Category: Business Profile

How An Electrical Engineer Turned Into Entrepreneur & Make Exports To EU & USA

Shreekant Patil, founder of the top brand in India, PARENTNashik backed by manufacturer & exporter – Paramount Enterprises awarded “Asia’s Leading Entrepreneur In Small Business India 2019” by International Business Magazine and “Top brand in resistance welding, India 2019” by Global Brands Magazine. The only independent global business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications from around the world. Presently Shreekant is mentoring at StartupIndia, an initiative of Govt of India, and at AIC, BAMU University, India.

Shreekant Patil, a young, highly motivated entrepreneur helps businesses internationally proving the best manufacturing services since 2004 and is focused on maintaining the best international quality with minimum price. He has been recognized in Europe, the USA, and India as well for his efforts in manufacturing industries. His company, PARENTNashik manufactures resistance welding consumables and is exported to Europe and the USA for a decade. Shreekant has inspirable entrepreneur journey. Now his wife, Sneha Patil is looking after manufacturing activities helping Shreekant to grow his business across the globe.

At Paramount Enterprises with brand PARENTNashik, he says, “I’m here to help customers’ welding consumables related problem, support them at their crucial time. I developed more than 300+ parts in copper alloy & other materials with low-cost manufacturing techniques with world-class quality. My dream was to supply WeldParts to the world’s #No 1 car manufacturer, which is fulfilled in 2014.”

Shreekant Patil, a passionate entrepreneur, determined with a positive vision, goal having leadership quality to lead in the market, initiate to take big risks from the beginning. Tremendous willingness to learn new techniques, about digital marketing, passionate about developing new products at a low cost.

Shreekant Patil earned his Bachelor’s Degree – B.Engg.( Electrical) in 1994 from Amravati University. He diversified in the mechanical field & developed himself up to the mark. He has made a measurable impact over the past 14 years as a passionate engineer for all those who needs the help of resistance spot welding with spot welding shank, projection & seam welding consumables. His manufacturing & marketing activities are as varied as his skills, and they include: working with new customers to help them understand and overcome the existing problem in resistance welding and diagnoses; assisting new customers with understanding their problems in welding, and simply acting as a friend to those who are most in need of one. He has also directly and personally made fewer samples of spot welding consumables for new customers wherever the customer doesn’t have access to raise purchase orders. He has also frequently been asked to speak at presentations of his excellent knowledge to the small business community as well as to appear as the subject of a variety related spot welding material, export activity, and digital marketing – each of which has encouraged hundreds of other small business owners nearby Nashik city. His contribution to others becomes all the more impressive when you consider the many manufacturing & export challenges that he has endured over the years.

He also founded his own mechanical component manufacturing company diversified from the electrical field in Nashik (India) Specialty in 3D busbar, Cold Forging, and Bending Copper Parts. Expert on Internet – digital marketing. Never visited any of the countries and making business with more than 8+ countries (Europe and USA).

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In the 21st century, the world become so small due to globalization and advanced technology. Young people must take advantage of this to join other countries, learn, teach, make business, and love them so many things to be done in a very small life.

Innovative Approach

When Shreekant has started a company in 2004 with a small number of funds, there was a big problem with marketing expenses. Then at that time, he started marketing on the internet, sending letters, catalogs, new development on products, use of his products & many more, sharing knowledge with customers by writing letters & sending by email, at that time social media was not popular, but he used to talk on Google talk & other media which were available. His approach to marketing was quite innovative at that time, low-cost marketing he achieved and got pretty good orders from Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, JBM, Caparo group, etc. And secondly, every time even after receipt of orders, he did R & D in-house, to make products at low cost using different engineering techniques. For example, if one product he is selling at Rs.100, where the raw material is used for Rs.60.000.

In 2004, Mr.Shreekant Patil, who is a qualified graduate engineer but having tremendous confidence, vast knowledge of resistance welding consumables, spot welding guns, robotics, manufacturing, engineering, product development, marketing, and determined about his business, started Paramount Enterprises business with a little amount of fund in the pocket.

Then few bankers kept faith in Shreekant’s confidence, projects s & determination they helped him a lot to set up his business. Initially, Shreekant had very big trouble getting orders from customers, then he started helping & support customers with their problems in the resistance welding area until 2 years.

