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ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMES EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN TO BE HELD

Posted on: 10/Jun/2010 5:35:51 AM

Interested women candidates in the age group of 18 to 40 years can enroll names

The Periyar Technology Business Incubator (Periyar TBI) at the Periyar Maniammai University (PMU), Vallam, Thanjavur In partnership with the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship (NI-MSME, has announced entrepreneurial and skill development programmes in various fields for aspiring women, youth and graduates.

A grant-in-aid project of the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), the Periyar TBI that came into being on the PPP (Public Private Partnership) mode under the scheme: Entrepreneurship Development Centres through Partner Institutions, of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, has invited applications from educated women interested in food-processing business. A four-week tailor made programme will be offered exclusively for women graduates and diploma holders. Resource persons will constitute experts from research and development institutions, leading food-processing industries, and successful entrepreneurs in the field. According to a press release from the PMU, essentials of entrepreneurship; achievement motivation training; nuances of management of an enterprise; identification of business opportunities; schemes of assistance offered by various banks and departments, preparation of technically feasible and economically viable project report, technology and finance; and processing techniques for various food products will be taught. Candidates undergoing the course designed by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmadabad, which is the National Implementing and Monitoring Agency for Training, will receive handholding support right from identification of business idea to setting up of industry and two years from then.

The course fee will be borne by the NSTEDB, Department of Science and Technology.

With the training certificate, candidates can gain eligibility for bank loans. Incubation space will be provided in the Periyar TBI, the release said. Interested women candidates in the age group of 18 to 40 years can enroll their names with the Periyar TBI through email: info@periyartbi.org or by dialing 04362 – 264520 / 9345104264.

Another training programme of a similar duration in Herbal Food Supplements will also be offered for women above 18 years of age.

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