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As a master weaver, Lavjibhai has not only contributed significantly to the craft but has Micro Entrepreneurs from Uttar Pradesh Gain
also trained more than 40 youths, ensuring that the younger generation stays
connected to the craft. Lavjibhai is a beneficiary of Project HandMade in India. He Financial Literacy and Develop Digital Awareness
recently attended the Industry Roundtable Meet & Thought Leadership Seminar held
at EDII on March 11, 2025. ...Project Saksham

During the event, EDII acknowledged his efforts by honouring him. Lavjibhai shared, Financial landscapes could be complex but financial literacy can make it easy to navigate
"I have received training in natural dyeing, digital marketing, and online payments through such challenges. Rural micro entrepreneurs especially need such an orientation
through EDII. Additionally, participating in EDII's exhibitions has helped me reach out to steer through regular financial dealings. To fulfil this requirement, EDII has collaborated
to customers and feel the pulse of the market.” Lavjibhai established a Common with the Bajaj Finserv to implement Project Saksham in five districts of Uttar Pradesh. This
Facility Center, where 12 weavers work together to preserve the craft. He plans to sell initiative is aimed at providing training to micro-entrepreneurs on the finer nuances of
Tangaliya products through e-commerce platforms and create more employment financial dealings, savings, government financial schemes, digital awareness and
opportunities. His contributions to the craft have earned him numerous awards. alertness for avoiding digital fraud.

Over the past two months, EDII successfully conducted 25 three-day Entrepreneurship
Awareness Programmes (EAPs) under Project Saksham, supported by Bajaj Finserv
Limited. These EAPs successfully developed financial literacy and inclusion among 1000
CSR Roundtable Meet existing and aspiring micro-entrepreneurs from Varanasi, Mau, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur and
Kushinagar.

Dr. Raman Gujral, Professor and Director, Dept. of CSR Partnerships addressing the delegates. (3rd from R)
Shri Shivnarayan Balajee Sigha Roy, Additional Secretary, Backward Classes Welfare Department, Govt. of Mr. Nishit Patel, Senior Programme
West Bengal also brought rich perspectives to the table. Manager, SVEP, EDII delivering a talk on
'Entrepreneurship Development &
Startup Opportunities' at the four-day
EDII organized a Roundtable Meet for Corporates to ‘Support, Activate and Build Assured Namo Sakhi Sangam Mela, organized by
Livelihoods (SABAL) for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) under CSR Actions'. This pivotal Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company
roundtable meeting brainstormed on creating a better world for PwDs through an (GLPC) during March 9-12, 2025, at
effective synergy between government, corporates and institutions. Senior officials from Jawahar Maidan, Bhavnagar, The Mela
Department of PwD and CSR leaders from leading corporate entities attended this showcased remarkable contributions
groundbreaking meet. The ‘Meet’ took up the agenda of sensitizing society at large and of women-led enterprises and Self-
Help Groups (SHGs).
instituting interventions and measures that ensure establishment of 3000 new
enterprises by PwDs, including 1500 technology-driven and 1500 general enterprises.

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