Slowly, Shreekant added conventionally machined to the production line at Paramount to cater to his products. Developed people from different areas at his work, shared his knowledge, took care of them & their families, stands with them friendly which resulted, in his front office, engineering team, the production team serving Paramount for a decade with love.

After setting up a production line & awarded ISO certification for quality standards, Shreekant upgraded new technology machines like CNC, VMC, Press, and EDM to enhance productivity to be able to cater customers’ timely delivery with quality.

Inspiration – Paramount Enterprises has tied up with one of the leading companies in the United Kingdom, who cater products all over Europe especially Bentley, Ford, Honda, General motors, etc. Early days, they were used to procuring resistance welding parts from China, unfortunately, they had a bad patch due to poor quality supplied by their China partner. Then they approached Paramount Enterprises for better quality and asked if Paramount can match prices too.

Mr.Shreekant has then decided to make such a product with a minimum price to match China’s price with excellent quality which especially European companies prefer. With much hard work, and devotion, he developed such a product and supplied it to his customer in the UK initially.

In little time, the product has been approved by most of the customers in the EU. Presently Paramount makes business with a partner in the EU- almost – 2 Million US dollars every year.

Europe customers are now planning to double business with Paramount next year. Products – Resistance welding consumables, spares: Spot welding electrodes, spot welding shank, spot welding gun arm, robotic welding holders, projection welding electrodes, elkonite electrodes, seam welding wheels, machined parts for spot welding robotic welding, 3D busbar.

Entrepreneur Spirit

Shreekant Patil, a passionate entrepreneur, determined with a positive vision, goal having leadership quality to lead in the market, initiate to take big risks from the beginning. Tremendous willingness to learn new techniques, about digital marketing, passionate about developing new products at a low cost. Due to his willingness of learning, in spite he has done his education in electrical engineering, he started a business in mechanical parts and focused on quality, timely delivery, and marketing (low cost means digital marketing which he started in 2004).

He met most of the CEO in industries and tried to learn new things, about the market, worked on digital marketing, and spread his business to 8 – 10 countries without visiting any country yet, that is the beauty. He conducts training programs for his workforce and college students teaches them digital marketing, and skill development, and shares his all knowledge. He follows that you build people, people build your business and sharing is caring; what he did since the beginning. Recently he got an official graduation certificate from Google on successful completion of a digital marketing course.

First, Shreekant has a big goal since beginning to cater his products all over the world, but initially, any entrepreneur does not have money like he doesn’t so he adopted a low-cost marketing strategy that digital marketing which he learns from Google spending hours without sleep and implemented in his business, which he knew, this digital marketing would be the need of next decade, so this results after 3 years, he got first international order and then he never stopped spread to the USA, Middle East, Asian countries and EUROPE. Now he has focused on Russia. So final talk, digital marketing, this changed way of working and made successful.

Regarding finance, PARENTNashik is very determined to follow a rule, and make a low-cost product with the best quality and timely delivery anywhere on the globe. Keeping low expenses, and monitoring every month yields a company’s every year growth of 20 to 50% on overall growth. As said earlier, the company started from Rs.10, 000 bucks without taking any financial support from any banks. Made credibility in the market, with customers, and then with bankers. This helped the company now, the banker is a financial partner and helping with required funds without collateral. PARENTNashik is an open-minded company, ready to learn new things, implemented that makes the company different from other SMEs. PARENT supports CSR activities. The company makes cultural programs, and family get-together, and encourage the workforce and their children, this makes everybody successful and thus the company.

Shreekant Patil takes opportunities to share his vast experience with students visiting nearby colleges, helping to make more entrepreneurship for new India, startups, and small business to scale up the business to the international level. In due time, Shreekant writes quick notes and key points in his internet column, mentoring entrepreneurs all over the world using the internet. Shreekant has made his success through his devotion, consistency, and hardworking towards the goal and put his footprints on the international map.

Name – Shreekant Patil
Email – shreekant@parentnashik.com
Contact – 9823018722 / 0253-6632483 / 6610298

A man of many creative hats – Adith Fernandes, Co-Owner, Fresh Catch

Since childhood, Adith dreamed of following the footsteps of his father and mother who have made a successful dent in the food and advertising industry. So while youngsters were struggling to choose one line of profession, he had set his mind on two – Restaurateur and Creative Director.

