Author: yazdi

Business Ideas, Networking, News, People / Stories, Social Entrepreneurship

e-Choupal from ITC

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A powerful illustration of corporate strategy linking business purpose to larger societal purpose, e-Choupal leverages the Internet to empower small and marginal farmers – who constitute a majority of the 75% of the population below the poverty line.

By providing them with farming know-how and services, timely and relevant weather information, transparent price discovery and access to wider markets, e-Choupal enabled economic capacity to proliferate at the base of the rural economy.

Today 4 million farmers use e-Choupal to advantage – bargaining as virtual buyers’ co-operatives, adopting best practices, matching up to food safety norms. Being linked to futures markets is helping small farmers to better manage risk. e-Choupal has been specially cited in the Government of India’s Economic Survey of 2006-07, for its transformational impact on rural lives.

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Books

World eBook Fair

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Welcome to the 4th Annual
World eBook Fair
July 4th to August 4th
Download Your Selections from (2,000,000 PDF eBooks)
Two Million eBooks Titles

Our goal is to provide Free public access for a month to 2 Million eBooks. During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library.

Click Here for a reader’s delight

Finance, Marketing, Networking, News, Resources

Consultancy & Advisory Services

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Rajasthan Chamber Of Commerce & Industry
Rajasthan Chamber Bhawan, M.I.Road, Jaipur – 302 003 (India)

Rajasthan Chamber Of Commerce & Industry (RCCI) is today an Apex Organization for development of industry, Trade & Commerce environment in the Rajasthan State. RCCI was set up u/s 25 of the Companies Act as No Profit Organisation. It has grown to a Multi division, Multi activity, Multi faculty Organization, well equipped to cater needs of Industries and Financial Institutions in the changed economic scenario.

RCCI has been regularly providing professional Consultancy & Advisory services for Large, Medium and Small Industries/Enterprises at low cost in the following areas:

1.    Making Business Plans;
2.    Developing Marketing Strategies and Implementation of Marketing Plans;
3.    Marketing Research & Development for Products & Services;
4.    Making Feasibility/Detailed Project Reports;
5.    Project Appraisals;
6.    Evaluation of Projects/Impact Studies;
7.    Rehabilitation/Revival Studies;
8.    Energy Conservation/Management Studies;
9.    Stock Audits, Material Management;
10.    Loan Syndication and Follow up Services;
11.    Human Resource Development Paradigms;
12.    Export Management;
13.    Training including EDPs, REDPs & Cluster Development;
14.    Trainings and Placements;
15.    Poverty Alleviation- Income Generating Activities;
16.    Rural Development and
17.    Women Empowerment

The Cell is headed by Sh. Deepak Verma,IITan and Ex-Managing Director, RAJCON

You are requested to avail our professional low cost Professional Consultancy and Advisory Services

Gram    : CHAMBER
Phone    : 2565163,2567899,2574714,2562189
Fax    : +91-141-2561419, 2562610
Email    : info@rajchamber.com
Visit at    :    www.rajchamber.com

Business Ideas, Motivations

The Sixth Sense

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Shape of things to come.

Very interesting especially as the project is being  spear-headed at  M.I.T’s lab by one  Pranav  Mistry.

No buttons to press, no switches to click, just think what information you want and it is projected  in front of you   Please click on the  link below and listen. Soon you may not even have to click on the link to open, just think and it will open.

Incredible indeed.

Enjoy.



Motivations, Networking, News

Exporting The Enterprise Idea

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There is no better example of this accretion of ideation, mentoring and nurturing of entrepreneurial talent than Silicon Valley. Always aspired to but never replicated in its entirety by many regions of the world, this sliver of land represents much more than a geographical location — it’s actually a state of mind. A seminar held recently at Stanford, co-sponsored by the Hoover Institution and the Kauffman Foundation, took today’s challenging times into perspective.  Read more in this issue of Tehelka – Click here

Finance, News, Resources, Startups

Government Assistance to SMEs

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Government Assistance to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) – Financial and Promotional

An interesting Powerpoint Presentation by Ms. Dolly Dhamodiwalla (dolzeen@gmail.com),  Senior Researcher at S P Jain Institute of Management.

Covers :

  • Definition of MSMEs
  • Thrust Areas for Promotion of MSMEs
  • National Level Organisations for Support to MSMEs
  • Schemes for New and Existing Enterprises
  • Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small enterprises (CGTMSE)
  • …. and much more

Click here for the presentation.

Finance

Special Microfinance Scheme from Zoroastrian Bank

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The Zoroastrian Co-op. Bank Ltd. (ZCBL) has announced a Special MicroFinance Scheme for Entrepreneurs in India. Under this scheme, a special MicroFinance Fund of Rs.5 crores has been set up, out of which they will be financing Entrepreneurs, to help them set up a new business / service / profession or enhance their existing ventures. The lending will be in the form of a Term Loan upto a maximum amount of Rs.10 lakhs per borrower, for setting up business/for equipments, machinery, furniture etc. Margin will be fixed on case to case basis depending on the financial status of the applicant.

Repayments will be spread over a maximum period of 60 months by way of fixed EMI’s. The rate of interest will vary on a case to case basis. The principal assets financed by the bank will be taken as prime security. Collateral security / guarantor may be waived in special cases. The proposals under this Scheme may be directly sent to Mr. Tehmasp K Bharucha, Senior Vice President, ZCBL, Email : tbharucha@zcbl.in Tel. Nos.  09422004707 / 66661010.

Young Zoroastrians are requested to avail of this generous and unique scheme themselves, and also pass it on to their Zoroastrian friends / relatives, who are desirous of starting / growing their businesses.

Business Ideas, People / Stories

5 Things About Entrepreneurship I Wish I Knew Earlier

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Visit Amazon.com, query Entrepreneurship, and instantly you have over 50,000 resources at your fingers. Hundreds of thousands of articles, books, and seminars explaining what it is, tools to help you to analyze whether you have the necessary skills, and how-to guides on being a successful entrepreneur. The problem is, very few resources share the true ups and downs of the process. Throughout my entrepreneurial journey I wish I had more candid reflections from entrepreneurs on the long-term process of starting a venture, the day-to-day emotions, and maybe suggestions on what to do when doubt sets in. In hopes of providing that to another, below are five things I have come to accept as part of entrepreneurship, but I never found outlined in any book….. Read More

People / Stories, Social Entrepreneurship

Ashta no Kai – Bicycle Bank Project

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The Japanese name, Ashta no Kai, means ‘‘for a better future’’ and these girls owe a great deal to Armene Modi, founder-chairperson of ANK.
ANK has been working for the promotion of literacy, health and development in these villages since 1998. But it was only in October last that it hit upon the idea of starting a ‘bicycle bank’ to curb the number of school drop-outs among girls. Geeta Phatak, project officer, says: ‘‘At present, there are only five high schools in these villages. Lack of transport, bad roads prevented many from sending their daughters to pursue higher education in distant villages.’’

For More information Click these links :

http://infochangeindia.org/20021011255/Education/Features/Have-cycle-will-study.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/12501286.cms

Armene Modi can be contacted on armene.modi@gmail.com

Ashta no Kai – Bicycle Bank Project Part 1

Ashta no Kai – Bicycle Bank Project Part 2