Three Kudumbashree Micro Entrepreneurs bags Women Entrepreneur Award as part of the 3rd National Rural Entrepreneurs Meet 2019 constituted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Tuljapur, Maharashtra. The Awards were conferred for Kudumbashree's Santhwanam Elder Care Centre, Thrissur, Kudumbashree Women Food Court, Thrissur and Santhwanam Eco Tourism Centre, Konni, Pathanamthitta. Smt. Sindhu V.T, Smt. Jiji Royson, and Smt. Hena received the awards at the programme held at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur Campus, Maharashtra on 6 March 2019.
National Rural Entrepreneurs Meet is considered to be Asia’s First Rural Entrepreneurs Platform. Women Entrepreneur Award is given to a woman or a group of women running enterprises in rural areas creating livelihood opportunities for others. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur was established with focus of rural development related issues. A master programme was introduced for Social Innovations and Entrepreneurship aiming at giving a complete understanding of the rural setup and enabling them to identify the resources available in villages and to test feasibility of entrepreneurial activities to address social problem through entrepreneurial activities.
The students of TISS visited as many villages during the past years and during the interactions with the rural people it is observed that some of the forward looking people have started entrepreneurial activities with their limited resources and helping the fellow beings. It was noticed that there is entrepreneurial aspiration but what lacks is appreciation and guidance in finding the path to bring the ideas to reality. Understanding this situation and addressing this problem a platform is required to inspire, motivate and guide towards their career as there was no specific platform to encourage rural entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial aspirants and students in India. Tata Institute of Social Sciences as a institute addresses community problems with innovative way since its inception, hence an attempt has been made to organize a Rural Entrepreneurs Meet. The Rural Entrepreneurs Meet is organized with rural entrepreneurs, rural innovators and students for appreciating existing entrepreneurs in villages, and creating a platform to inspire rural youth and provide an opportunity to students to express their entrepreneurial aspirations.
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