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Dr Sehrish inaugurates workshop for intermediaries of SAATH scheme

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 9/25/2021 12:56:15 PM

5000 rural women to be benefitted among whom 100 to receive upscale mentoring

Srinagar, Sep 24 After being inaugurated by the Lieutenant Governor in the first week of this month the Mission Director, JKRLM, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar today inaugurated the workshop for the functionaries implementing the ‘SAATH’ program here. The ‘SAATH' initiative is a rural enterprise acceleration program for the Self Help Group (SHG) women in J&K. Under the program both the intermediaries and prospective entrepreneurs would initially be trained for taking their businesses to the next level of success. On the occasion the MD , JKRLM said that the intention and purpose of the program is that rural women are benefitted tremendously. She said that this new initiative is a step above our routine functioning. She observed that such a program has been fashioned for capacity building of all the stakeholders including JKRLM functionaries and the rural SHG women for making this program a success. The MD also impressed upon the trainees to take full advantage of the program so that they have complete awareness about the queries of these women entrepreneurs. She asked them to be the role models for these women so that they would excel in the enterprises they are involved in. She said that this program has an objective of creating successful entrepreneurs out of small time, self employed, rural women. Dr Sehrish further asked them that lot of efforts had been invested on part of JKRLM to strategize, evolve and rollout this program. She mentioned that the best trainees from India SME Forum had been arranged to make best out of this initiative. She encouraged them to learn more so that this would happen to be watershed for the future generation of entrepreneurs.