Capacity Building Program for Woman under Skill Satellite Centre at Guwahati Biotech Park (GBP)

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Technology Development and Utilization Program for Women (TDUPW)

Empowering Rural India Through Skills & Innovation

The Skill Satellite Centre at Guwahati Biotech Park (GBP) has been established to initiate Capacity Building Programs for Women, which aimed at empowering women through skill development, entrepreneurship training, and hands-on experience in various biotech and allied sectors.

This initiative aligns with the Government of India’s vision of women-led development and aims to enhance inclusive growth in the North East region by tapping into the potential of women in science, technology, and entrepreneurship sectors.

 

Advantages of Skill Satellite Centre

• Saves commuting time and takes care of transportation problem prevalent in the community
• Convenient learning time as women in rural India has very limited time available with them, along with the responsibility of other household chores. DSIR satellite centre will allow them to join such programs according to their convenience and time availability
• Caters to more number of beneficiaries
• Safety assurance to parents, spouses, siblings.
• Broader curriculum covering financial literacy and Entrepreneurship Development Course.

 

Objectives of Skill Satellite Centre

• To provide vocational skills to women that give employability to women and enable them to supplement their family income as well as enhancing their self esteem in the society.
• To provide technical competencies and skills that enable women to become self employed/entrepreneurs
• Capacity Building of women or groups of women (Self Help Group mode) to take up employment or income generation of their own.
• To help them learn new technology based skills that will improve their efficiency and productivity.
• Mobilize women in viable groups and render facilities such as access to credit, acquisition of productive assets etc.
• To help women trained under the project to set up their own enterprise.

 

Support by the Skill Satellite Centres

• Customized training, among other tools and resources
• Trained mentors who will help women entrepreneurs overcome business challenges
• Capacity building through educational programs, accelerated strategies to access finance and markets, innovation, and bootstrapping techniques
• Education on how to use technology for enhancing productivity and reducing drudgery.
• Opportunity to develop a business model/entrepreneurship.
• Sector-specific exposure.
• Networking opportunities

 

Unlock your potential with expert-led courses

Skill Development Training Programs

• Setting Up of Mushroom Spawn Culture Lab
• Mushroom cultivation.
• Preparation of value-added products. commercialization and marketing
• Low-cost organic compost/ Bio-fertilizer production.

SCAN to Join our dynamic Skill Satellite Centre, a hub for hands-on training, mentorship, and rural innovation.

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Address:

Skill Satallite Centre, Guwahati Biotech Park,
near SP Office, Amingaon,
Guwahati, Assam 781031,
Phone: 9954757390/ 8638181323
www.dsir.gov.in>
Mail us at: b.choudhury.ssc@gmail.com

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