Programme helps women hone entrepreneurship skills

WEDP has enabled women in Rajasthan take up start-up projects with profitable outcomes

A series of women’s entrepreneurship development programmes (WEDP) 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. The guidance has enabled them to take up start-up projects with profitable outcomes. Most of the WEDPs were designed in a manner to train potential women entrepreneurs and were run in a hybrid mode to provide blended learning opportunities. 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. The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) here has conducted the programmes. 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.