DC Shikha & 10 women entrepreneurs feted during the seminar
Mysuru :
‘Women should shun inhibition and become entrepreneurs to help solve unemployment in the country,’ suggested Sudhakar S. Shetty, Chairman, District Co-ordination Committee, FKCCI.
He was speaking as the chief guest at the seminar on ‘Women Entrepreneurship Development’ organised by Women In Small Enterprise (WISE), the Women’s Wing of Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), which commenced this morning at the Quorum Hotel on Vinoba Road here which was organised as part of International Women’s Day.
About 150 budding women entrepreneurs participated in the seminar where they were made aware on various topics pertaining to women entrepreneurs by several Resource Persons.
Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha inaugurated the seminar.
Addressing the gathering, Sudhakar Shetty pointed out that a soft loan at 4% interest was being offered upto Rs.50 lakh for women entrepreneurs and hence suggested women to make best use of the scheme.
Stating that the government too was providing good schemes for women entrepreneurs, he said that FKCCI too was offering good support for women to set up industries.
Shikha and ten women entrepreneurs — N.C. Chandana, Kavitha Sanjay, Jayashri Venkatesh, Kalpana Surendra, Smrithi, Veda Rai, Vyshali Hanumanthu, Lalitha S. Ramannanavar, Jayalakshmi Lingaraj and Shashikala Ashok — were felicitated on the occasion with shawl, garland and citation.
Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) President A.S. Satish, Vice-President N.H. Jayanth, Treasurer Srisaila Ramannanavar, Women In Small Enterprise (WISE) President Gayatri Keshava Rao, Vice-President Vasantha Kumari, Treasurer Malini Srinivasan, DIC Mysuru Joint Director Ramakrishna Gowda and others were present on the occasion.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / March 28th, 2016