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Participants’ Industrial visit to the Honey process unit.

• 100 members from Nirmal and Lakshmanchand loca ons, were enrolled on the WeAct
pla orm for handholding support.
• 24 enterprises under Udyam and 16 enterprises under FSSAI have been registered.
• The se ng up of the Common Facility Centre (CFC) at the Nirmal and Kaddam loca ons has
been ini ated. This will ensure the provision of necessary resources to the trainees to
enhance produc vity and quality.
• Over a two-day, special Energize Workshop conducted across five key loca ons: Nirmal,
Lakshmanchand, Khanapur, Mudhole, and Kaddam, trainees gathered addi onal
informa on on skills, customer base, branding and marke ng, in addi on to ge ng an
opportunity to get their problems addressed by experts.

Bridging Gaps; Empowering Women

Project Swavalambane

Indian society has been intensely stratified, tantamounting to lop-sided economic
opportunities for different segments. Women have by far had less opportunities in mainly
non-farm/non-agri business sector. Project Swavalambane, being implemented by EDII seeks
to address this by empowering and building skills and competencies of 150 rural women
entrepreneurs across 26 districts of Karnataka. The project focuses on women in non-
farm/non-agri businesses, equipping them with essential skills such as business
management, marketing, and financial literacy. This initiative has been launched by NSRCEL,
the business incubator at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), in
collaboration with Sanjeevini – Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (KSRLPS),
and supported by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).

From 5-8 June, 2024, NSRCEL hosted two bootcamps at the Don Bosco Skill Mission in
Bengaluru, focusing on training rural women entrepreneurs in branding, marketing, and skill
building. The institute played a vital role in organizing and executing the event, ensuring a
rewarding learning experience for all participants. A Retailers Meet was also facilitated as a
part of this training which generated sales of Rs. 1,50,000 in a day. Over last two months,
around 49 founders have been registered under Udyam and Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED).

Tumkur District National
Rural Livelihood Mission
( N R L M ) a w a r d e d
Mrs. Sangeeta with the
' B e s t W o m e n
Entrepreneur' Award.

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