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EDII's CSR collabora ons have touched the lives of 68,950 individuals, including over 10,000 women, across
23 states, 138 districts, and 741 villages. Noteworthy corporate partnerships include Vedanta Alumina
Limited (VAL), Accenture, Hindustan Aeronau cs Limited (HAL), HSBC Bank, Tata Communica ons Ltd.,
Bayer Founda on, HCL Founda on, SBI Foundaton, HP, Walmar, Amazon, IFCI Limited and many more.
These collabora ons have driven projects focused on micro-enterprise development, skill building, and
empowerment.

The Ins tute has also spearheaded pioneering government projects. As a Na onal Resource Organiza on
under the Ministry of Rural Development's StartUp Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), EDII has
generated rural livelihood and employment opportuni es in 82 blocks across 15 states. In Southern India,
EDII's presence has led to the establishment of 3,906 enterprises.

Opining at the expanse of ac vi es, Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII, said, “EDII
has been successfully recognising opportuni es and offering entrepreneurship and skill
development training to ar sans, weavers, women, startups and unemployeds, leading
to sustainable livelihood / micro enterprise op ons for them. The Ins tute has been
training and orien ng those at the grassroots to set up new enterprises for material and
social well-being. I am glad, that with corporates and the government endorsing the
power of entrepreneurship, we will con nue to progress with remarkable results".

Dr. Raman Gujral, EDII's Southern Regional Director, opined, “Eco-friendly income
genera on opportuni es are the need-of-the-hour. So, with this objec ve, we train a
diverse sec on of people, with special focus on women to help them iden fy
opportuni es, harness indigenous resources, align their skills with iden fied
opportuni es, and establish sustainable, eco-friendly micro and small enterprises.”

As the Ins tute paces on its remarkable journey, bringing about inclusive

growth, let's take a look at some of its projects with corporates, over the last
three months:

HSBC supported Project HandMade in India (HMI)

Project HandMade in India aims to facilitate sustainable development of
the handloom clusters by building solu ons for value chain improvement,
resolving opera onal challenges, and improving the capacity of weavers
and ar sans in six districts spread across 5 states in India.

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