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EDII

Women Stepping Forth As

Entrepreneurs is Heartening

...TATA Communications’ UDAYA Project

In line with EDII's efforts to promote women entrepreneurship is the Project Udaya, wherein the Institute has
joined hands with TATA Communications Ltd. to promote entrepreneurship among women from SC / ST,
weaker sections and SHG members for sustainable income generation through enterprise creation. The
rst phase project was launched on June 4, 2019, at Pune in Raigad district of Maharashtra with an aim to
develop entrepreneurial capabilities among potential women entrepreneurs; strengthen their knowledge,
skills and behavioural attributes to initiate, plan and implement entrepreneurship development activities.
The rst phase has been successfully completed.

Over the course of two years, 1145 women have been sensitized through 22 Entrepreneurship Awareness
Camps (EACs), and 342 potential women have been trained through 12 customized Women
Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (WEDPs). The project has resulted in the establishment of
161 new businesses by women who have been trained and handheld as part of the programme. The total
amount invested is Rs. 207.95 lakhs. The average unit investment is Rs. 1.29 lakh. The employment
opportunities generated by the women entrepreneurs is 232.

After the successful completion of the phase 1, the next phase of the project was initiated in Raigad and
Ratnagiri districts from April, 2021. During the last three months, EDII has sensitized 81 women from the
afrmative action community under two EACs and has conducted one Women Entrepreneurship
Development Programme at Mangaon, Raigad in which 28 potential women entrepreneurs were trained.

Glimpses from WEDP held at Mangoan

Programme Director, Mr. Prakash Solanki said, “This programme has been achieving commendable
success in terms of rate of New Enterprise Creation because the focus is on imparting skills that have
market relevance and the potential to stand successful given the level of competition. I wish India sees an
inux of women entrepreneurs who continue to excel.”

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