Programme helps Rajasthan women hone entrepreneurship skills
3 years, 6 months ago

Programme helps Rajasthan women hone entrepreneurship skills

The Hindu  

A series of women’s entrepreneurship development programmes launched by a Jaipur-based research institution has helped a number of women in Rajasthan overcome barriers to business creation and self-employment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women were exposed to business theories and practices in several sectors, touching upon aspects such as developing business models, financial and operational planning, market research and funding sources. CIIE chairperson Sheenu Jain said here on Thursday that several nascent start-ups in the State had commenced the work on a small scale and the women running them had honed up their entrepreneurial skills. Reenu Purohit, who has launched an online application, ‘To Help’, for personalised consultation to women about pelvic health, said it would serve the purpose of utilising assistive equipment and deal with the issues of puberty, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder among women.

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