Bihar women entrepreneurs get opportunity to learn from US experts
A US-funded initiative is going to unleash value creation among young aspiring women entrepreneurs in Bihar. As many as 30 women will be trained from Indian and US experts at a four-day workshop to be held under the aegis of Project AIRSWEEE (All India Road Show on Women's Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship). Similar workshops will also be held at Lucknow, Hubli, Bhubaneswar, and Vadodara.
Rigorous screening to select participants
Participants will be selected through a rigorous screening process. Following which they will receive guidance from mentors of TiE Global - a non-profit venture devoted to entrepreneurs in all industries. "After these workshops, the five participants from each city will receive intensive mentoring for another six months to develop some of their ideas into sustainable businesses," a statement of the US Consulate General said.
US State Department funded the project
The project is funded by US State Department through the Consulate General at Kolkata, which has been associated in other social welfare programmes in Bihar like English Access Micro-scholarship as part of which English language skill is imparted to bright students from an economically-disadvantaged background.
