Jammu and Kashmir: Youth setting examples for rest of the nation by venturing into new business models

Rameez Raja, a young Kashmiri entrepreneur, has launched cultural mud houses in the Gandar Ball area and Kangan area to attract tourists, reports ANI.

So far, the houses have been constructed with locally sourced materials.

He describes this initiative of building beautiful and aesthetically constructed houses ‘Kulub mud houses’.

Raja said that the idea came to his mind after the tourists expressed the desire to see a display of local culture.

“The tourists visiting the place wanted a display of local culture, from there only, we got this idea and worked on it,” Raja told ANI.

Soni Gilani, another young entrepreneur from the valley has opened a new fashion outlet and cupcake bakery and confectionery.

he had gone She opened her venture after returning to the Valley from the UK where  to study.

Kashmir Entrepreneurship Conclave 2022 recently invited 500 applications for investing in Kashmir for business purposes.

Sheikh Ashiq Ahmed, the Chairman of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that they want to keep the youth engaged in such events.

“We are focusing on these kinds of youth-oriented programmes and events so that we can keep them busy and engaged,” Ahmed told ANI.