HT Bureau
Guwahati, Sept 20: Dhriiti – The Courage Within and InterGlobe Foundation organised Udyamita Mela 2022 at Shanti Nizora Club, Bamunigaon Camp, Kamrup, Assam on Tuesday. The Mela was organised to celebrate women’s entrepreneurship in the Chhaygaon, Bangaon region and provide a platform for local Government bodies like Chhaygaon and Bangaon Block Development Office, various local & national NGOs working in the region, Self Help Groups (SHGs), and individual entrepreneurs to come together, create a strong network and build a system for rural women entrepreneurship.
The Mela also marked the successful implementation of Project Pragati (arecanut leaf plate cluster development initiative) by Dhriiti and InterGlobe Foundation in the region in partnership with Tamul Plates Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Later, women entrepreneurs associated with Project Pragati were also felicitated for their dedicated service.
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Rekibuddin Ahmed, MLA Chhaygaon constituency was the guest of honour, during the event which was also attended by other guests and representatives from InterGlobe Foundation and Tamul Plates Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
“This is a momentous occasion for us at Dhriiti. Project Pragati has been successful in creating a very positive ecosystem for the development of arecanut leaf plate manufacturing in the region. Over the last 4 years, the project has built the Arecanut leaf plate manufacturing cluster with 30 women entrepreneurs with a home-based manufacturing setup and 350 women raw material collectors and machine operators. This Udyamita Mela is a celebration of not only the women entrepreneurs of Project Pragati but also of women entrepreneurship in the region. We sincerely believe that this celebration and recognition will motivate many more rural women to choose the path of Women Entrepreneurship in the region,” said Anirban Gupta, co-founder of Dhriiti – The Courage Within.
“InterGlobe Foundation is pleased to have partnered with Dhriiti to realise the goals of- economic independence and self-reliance for women in rural Assam. IGF internalises the fact that independence coupled with a deep orientation of other social issues would pave the way for women to gain agency and voice to manage their commons. Nurturing their strengths and leadership abilities while promoting natural resources based small enterprises amongst these women from diverse backgrounds had deeply satisfying outcomes for all stakeholders,” added, Dr. Monica Banerjee, head, IGF.