At 27, Adith has already traversed a flourishing career spanning eight years in advertising. He nurtures a  creative streak in every project he takes up. His work attracted mass appeal and industry honour.After graduating in Mass Media from St. Xavier’s College, Adith began his professional career as a  trainee copywriter at the age of 19.

By 22, he represented India at Cannes Lions and won third place in Facebook’s ‘Story in Seconds Film Showcase and by 25, he was one of the youngest creative directors in India. He has created ad campaigns for brands, including Oreo, Mahindra, Blue Star, Burger King, and many more.

Adith has also represented India and won the Young Lotus competition at Ad Fest, Pattaya, Thailand. His name features in the Top 30 Under 30 achievers list in advertising, Young Achiever of the year India at Campaign South Asia Agency of the year awards and is cited to be the Future Leader by the International Advertising Association of India (IAA).

Adith’s first foot into the food industry started at the cash counter in his childhood. His mum made him sit and observe his father run the show. Every alternate night, his father would share dinner with him at Fresh Catch or at home and give his insights and learnings from the restaurant. Today, Adith transforms all these sharings into practical implementations for the brand.

A man of many hats, today he balances both professions with his maverick vision and attention to detail. He proudly says he is an amalgamation of his parents. Adith Fernandes: “Food and advertising have a lot in common. Both need a mad amount of dedication and the perfect dose of masala for a tasty outcome.”

Kunal Khanna-Founder of Vivaldis is the first to treat 12 key therapy areas in companion pets in India

National, July’22: In the last two years the global pet adoption has spiked by 20%. However, most pet parents are struggling to meet their companion pet’s needs which result in financial and emotional losses. This is because there is a massive gap in research and treatments between human and animal healthcare industries. While there are medicines available, most pet parents aren’t even aware of the problems until it is too late. Kunal Khanna, the founder of Vivaldis was the face behind the onset of the largest and the most unique companion pet care services in India. Kunal and his team through a dedication of 7 years discovered 12 key therapy areas in animals that are a
pet parent’s biggest nightmare.

These therapy areas are gut health, cardiology, hepatic care, oncology and even cancer. He paired with 60 pharma brands to treat these therapy areas with in-house developed products. Today, Kunal has established more than 2500 veterinary clinics pan India in over 60 cities in a matter of just 7 years. He bootstrapped his passion project to something more than just a hospital for animals. Vivaldis has in-licensed with 6 major global brands including Bioiberica with whom they launched a number of products for treatment of joints, hair, skin and various other ailments, including hepatic health. They also secured specific nutraceuticals with Rx Vitamins in the USA to treat various disorders related to kidney, liver and cardiac health.

Developing innovations that are effective across a broad landscape is a significant challenge and Khanna has surmounted all hurdles to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the treatments they offer. His focus through this journey has been to constantly develop new formulations and new molecules. He already has a pipeline of products for the next five years that are already in place. His recent foray into the B2C segment with ‘Bark Out Loud’, a range of unique treats, is an extension of his vision to harness opportunities in the pet space. Directed by Devika Khanna, Bark Out Loud co-branded with the Virat Kohli Foundation to produce vegan and hemp products for companion pets.

To grow and thrive within seven years in a fairly niche space is no easy feat. Khanna is not only optimistic but bullish about expanding Vivaldis’ footprint globally and in turn smoothening the route to bringing emerging pharmacological solutions to the market. To that end Mr. Kunal Khanna said, “Our entire team’s focus is to constantly develop new formulations and new molecules catering to the betterment of animal health. We are also aligning a unique line of vegan and hemp products to make healthy treats pleasing to companion pets. The aim is to take Vivaldis global and help companion pets and their parents around the world by dedicating our next 5 years to come up with more formulations that not only treat but also go beyond our 12 key therapy areas”.

Mihir Desai – Meet The Pioneer of Merging Technology With Hospitality

Mihir Desai, a pioneer and leader in hospitality innovation and a trendsetter since its beginning in 2009, has over 18 years of expertise. After starting his career with Monza in 2003, he founded Corum Hospitality in 2008 and revolutionized the market with brands such as Masala Zone, Big Bang Cafe & Bar, TBSE, and his most recent addition, Bar Bank.

