Resources, Social Entrepreneurship

Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme

The Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme for international students

The Tata Group, one of India’s largest private sector conglomerates,  announced the Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme (TISES) for an international student internship programme with Tata Group’s community initiatives in India. The Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) each with the University of California, Berkeley, USA and the University of Cambridge, UK. The primary objective of TISES is to provide international students a chance to work in community initiative projects of the Tata Group in India and thereby promote international understanding.

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Business Ideas, News, Resources

Tata Second Career Internship Program for Women

  • Begun in June 2008, Tata SCIP is a career transition management programme for professionals
  • Tata SCIP is not a job. It is an intermediary programme aimed at developing alternative talent pools in traditional/non-traditional formats and facilitating career transitions
  • Tata SCIP II, once again focuses on women professionals who have taken a career break but offers an extended opportunity in terms of professional categories
  • Tata Group companies provide live business projects covering approx 500 hours engagement spread over 6 months on a flexi time basis

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Click here for e-booklet on SCIP

News, Resources

10,000 Women Entrepreneurs Certificate Programme

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurs Certificate Programme

Launched by Goldman Sachs, 10,000 Women is a global initiative that will increase the number of under-served women receiving a business and management education. This initiative is built on the premise that partnerships between education, development and business experts can help bring about significant change through improved business education for women.

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Courtesy : Kersi Limathwalla / Jehangir Bisney

Networking, News, Portals, Resources

IT Power for SMEs

bMighty: IT Power for Small and Midsize Business

bMighty.com is an online resource for small and midsize business and IT decision makers. We help smaller companies leverage technology to fight above their weight class and compete with bigger, better-financed contenders.

Unlike other sites, bMighty.com focuses full-time on the unique IT information needs of smaller businesses. We connect the dots between the technology and business problem you’re trying to solve, and we make it easier by filtering out consumer and enterprise content that isn’t relevant to your business.

More than that, we intend to become a vital part of the small and midsize business community. bMighty.com doesn’t just cover smaller companies; we celebrate them, advocate for them and try to empower them through technology. Our goal is to help smaller companies Be as Mighty as they can be.

That’s why bMighty.com is the only place to find:

  • Bloggers who not only point out the most relevant news and information, but also explain why it matters to smaller companies
  • The bMighty ANTenna, providing context and timely links to the latest news for smaller businesses from around the Web
  • How-to technology advice, tips and tricks from a business solutions perspective
  • Business content from a technology perspective, with whitepapers, business tools and directories
  • Reviews analyzing the products, technologies and standards best suited for smaller companies
  • Celebrations of real companies and leaders that have successfully used technology to beat the competition
  • An exclusive Technology Service Provider Locator with more than 200,000 solution provider locations to help find the right vendor based on your location, industry, technology needs and company size
  • A vibrant, participatory community where you can interact with bloggers, columnists, surveys and research, online forums, Webcasts and podcasts

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Finance, Marketing, Networking, News, Resources

Consultancy & Advisory Services

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

Finance, News, Resources, Startups

Government Assistance to SMEs

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

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Networking, Portals, Resources

National Entrepreneurship Network

The National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), founded in 2002, is a not-for-profit initiative of the Wadhwani Foundation, working to inspire, educate and support the next generation of high-growth entrepreneurs in India.

NEN was co-founded by five of India’s premier academic institutions: IIT Bombay; IIM Ahmedabad; SP Jain Institute, Bombay; IBAB, Bangalore and BITS Pilani. Over the past three years, NEN’s focus on introducing a new paradigm in entrepreneurship education in India — and its innovative method of doing so — has made it its leading catalyst on campuses across India.

NEN’s ultimate goal is to help launch thousands of new entrepreneurs, who in turn will create hundreds of thousands of much-needed valuable jobs for India.

Resources

Endeavor India

Endeavor is transforming the economies of emerging markets by identifying and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. Endeavor differentiates itself from others in the entrepreneurship-support sphere in two critical ways:


WHO WE IDENTIFY

Endeavor only targets entrepreneurs with innovative business models and high-impact potential.

HOW WE SUPPORT THEM

Endeavor provides its entrepreneurs with the world-class support they need to achieve the greatest impact.

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