Kelsang Tsering A 41-year old female teacher from Kollegal who wants to manufacture
and sell peanut butter in Tibetan settlements across South India. We were impressed by her due diligence- she had already done initial market research, manufactures peanut butter sample at home, looked into machine needs and
thought about the manufacturing process, machinery needs, marketing ideas etc. From the grant, Kelsang intends to buy the equipment required to start off her business.

It will enable you to:

 

Get Professional Business Management Training: Candidates who are selected (up to 30 candidates will be selected from the applications received) will be invited to a fully-sponsored business training. This will be conducted by professors of the prestigious S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai

 

Get Ready-to-Use Skills: You will learn Business Management skills essential to start a business. This will include: how to set-up operations, how to raise investment, how to market and create a consumer base, and so on.

 

Learn from Practical Tips: To help you get practical solutions to business problems, the course will be packed with case studies of start-up and growth problems that real businesses have faced.

 

Make your own business plan: And at the end of the 7-day course you will be guided to use your newly acquired skills to make your own business plan and growth goals for the year.

 

Opportunity to get Rs 1 Lakh: Out of all the candidates 5 top performers will be chosen by a jury at the end of the course. These 5 candidates will receive a grant of Rs 1 lakh each as seed fund for their business.

 

Get Business Mentoring at Your Office (till 31 July 2013): The based on the business plan you make, business advisors from TechnoServe (TNS) India will assist 10 top performers with timely advice and mentoring till 31 July 2013, to achieve their growth goals.