The concept for The Bar Stock Exchange sparked during a trip to New York in 2014, when I saw a brewery trading beer like a stock exchange trades stocks, with alcohol prices shown on massive screens fluctuating according to demand; if there were more orders, the price would be higher. TBSE, a concept based on the fundamentals of the stock market and demand and supply.

Mihir’s TBSE stands out for its singular ability to engage people in their menus rather than simply providing a list of drinks with which they can guess. He came back to India and launched a similar enterprise. And, ever since, The Bar
Stock Exchange has captured the imagination of an audience that is always looking for new and fresh ideas. He is the first to discover the tech concept bar, which is based on the simple notion of demand and supply as well as the fundamentals of the stock market, and he is the one who has developed another very fascinating concept — a long-term trading stock at the TBSE and BARBANK.

This enables you to purchase a bottle of your preferred spirit. When you visit Mumbai and Bengaluru, you can trade whenever you want. It stands out for its one-of-a-kind approach to making consumers feel connected with their menus rather than just a list of drinks with which they can play guesswork.

He has managed to make even the most agnostic stock market observers monitor alcohol on an LED screen, the founder of everyone’s favorite drinking spot — The Bar Stock Exchange (TBSE) — has already launched 16 outlets in India across markets of Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and more for exploring the unknown ways one can make food and drink an experience to remember.

If TBSE started the experimentation of how a bar can interact with its customers, Mihir is taking the interaction a few steps ahead with Bar Bank — an open air space of thousands of feet with food trucks, games, and lights — very carnival-like. Seeing a dearth of concept-driven, experiential dining opportunities led him to launch Bar Bank as the largest food truck park in Mumbai, and one of the biggest food truck parks in India.

With Bar Bank, Mihir is creating an ambiance that reminds you of the food truck park experience that you’d get in destinations like London, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Bringing his vision to life in a crowded city like Mumbai was a challenge he took on, and successfully owned.

“I’m very fond of concept bars and since TBSE got such a good response, I wanted to push boundaries with another concept. I thought of food trucks, and combining many of them together. A food truck park at a big scale has never been done in India, and I wanted to achieve that with Bar Bank,” Mihir says. The future of Bar Bank is bright, as Mihir is working towards taking Bar Bank pan India in the near future, with many food truck parks across the country.

Srishti Raai is all set to conquer the unexplored category of the beauty industry along with Bollywood Diva Sonakshi Sinha…

Curated and conceptualised by Srishti Raai and Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha, SOEZI is a contemporary, press-on nail brand that stems from the lack of high-quality beauty products in India.

“Since time immemorial, Indians have had to wait to travel abroad or rely on a relative returning from a foreign country in order to get access to premium-quality beauty products. Being a consumer myself with a resolute interest in fashion and beauty, I had a keen understanding of what people desire and SOEZI is an attempt to deliver the same.”, says Srishti Raai, a lawyer by profession who also holds a Master’s degree in Business Management.

Having completed her Bachelor of Law with Business Studies from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, Raai further attained an MSc in Business Management in her pursuit of entrepreneurship. Her strong inclination toward the fashion and beauty industry, in addition to doing summer internships in her family businesses, motivated her to establish a venture of her own.

Raai says, “I realised that there was a massive gap in the nails segment in India when I was exposed to an international beauty brand selling premium-quality press-on nails in the USA. In fact, I found my true calling while helping my aunt pick out beauty products and came across press-ons. This inspired me to introduce an easily accessible and exclusive press-on nail brand of international standards in India, that’ll make people’s life SOEZI, hence the name.”

Raai’s motivation and Sinha’s quest to find a quick solution to fix all nail emergencies stimulates the innovation-led design, high-quality products and technologically advanced approach of SOEZI. With a crystal-clear focus on being a customer-friendly brand fulfilling all consumer needs in order to encourage repeat purchases, the zestful entrepreneurs have a bifold plan. The first is to introduce people to a reliable, cost-effective and premium-quality press-on nail brand in India that has been developed to deliver a satisfactory customer experience. The second is to cater to all nail enthusiasts who’ve had a disappointing experience with the existing turbulent brands. They aspire to let the product speak for itself and promote unbiased user-generated content.

