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REPORTS 116
EDII

Promoting Women Led Entities

...NABARD Project Parisar

Project Parisar is a one-year project supported by
NABARD for setting up Hub & Spoke model at
Mysore of 'coconut leaf straw making' by 100 rural
women from the region. The Hub was inaugurated
by Shri Niraj Kumar Verma, Chief General Manager,
Regional Ofce, NABARD, Bangalore. The project
is being implemented jointly by Accenture and
EDII. The inauguration was also marked by the
presence of Accenture team members represented
by Ms. Sowmya Prakash, Probono and
Communication Lead for Corporate Citizenship,
Accenture India & Ms. Keerthana Sheshadri,
Corporate Citizenship Grants team & Programme
Sr. Analyst, Accenture and senior EDII ofcials
including Dr. Raman Gujral, Director, Dept. of
Projects-Corporate & Ms. B. R. Poornima, Head
WeAct.

The rst training commenced in the Hub –
Jaibheemnagar, Karnataka on 29th September,
Technical Training for beneficiaries in Hub
2021 for 40 women participants.

“The project aims to create an Off Farmers Producer Organization (OFPO) of women which will be
handled by the women at the Hub and four Spokes. During the rst year, EDII will hand hold the women
in entrepreneurial training, technical training and trial production,” explained Dr. Raman Gujral

Senior NABARD Ofcials from Mumbai, Bangalore and Mysore visited the Hub recently and witnessed
the progress. “They were explained the straw making process and given an overview of the
progress of the participants in terms of their enhanced skill base and knowledge on entrepreneurship,”
informed Ms B.R. Poornima.

Discussions for making available E-Vehicles have also been initiated with manufacturers including Cotton
Greaves Limited and Design Core.

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