by VKP | Sep 4, 2023 | Rural Enterprises, Skills&Jobs
The SARAS Mela The Saras Mela, a festival held annually and organized by the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, is an initiative to promote products of rural artisans from all over India. This year it was held from 6 to 18 September. In this Mela, the...
by VKP | Sep 4, 2023 | Rural Enterprises, Skills&Jobs
The World Bank, the official partner of the Vaazhndhu Kaattuvom Project, provides VKP with regular technical assistance. On September 27, a World Bank team of eight members were given an exposure visit to the Chengalpattu district to study the progress of project...
by VKP | May 15, 2023 | Rural Enterprises, Skills&Jobs
Samik Sundar Das, Vanitha Kommu, Nandhini Shanmugham Before the hills come alive with the hustle and bustle of everyday life & business, Selvakumar heads to his farms. The walk is a constant reminder of how much his once tranquil hill town of Ooty, in the South...
by VKP | Mar 10, 2023 | Rural Enterprises, Skills&Jobs
Disclaimer: This is not a regular Women’s Day article that celebrates the day to tell you what you already know. Rome was not built in a day. Plants do not grow in a day. And women cannot be empowered in just one day. So today, we’re here to celebrate every other day...
by VKP | Nov 24, 2022 | Rural Enterprises, Skills&Jobs
Identifying and Honing Their SkillsAfter 10 days of CSS training on making LED bulbs, a group of 20 members (6 male and 14 female) from Kollapathy Panchayat in Thuriyur block, Trichy district formed an enterprise group (EG) and registered it as Challenger LED Bulb. In...
by VKP | Nov 24, 2022 | Rural Enterprises, Skills&Jobs
Craft Is in Dying Stage With Members Moving Away: Thirteen members formed an EG in the name of their village Elavampatti, which is located in Tharamangalam block in Salem district. They were trained together during February 2022. Five years ago, in their village most...
