Swavalampan Mela - Free
exhibition of SIDBI for Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIDBI, under its
Vision 2.0, has launched ‘Mission Swavalamban’ which aims to spread
entrepreneurship culture in the country. The main objectives of Mission
Swavalamban are:
1.
to turn youth from “Job seekers” to “Job creators”,
2.
to restrict rural migration to urban areas and
3. to promote sustainable livelihood opportunities.
Under
the mission, SIDBI is organizing “SWAVALAMBAN MELA” at various locations across
the country with an objective to
provide a platform to Micro
Enterprises & small Artisans to showcase their products and to help these
entrepreneurs in getting exposure, accessing and understanding of markets. The
mela aims at sowing the seeds of entrepreneurship amongst the micro enterprises
at the bottom of the pyramid by enabling them to become self-employed and also
provide employment for others thereby enabling better livelihood at the
grassroots level.
SIDBI
firmly believes that, micro and small enterprises have the capability to
generate income and employment in their vicinity. The mela provides a
window to enable the self-employed women, micro enterprises and artisans to
sell their quality products directly to customers.
In
this regard, SIDBI is organizing an exhibition for 5 days from January
09, 2020 to January 13, 2020 at Kamadhenu Kalyana Mahal, Mylapore, Chennai,
which provides platform to 54 micro enterprises to showcase their products and
directly sell the products to their clients. SIDBI plans to select the top 5
participants of the exhibition based on pre-fixed criteria & sales made
during the exhibition and subsequently help them to upscale their existing
businesses. The above exhibition is being organized under the stewardship
of Smt. Krishna Radhakrishnan, President, WEWA (Women Entrepreneurs Welfare Association).
Shri
Hans Raj Verma, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu,
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department was the Chief Guest for the
programme and Dr. (Smt) M. Aarthi, IAS, MD, TIIC was the guest of honour. Smt.
Chitra Alai, GM and Shri Satyaki Rastogi, GM were present from SIDBI along with
their organising team.