Envisioned to empower people and let their nails do the talking, Raai and Sinha aim to diminish the fear and myths regarding press-on nails in India with their IT tips that nourish and restore the health of the natural nails. With a vision to make people’s lives ‘SOEZI’ they want to diversify their niche by adding additional verticals in due course and make it a notable brand at par with international standards.

Abhimanyu Singh, a young entrepreneur and a social activist…

Abhimanyu Singh is a member of Bhartiya Janta Party and a young entrepreneur at the helm of the DAH Group and Trustee of Maruti Educational Trust. Having successfully completed his education from the University of Coventry, United Kingdom, where he was awarded degree in Masters in Global Business, today he is deeply involved in serving the people through social initiatives aimed for nation building. He strives to be the voice of India’s youth, and the flag-bearer of Maa Bharti’s pride.

His father Thakur Jaivir Singh is currently a Member of Legislative Assembly(MLA) from the Barauli Vidhan Sabha, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Thakur Jaivir Singh was previously elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly(MLA) from 2002-2007 and was appointed as a Cabinet Minister in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He was re-elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly(MLA) from 2007-2012 and was re-appointed as the Cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He served as a Member of Legislative Council(MLC) from 2012-2017 and then again from 2018-2022.

His mother Smt. Rajkumari Chauhan was a Member of Parliament from the Aligarh Constituency in the the 15th Lok Sabha of India.
Abhimanyu Singh has been raised to serve the people. He upholds his core ideals strongly irrespective of the situation facing him, at the same time as relentless pursuing every objective that he has to accomplish. He brings the perfect amalgamation of innovation through his entrepreneurial idea coupled with idealism and pragmatism of creating livelihood and positive indelible mark into the lives of people.

Hyderabad-based Designer Aaliya Deeba, known for her elegant and bridal collections

Aaliya Deeba is the creative force behind the label ‘Ideebs London’, a brand that has over the years cemented top spot place amongst Hyderabad’s leading Fashion couture Houses.

After completing her Fashion course from London’s Central Saint Martin, Aaliya returned to India and started setting a vision for expanding her studio, which is known as Ideebs London.Aaliya Deeba is respected for her combination of intricate traditional embellishments, flattering silhouettes and attention to detail. Each collection is conceived with glamour, elegance and versatility in mind. This year IDEEBS has launched casual ready to wear diffusion line and in coming day they also plan to launch an e-store where customers across the globe can purchase pret collection. In a short span of 8 years, Aaliya has expanded her label and created an effective and influential place for Ideebs London in the fashion industry.

IDeebs London is synonymous with elegance, grandeur and luxury. Established in 2015, Aaliya Deeba is the founder and creative director behind the label and the fashion house. The brand gained early success because of its intricately detailed, grandeur styled craft, and luxurious bridal wear with customised body-conscious silhouettes. Recently Ideebs has also launched Casual collection. With regularly updated designs, this line is proving to be very successful with cosmopolitan women who do not want to compromise on elegance or quality in their daily wear.

The brand is indispensable for those who will settle for nothing less than international standards of quality and stitching detail in their traditional bridal or casual wear. The design team labours over every detail of their creations, employing intricate hand stitching as well as other classic and modern techniques. This label has an eye on international fashion and its heart in real, accessible clothes that not only look beautiful, but also make the wearer feel confident and radiant. Modern or traditional, heavily worked or elegantly embellished, haute couture or ready to wear prey; everything designed in our studios is timeless and beautiful.

Network marketing changed the life of KD Kuldeep

“Never let success get to your head; never let failure get to your heart” might be a quote that no one knows who wrote, but it tells a lot about how a person should walk the road of success.

One such story is of a simple man from a small village who knew he wanted something big in his life – Mr. Kuldeep Singh, a network marketing entrepreneur and a business coach – a 37-year-old man coming from  Shyampur Jatt (a small village near Hapur), Uttar Pradesh – who always wanted to shift to Delhi and live a different life than his hometown.

Though he did not like studying much, yet wanted to have a larger-than-life experience. The entrepreneur comes from a farmers’ family and a town that emphasizes competitive exams and Army training. Differing from the society that wanted to decide his fate, Mr. Kuldeep came to Delhi as he was offered a job in the DMRC in 2005. However, this was not the happy ending he was aspiring for; life has some more struggles planned for him. The job was a scam, and now he had two options – go back to his hometown and tell everyone he failed or stay in Delhi and make something out of his life. Being a strong-headed person, he decided to stay in the city and figure out his life. To survive in Delhi, he got a job to work as an assistant to a person in water purifying sales and service. At that time, his salary was only Rs 1500 per month.

