rural entrepreneurship

Hariom Nautiyal quit his corporate career and went back to his village in Dehradun. Starting from scratch, he set up ‘Dhanya Dhenu’ to sell dairy products, pickles, candies, and ice cream.

Sushma Devi is the recipient of a microbusiness grant from School of Hope & Empowerment, a combined initiative by The Better India and TATA Communications’ CSR team.

Sometimes poverty is not just the lack of money, it is the lack of knowledge and the opportunity to grow.

In an effort to empower rural India with tech intervention, ICICI Bank has digitised 100 villages in 100 days and dedicated this achievement to the nation.

Josephine Selvaraj is ensuring empowerment of women in rural India using bee-farming and bee-keeping.

From education to entrepreneurship, Hirbaiben Lobi's efforts to improve the socio-economic status of her community is proof that obstacles like illiteracy and poverty are easily overcome in the pursuit of rural empowerment and upliftment.