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EDII REPORTS 123

SBI Founda on supported Project Swavlamban

EDII has partnered with SBI Founda on for skill development and training of Persons with Disabili es
(PwDs) under SBI's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project – Swavlamban. EDII is implementing the
project in Anand, Kheda, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad and Arvalli districts of Gujarat with the objec ve of
helping PwD entrepreneurs expand their market reach, thus leading to an increase in their incomes.

As part of this ini a ve, the Ins tute recently
Under the Swavlamban project, EDII is
concluded seven successful 'Business Scale-Up
commi ed to providing enterprise
Trainings for Exis ng PwD Entrepreneurs'. The
promo on training to 750 differently-
programmes were conducted across 4 districts of abled individuals, comprising 500
Gujarat including, Ahmedabad, Arvalli, Kheda and individual entrepreneurs and 250
Anand. 183 determined entrepreneurs who were entrepreneurs from Member Based
ready to improve their business skills and succeed in Organiza ons (MBOs). To further
strengthen the ecosystem for PwD
the compe ve business landscape enthusias cally
entrepreneurs, ten MBOs will be
par cipated in these programmes. The training
formed, each comprising 25 differently-
courses covered important topics including team abled entrepreneurs. These MBOs will
development, business scale-up techniques and receive mentoring and support to
efficient business planning, giving par cipants all- enhance their networking capabili es,
comprehensive informa on and abili es needed to expand market reach and gain access to
financial resources.
succeed.

Par cipants of the training programme seen with (3rd from L-R) Shri Rakesh Jha, Manager Opera ons,
SBI Founda on and Dr. Amit Dwivedi, Project Director & Incharge-Dept. of Projects (Govt.), EDII.

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