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Adani and EDII Join Forces to Equip Facilitators for Success

Microenterprise facilitators can provide micro entrepreneurs with the support and
guidance they need to start, grow, and sustain their businesses. EDII in collabora on with
Adani Enterprises Ltd. offered 'Training Programme on Micro Enterprise Promo on and
Handholding Women Entrepreneurs' with a vision to empower and equip microenterprise
facilitators with the knowledge and skills to foster entrepreneurial ini a ves.

The collabora on between Adani Natural Resources and EDII aimed to strengthen the
technical competencies of CSR professionals who were part of the company's exis ng
efforts to transform rural lives and bring sustenance to their livelihoods, par cularly
women.
The training programme helped the CSR team understand the dynamics of rural areas, the
target markets and mindsets. facilitate the necessary groundwork before launching or
scaling up enterprises in their interven on area. The training programme also touched
upon the topics of the concept of entrepreneurship and the charms of being an
entrepreneur.

Par cipants of ‘Training Programme on Micro Enterprise Promo on and Handholding Women
Entrepreneurs’ seen with (in the centre) Dr. Sunil Shukla, DG, EDII; (7th from R) Dr. Rajesh Gupta, Programme
Director and (3rd from R) Dr. Prakash Solanki, Faculty, EDII.

This three-day training programme trained 23 par cipants, among these, nine women
facilitators were commi ed to promo ng farm-based livelihoods in Chha sgarh and
Madhya Pradesh, while 14 male facilitators focused on establishing and suppor ng
women-owned enterprises across various rural areas, including Chha sgarh, Madhya
Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra.

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