Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Stella Maris College, supported by NSTEDB, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. Of India, will be conducting a women entrepreneurship training programme for a period of four weeks from September 16 – October 15, 2009 at Stella Maris College campus, Chennai.

The programme would focus on training the women to become successful entrepreneurs and would also impart skill development training on preparation of herbal products such as herbal shampoo, pain balm, fairness cream, face wash and processing and preservation of fruits/vegetables such as preparation of juice, jam and pickles. The participants would also be trained on jewellery designing.

The trainees would be given intense training in both theoretical and practical aspects in setting up an enterprise. The officials from Industries, Banks, MSME, KVIC and Institutes, would help the trainees in formulating the financial aspects and assist the trainees in identifying the various schemes available for Women Entrepreneurs to start a Micro Enterprise.

It will also cover topics such as guidelines to prepare business project proposal, importance of market analysis and identification of entrepreneurial opportunities. For details, contact Dr.Geetha Swaminathan,Vice Principal and Project Advisor,EDC, Stella Maris College.Ph: 044-28111987/ 28111951.E mail: [email protected].