Women Entrepreneurs 2012

Management Development Programme by IIM-U for Women Entrepreneurs 2012 Concludes

The Management Development Program (MDP) by IIM-U for Women Entrepreneurs 2012 concluded on a successful note on 23rd May, 2012.

Photo of Youngest IIM Udaipur First graduates.

In relation to Udaipurblog’s previous IIM-U update | Dated : 9 March,2012 [MDP for Women Entrepreneurs by IIM- U]

This Management Development Program was aimed at helping women entrepreneurs to identify viable business opportunities and develop a feasible and sustained plan for their proposed or existing enterprises.

“Twenty-one participants participated in the program from all over India and it was great honor for all of us to be a part of IIM Udaipur. It was great learning from IIM. Now we all are going to implement this in our Business.”

– says Raksha Jain (a part of the program)

This MDP’s initiative was taken By IIM’s Director Mr.Janat Shah.The courses offered during the program included : Entrepreneurial Orientation, Business planning to Budgeting, Costing to Managing people, Negotiation and Networking skills.

These courses were co-ordinated by some of the finest faculty like Prof. Soumya Sarkar and Prof. Anjana Vivek.

Women Entrepreneurship is not a new idea in India. Women have always been at the forefront in running businesses whether it is a small beauty salon at home or managing a MNC. To honour womanhood, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, IIM Udaipur rolls out its first Management Development Programme (MDP) for Women Entrepreneurs 2012.

The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IIMU is the authority conducting the MDP which is aimed at women entrepreneurs to help them identify viable business opportunities and develop a feasible and sustained plan for their proposed or existing enterprises. The courses offered during the program, which consists of two cycles from April 9th to April 25th and May 14th to May 23rd, range from Entrepreneurial Orientation, Business planning to Budgeting, Costing to Managing people, Negotiation and Networking skills. Co-ordinated by some of the finest faculty which includes Prof Soumya Sarkar and Prof Anjana Vivek, the participants have an opportunity to submit their Business Plan to the class and also to panel of experts who will provide suggestions to the Plan.

The best Business Plan will be recognized and the winner will be given a certificate. Also all the participants will be presented with a certificate at the completion of programme. There is a special provision for scholarship for participants from Rajasthan. IIM Udaipur hopes to use this platform to create more women Entrepreneurs like Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Shehnaz Hussain.

For further details please visit:

http://www.iimu.ac.in/mdp-women-entre-2012/