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Project Swavlamban
.. Supported by SBI Foundation

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. Dr. Amit Dwivedi is the
Project Director.

As part of this ini a ve, the Ins tute recently
concluded ten successful 'Business Scale-Up Under the Swavlamban project,
Trainings for Exis ng PwD Entrepreneurs' and EDII is commi ed to providing
Domain specific traning programmes. The enterprise promo on training to
programmes were conducted across 5 districts 750 differently-abled individuals,
of Gujarat including, Ahmedabad, Arvalli, comprising 500 individual
Kheda, Gandhinagar and Anand. 260 e n t r e p r e n e u r s a n d 2 5 0
determined entrepreneurs who were ready to entrepreneurs from Member
improve their business skills and succeed in Based Organiza ons (MBOs). To
the compe ve business landscape further strengthen the ecosystem
enthusias cally par cipated in these for PwD entrepreneurs, ten MBOs
programmes. The training courses covered will be formed, each comprising 10
important topics including team development, differently-abled entrepreneurs.
business scale-up techniques and efficient These MBOs will receive mentoring
business planning, giving par cipants all- and support to enhance their
comprehensive informa on and abili es networking capabili es, expand
needed to succeed. Nine MBO setup market reach and gain access to
programmes have been conducted in all the 5 financial resources.
districts training 109 PwD entrepreneurs.

(4th from R, Front Row) Ms. Noor Fa ma, Assistant Program Manager, SBI Founda on visited
EDII and interacted with the beneficiaries of the Project Swavlamban. She discussed the future
course of ac ons and interven ons to be conducted to get tangible outcomes. Also seen here are
(3rd from L, Front Row) Dr. Amit Dwivedi, Programme Director and In-Charge-Dept. of Projects
(Government) and EDII officials with programme beneficiaries.

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