Rural Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme – Phase I
CKPrahalad Centre for Emerging India (CKPC) conducted REAP (Rural Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme) Phase I for aspiring rural youth and women entrepreneurs at the AHAL Centre on 16th December 2023. The programme objective was to enable SHG women, youth, Dalits, immigrants, and rural women to develop their ideas into business proposals. 26 rural youth and women belonging to Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai attended this programme. Mr. Arul, Chief Manager SME, SBI and Mr. Raymond, Relationship Manager, SBI addressed the gathering and discussed the several programmes available to Small Business Entrepreneurs to create their business, clarifying the significance of proposals and what documentation is needed to obtain bank financing. Seven participants who earlier won prizes in Start-up Mela 2023 were then asked to pitch their ideas to the SBI Team. After the event the CKPC Team interacted with the new set of women and youth aspirants about the need for innovation in business ideas to solve the problem and also make a business out of it.