has   with Mr. P. N. Srivastava, Associate Faculty, EDII, during his visit to the Gorakhpur Terracotta Cluster at Gulhariya
 MSMEs play, it is important to hone their skills so   Village on 13th January 2021 to understand  the manufacturing process of Terracotta Products, problems faced by the
 established a different style of pottery cluster toys
 that they employ contemporary measures to keep   artisans and  requirements of Common Facility Centre (CFC).
 that  comes  in  various  forms.  These  are  made
 pace with the market and to scale better. EDII has
 through  methods  that  are  pollution  free.  The
 improved  growth  prospects  of  several  artisanal
 principal objective of providing training to these
 and  industrial  clusters  across  the  country.  The
 artisans is to ensure that they are able to improve
 Institute is now geared to implement a customized
 their business prospects by encouraging them to
 revivification  model  to  train  'Pottery  Cluster'   Achievement...
 set-up their own venture. There are issues related
 artisans  in  Gorakhpur  district.  The  project  has
 to quality, productivity, export and brand building
 been approved by Government of Uttar Pradesh
 in pottery cluster, and this project aims to address
 and DC-MSME, Govt. of India.
 all  these  issues.  Through  entrepreneurial  skills,                       Ms  Kavitha  BaIaraman’s
 EDII has been conducting Cluster Development   they would be able to expand their products' reach   paper  titled  ‘Culture,
 Programme in Pottery Cluster in Gorakhpur district   to more markets and earn more by eliminating the   Employee  Well  being  and
 for artisans to upgrade their entrepreneurial skills   services  of  middle-men.  The  training  will  also   Engagement Relationship an
 and  abilities  and  encourage  them  in  setting  up   include modules on financial literacy and business
                                                                              E m p i r i ca l   S t u d y ’   wa s
 own entrepreneurial ventures. The Institute would   strategies.”
                                                                              adjudged as the second best
 be mentoring 200 micro and small enterprises, 32
 Apart from strengthening the entrepreneurial skills                          paper  in  SIMSARC'20,
 women owners and 36 individuals from scheduled
 of  pottery  artisans',  EDII  will  also  train  them  on                   Symbiosis.  Ms  Kavitha
 caste category. Key Intervention expected under
 establishment  process,  marketing  strategies                               BaIaraman  is  EDII  Project
 Cluster Development is technology improvement,
 including  branding  through  online  medium,
 product quality, marketing expertise, and quality                            Coordinator-HCL  Sattva
 communication and negotiation skills, technology
 designing. The main objective of the project is to                           Project at Madurai.
 adaptation and pricing strategy. The institute will
 establish a Common Facility Centre (CFC) where
 also  assist  them  in  getting  financial  support  for
 different  kinds  of  high  value  machinery  will  be
 above activities.
 available for all artisans of this community for use
 to develop their products with value addition. This






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