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SME Development SME Development
Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Initiatives
Reinforcing MSME growth in Kottayam,
Kerala
Kerala has been India’s leading
Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programmes (ESDPs) to producer of natural rubber, accounting
sensitise and train aspiring/existing entrepreneurs for for over 90% of the nation’s output. The
entrepreneurship promotion and enterprise development. (PAN Institute, in the role of Project
India) Throughout the year Management Consultant (PMC) of
SIDBI Cluster Development Fund
(SCDF), is committed to changing the
face of MSME development in the state.
Supported investments in natural
Business Clinic Programme to provide essential guidance on rubber project in Velloor, Kottayam is a
enterprise setup, formalization processes, and government significant step in the direction.
support to both existing and aspiring entrepreneurs. (PAN India)
Throughout the year
Reaching as far as the Lakshadeep
Handicrafts Training and Handicrafts Technical Programmes Islands
(HTTP) and Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana to build Capacity of As Implementing Agency of ESDP
artisans. scheme for the Ministry of MSME,
Throughout the year
Govt. of India, the Institute has been
c o n t r i b u t i n g t o m a k i n g
entrepreneurship a major choice for
the youth of the Lakshadweep
islands. For the first time. the
programmes have been successful in
enhancing the importance of
enterprise creation and economic
activity in the islands.
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Establishing Bamboo as a Versatile
Commercial Product
The Institute in the role of Technical
Agency under SFURTI supported
setting up of Common Facility Centre
(CFC) for sustainable economic
development of bamboo resources
in one of the bamboo-rich districts of
Odisha. The CFC has enabled
diversification of bamboo into a
commercially useful industry
resource from just a household
consumption commodity.
Tapping Opportunities in Gamification
Advanced Management Development
P r o g r a m m e ( A - M D P ) o n
Animation/Gamification has recorded
unparalleled success. A participant set
up his enterprise - M/s GauravGo –
which collaborated with Indian
defense forces to train the personnel
on animated field simulations, thereby
reducing cost and risk to a great
extent. The product has been
recognized on multiple national fora.