Microfinance

Tripura-born Chandra Shekhar Ghosh started Bandhan Konnagar in 2001 with the aim to move beyond awareness and empower the rural population, particularly women. Through various financial inclusion and healthcare programmes, Bandhan Bank has around 2 crore customers.

Such was his reverence of her work that former Prime Minister, AB Vajpayee, bent down to touch the feet of this incredible woman. #Respect #RealLifeHeroine #PadmaShri

Today, nearly 5 million women are a part of Kudumbashree, making it the world’s largest women empowerment project. And all this in a state one-tenth the size of California.

Across the country, livestock and beasts of burden are one of the top 3 income sources for families – after farming and manual labour.

Through his micro financing model, he is not only empowering villagers but also giving them an opportunity to earn better livelihoods.

Venkat and Vijaya Iyer, a retired couple living in Bangalore, have devoted their lives to the betterment of slum dwellers in their neighbourhood.

D. Paul Sathianathan, CEO of GUARDIAN, a microfinance institution and a not-for-profit organisation with no capital, talks about their work of providing loans to the society to ensure access to clean water and toilet facilities in every household.