He tried the taste of different waters and worked in the retail sector – customer service – for some time to sustain his life in Delhi.

In 2011, when he got married to Mrs. Durga Singh, he knew this could not keep going on. He needs to stick to one profession and make something out of it for his family. Mr. Kuldeep and his wife enrolled in a hairstyling course at VLCC in 2014. A year later, they started working in reputed salons as hairstylists, and they knew this was the field they wanted to invest in – with effort and time.

The idea was to make a salon network and grow a brand with people working under them and salon outlets worldwide.

A friend introduced Mr. Kuldeep to the world of Direct network marketing, to which he did not pay much attention in 2014. However, in 2016, that friend convinced Mr. Kuldeep to work with Vestige Marketing Pvt. Ltd, and that is when Mr. Kuldeep thought of giving direct marketing a try.

He started working part-time in the network marketing industry in July 2016. He continued to work as a hairstylist in the salon. However, in November, he quit his job to continue as a network marketer full time.

Dealing in FMCG, health, and wellness products, Mr. Kuldeep has a team of lakhs of people working with him. Some of the family’s incomes have surpassed lakhs in a short period.

Mr. Kuldeep Singh has managed to attain his dream life by venturing into direct selling marketing, and now, he mentors thousands of people to achieve their dreams.

We have often heard that good things take time; they did in the case of this highly motivated entrepreneur. And in the end, it was all worth it. So, if you are a dreamer, believe in your dreams and take that one risk to make it happen.

Nuvoco empowers Women Dealers across the value chain of the Cement Industry

Mumbai, 9^th March 2022: Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd., the fifth largest cement player in India and the largest cement company in East India, in terms of capacity, plans to celebrate and commemorate Women’s Day by acknowledging the efforts of their female leaders and associates, women dealers and beneficiaries of sustainability programmes. In a largely male-dominated industry, the company has been constantly encouraging women dealers to build their businesses. At present, the company has 200 plus Women Dealers and the count is rising. The company plans to highlight its achievements across the cement industry with the goal of nurturing a more diverse workforce.

Commenting on this initiative, Madhumita Basu, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Nuvoco Vistas, said, “The company is proud of its female employees and dealers and acknowledges their continued effort and drive in the building materials industry. Particularly, in the cement industry, female dealers have emerged as some of our most successful partners with highly motivated and driven performances. An inclusive environment will encourage more female aspirants to join the industry workforce and broaden the decision-making cohort. The rise of women dealers in a male-dominated industry also indicates a welcome change in the mindset.” 

Manisha Kelkar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Nuvoco Vistas, added, “Over the years, we have seen women take the initiative in various fields. Nuvoco has always encouraged gender parity to ensure more diversity and inclusion in the workplace. This Women’s Day, we celebrate their achievements and those of our remarkable women employees who have played a crucial role in the growth of the company.”

The company has over 200 women dealers, of which approx. 70 percent operated in the eastern markets while the rest are in the northern market. The company has also made a conscious effort to encourage women employees to join the workforce. Currently, more than 10% of the leadership positions are represented by the female workforce – in an industry that has been over the decades, largely male-dominated.

Promoting Women Empowerment:

Women empowerment is one of the key pillars of Nuvoco’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. The company has implemented several projects under its Saksham Bharat theme, an important pillar in Nuvoco’s CSR commitments. Amongst them, a few leading projects are – Project Aakriti, to support women from economically backward families from villages, which started from Chittor and has now expanded to other locations as well; Project Samriddhi, to support women farmers from underprivileged villages near its Mejia Cement Plant and Project Daksh, to support.

vocational skill development of girls from economically backward families in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. The women’s self-help group, in Project Aakriti, oversees the supply of safety jackets to Nuvoco’s cement plants and other local vendors as well; while in Project Samriddhi, 450 women farmers have federated to form Sanchari Women Farmer Producer Company Limited. Project Daksh has trained more than 200 girls during the past 2 years and placed them with reputed organizations. All these projects have empowered women economically and socially and reduced their vulnerability in society.