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Mr. Jagdeesh Shettar, Honourable Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries, Karnataka with his encouraging words to the Micro and medium entrepreneurs said, \u201cNavodyami has created a beautiful platform for the micro and medium entrepreneurs called Sante and this bigger version of Sante at the right time offers great scope both for buyers and sellers. Educating micro and small entrepreneurs to sail in the right direction is also an important aspect; Deshpande Foundation does the checks and balances to help entrepreneurs to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minister Shettar also urged all the interested people at the gathering to utilize the utmost benefits that government and NGOs like Deshpande Foundation provides.<\/p>\n
Mr. Aravind Bellad, member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly; Mr. Basavaraj Horatti, MLC and Former Chairman Legislative Council; Mr. P Nagesh, Joint Director, District Industries Centre, Dharwad; Dr. Gururaj Desh Deshpande, Founder, Deshpande Foundation; Dr. Jaishree Deshpande, Co-Founder, Deshpande Foundation; Mr. Vivek Pawar, CEO, Deshpande Foundation; Iranna Rotte, Deputy Director, Navodyami Program, Deshpande Foundation were present at the inauguration ceremony of Navodyam\u2019s Mega Utsav.<\/p>\n
Navodyami Mega Utsav provided a larger market to micro and medium entrepreneurs, increase their income ranges. 66 micro and medium entrepreneurs displayed their stalls for four days and the sale work Rs.30,45,950 was done during the period of Mega Utsav.<\/p>\n
Navodyami team recognized nine micro-entrepreneurs for their achievements in different categories which include best manufacturer, best sellers, and highest employment creation, active participation and supporting entrepreneurs and issued the achievement certificates on the occasion.<\/p>\n
For the growth of micro-entrepreneurs, financial is very essential, so the Navodyami team has also issued \u2018Provisional Sanction letters\u2019 to eight micro-entrepreneurs with the support of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank and Canara Bank.<\/p>\n The mentorship sessions were facilitated by Dr. Hemalatha Potadar, HOD, department of food processing and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and Mr. Manjunanth Pujar, Owner, Shri Matha Nutri Foods on Food processing, quality, packaging, value addition, food safety rules, and license. 30 plus micro-entrepreneurs benefited from the session.<\/p>\n Session on textile business and awareness on innovative cloths bags was facilitated by Mr. Veeresh Davale, Deputy Director, Handloom & Textile Department; Ms. Sadhana Kallolli, Head, Textile Department, Collage of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad; Ms. Jyothi Vastrad, Professor, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and Mr. Nagaraj Talawar, Uday Garments. Around 100 micro-entrepreneurs benefited from this session.<\/p>\n Deshpande Educational Trust students; Kannada and Cultural Department\u2019s Mr. Mahadev Sattigeri, Lead Program and Kannada Kogile Singers – Shravan Kumar and Revathi Anilkumar entertained the audience of the Mega Utsav at the cultural events held during the evenings of the Mega Utsav.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Recognition](\"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mega-Utsav-pic-_-3-Provisional-saction-letter-given.jpg\")