Jammu and Kashmir: JKEDI Budgam trains 28 women under Tejaswini scheme

The EDPs were held at Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship DevelopmentInstitute (JKEDI) District Centre, Budgam with effect from March 18 to April 07,2022 in which 28 women aspirants within the age group of 18-35 years weretrained for self-employment and entrepreneurship development.

The candidates were trained for services and agri-allied activities under theTejaswini- the Radiant scheme of the Mission Youth J&K. Each training programbased on simulations lasted for 10 days and the trainees were provided basicbusiness training to help them establish small business ventures like retail outletsof footwear, readymade garments, boutiques, salons, electrical good, provisionalstores, Pashmina weaving and dairy farms in different areas of Budgam.

The trained youth hailed from Beerwah, Chadoora, Soibugh, Sebdan, Magam etc.areas of Budgam district.

A field visit of the trainees to the successful business ventures in Budgam districtwas also part of the training program.

Officials from the J&K Bank and District Employment and Counseling Centre,Budgam were invited as guest faculty to brief the participant trainees aboutdifferent facets of the livelihood generation scheme.

An interaction and experience sharing of a successful entrepreneur sponsored byJKEDI was also part of the program to motivate these young aspirants towards self-employment.

The program was coordinated by JKEDI District Centre, Budgam while the trainingwas imparted by a team of trainers including AshanQadir, CommunicationAssociate, Waseem Raja, Assistant Faculty and Bilal Ahmad Dar, Assistant Faculty.

Tejaswini scheme is a customized livelihood generation scheme for women withinthe age group of 18-35 years with a minimum qualification of 10th pass andabove.