JOIN A 2014 INDIA DEVELOPMENT MARKETPLACE INFORMATION SESSION TODAY!

Need more information on the Development Marketplace’s grant competition and/or application process? The World Bank’s DM Team will be hosting three information sessions in Kolkata, Guwahati, and Shillong to discuss ideal candidates, the application process, and the various benefits and capacity building that will be awarded to grantees. You can meet with the World Bank DM team, get help with your proposal, and meet with previous DM grant winners to discuss how the DM helped to forward their projects. BE ADVISED, there is a limited number of seats available at these sessions, so REGISTER TODAY!

Kolkata, West Bengal: 26th February 2014:

  • Venue: The Senator Hotel (Sapphire Room, The Senator Hotel, 15 Camac Street, Kolkata)
  • Time: 2.00 pm -5.00 pm
  • Register here!

Guwahati, Assam: 27th February 2014:

  • Venue: NEDFi House (Conference Hall, NEDFi House, G. S. Road, Dispur, Guwahati)
  • Time: 1.30pm -4.30pm
  • Register here!

Shillong, Meghalaya: 28th February 2014:

  • Venue: Asian Confluence (Lady Veronica Lane, Nongkynrih, Laitumkhrah, Shillong)
  • Time: 9.30am -12.30pm
  • Register here!

Case Studies

Rangsutra

Envisaged as a bridge between artisans and consumers, Rangsutra works with small producer groups based in remote villages and towns in around 9 locations across the Indian states of Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Assam. It strengthens economic security in vulnerable communities by empowering members to create top quality hand made products which are then sourced and marketed to urban consumers through leading retailers.

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    We feel honoured, we are a young enterprise and being recognized by an institution like World Bank is a great feeling. We are pretty enthused to move ahead in a comparatively faster manner...we are looking forward to the coming 24 months when we are going to get various kind of inputs.
    Devendra Shukla, Chief Operating Officer, Educate Girls
    Basically a start-up needs to use the grant for the costs of capacity building of community, mobilization etc. Then there is the technical, research and development cost for doing the innovation part. The third necessity is providing the market linkage to the producer groups. These are the 3 core things that social entrepreneurs [look for] and for these, funds are not available. This will be the greatest benefit of the DM.
    Ravi Chandra, Managing Trustee, Bihar Development Trust
    In the last 3 years we have trained and placed 10,000 people [in jobs]. In this World Bank sponsored project we are trying to train and place 10,000 people in Bihar alone.
    Nishant Saxena, CEO Elements Akademia Pvt. Ltd.
    Through DM we have proposed to scale it up to different areas covering another 44,000 households where we can monitor the social security scheme. I am definitely thrilled and excited because this money will [make] us think in a different way, to upgrade our technology, our HR and streamlining our processes from a certain level to a different level. We need to build our capacity through DM.
    Mansingh Durga Prasad Nayak, Programme Director, (WOSCA)
    DM is the beginning...it definitely feels good. It has taken a lot of thought process as to how we take reliable lighting sources to Bihar...Winning DM matters a lot...the financial support will help us to build infrastructure, develop capacity of people to implement the program [of providing quality lighting to the poor] properly in Bihar.
    Prasanta Biswal, Sr. Manager – Mission Projects, Selco Solar Lights (P) Ltd.
    As far as scale is concerned, we have understood that a lot of capacity building is required for that. Resourcing and networking [with] other agencies is also important.
    Prabitra Mishra, Programme Director, Adhikar
    We are looking at this money more as in investment in infrastructure development as well as human resource development. We believe that the results of this will be seen very soon.
    Sumita Ghose, Managing Director, Rangsutra Crafts India Ltd.

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