Rita Sengupta
The Founding Collective (as page says); Ela Bhatt led registrationFounder of Udyogini
Rita Sengupta is the the founding collective (as page says); ela bhatt led registration of Udyogini (1992)[1], an Indian non-profit working on women & children and livelihood from New Delhi.
Udyogini
For over three decades Udyogini has turned rural women into entrepreneurs, building value chains around local produce and village-level retail centres that create market linkages. Working currently in six states, it has supported more than 48,000 women, added climate-resilient enterprise to its portfolio, and teaches business skills through its School of Enterprise.
Udyogini reports the following, on its own site:
- 48015 Women Entrepreneurs
- 27704 Youth Trained
- 224369 Lives Touched
- 48K+ Women Empowered
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
- 1992
- Press
- 0
References
- [1] “Born under the World Bank's Women's Micro Enterprise Management Outreach Programme, Udyogini became an independent Indian organisation in 1992, registered under the Societies Registration Act under the leadership of Ela Bhatt . It was never the effort of a single founder, but a collective institutional commitment to women's economic futures.” — Udyogini. Source
We record a founder only where the organisation's own site or a published article says so, and cite it above. We don't publish personal details.
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