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EDII

She Rises and Shines...
Mrs. Meghna Sanjog Palwankar had always harboured the dream of making it big as an entrepreneur
but could not gure out how to put the blocks together. As destiny would have it, she came to know
about the EDII Udaya Project and enrolled for Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
She says, “That was the turning point as one after the other my questions started getting answered.
I learnt about business opportunity identication, marketing, communication, business plan
preparation, dealing with customers, accounts and bookkeeping, setting up and managing a venture,
and the entrepreneurial skills required to scale up in business.” Based on her understanding, rounds of
discussions with EDII Faculty / experts and
given the market demands, she set up a
mask and sanitizer manufacturing unit
with an investment of Rs. 25,000. While this
unit took off, she gained condence in
doing business and nurtured her inner
desire of setting up a Food Joint in South
Indian Cuisine. She invested Rs. 1.50 lacs
and set up her unit from which she is
today clocking a prot of Rs. 10,000 per
month.

Meghna concludes, “I have the condence which emanates from the knowledge that I received from the
EDII conducted WEDP. The more I venture out, the more my entrepreneurial instincts get
sharpened. I am in a very happy state today. My heartfelt thanks to EDII and Tata Communications.”
Project UDYAMEE

Project UDYAMEE a CSR initiative of Utkal
Alumina International Limited, a subsidiary of
Aditya Birla Group is being implemented by EDII.
The project was inaugurated by Mazhar Beig,
Unit Head, Utkal Alumina in presence of
Dr Lopamudra Priyadarshini, GM CSR, CR &
Sustainability, Dr. Subrata Biswal, Regional
incharge, EDII Eastern Regional Ofce and other
Dr. Subrata Biswal, Regional incharge, EDII Eastern Regional
dignitaries on 17th November,2021. This project
Office felicitating Mr. Mazhar Beig, Unit Head, Utkal Alumina
aims to promote 300 entrepreneurs from
Kashipur and Thuamul Rampur areas in the
elds of non farm and agri allied sectors. A rural business incubation centre has been established at
Gokulmunda, Tikiri to provide business development services. The project has started its initial efforts
towards creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem by on boarding Udyog Mitras for providing support to
potential entrepreneurs who are being identied under this project.

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