The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), under Accenture’s CSR initiative, has trained 50 women in Namakkal district in entrepreneurship and the production of upcycled products. The one-month free program was held at the Makkal Kalvi Niruvanam campus in Paramathi Velur.
Participants made products from jute and cotton fabrics, including laptop bags, school bags, baby beds and other value-added fabric items. At the closing ceremony, the General Manager of the District Industries Centre, Namakkal, outlined government loan schemes with subsidies offered by the Tamil Nadu government and urged the women to use them to start enterprises. She also visited an exhibition of the products made during the training.
According to EDII, WeAct, an EDII-supported organisation, will continue to support the women, mainly with market linkages and improving product quality and marketability.
Since the program ended, two women have applied for ₹40 lakh in credit linkage under the New Entrepreneur-cum-Enterprise Development Scheme (NEEDS), and two others for ₹2 lakh under the Tamil Nadu Women Entrepreneur Empowerment Scheme to set up their own businesses.
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