Navodyami Business Development Training Program 2013

Navodyami Training Program 2013

We are glad to share that since 2011 Navodyami connected with more than 1500 entrepreneurs and provided assistance to more than 40 entrepreneurs through workshops on market orientation, Business plan making, mentorship sessions through experts in the industry, and are also provided with financial assistance. Entrepreneurs have grown their business turnover 5 times to 8 times and entrepreneurs have got suggestion form the Successful entrepreneurs for their business development.

We are launching Navoydami 2013 training batch for Micro and small scale entrepreneurs and for more details about training go through following lines. 

 Navodyami Training Program:

This Navodyami training is available for new start ups and existed entrepreneurs. The Navodyami training based on business development workshop, training will be given for three days.  Limited seats for the Navodyami training 4^th batch and we will be charge minimum fees for the workshop. The last date of submit application is 

June 25th, 2013.

Market orientation: Through a series of customized workshops, candidates will conduct market mapping exercises and receive customer feedback on their product. They also learn about market share, competition, and customer choices.

Business plan creation: This workshop translates high-end business expertise into Navodyamis' language. Entrepreneurs will learn to calculate cash flow projection and working capital needs, and\determine projection of business viability. 

Training benefits:           

·         Increase you customers by using different strategy.

·         Growth for your product in the market and business development ideas.

·         Get advice from the Successful entrepreneurs for your business idea.

Program Highlights:

·         1000+ candidates have gone through Navodyami training program and entrepreneurs have increased their business 5 to 8 time turnover. 

·         Entrepreneurs have received advice from Successful entrepreneur for their business development and many of them have changed business strategy. 

We will be following up with you in the coming days and are banking upon you to reach out to eligible individuals who can benefit from this initiative and turn into Navodyamis!!

for more information contact us on

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avoydaminfo@gmail.com or call us on 7760965490, 9686956691. 

Prasanna Hegade, Sidhapur, Uttar Karnataka (Masala papad entrepreneur)

Mr. Prasanna Hegde is a resident of Uttar Karnataka and he is  30 years old is a PUC graduate. Prasanna has been running a Masala papad making business since 2010. Prasanna has one Year experience in this business and he is manufacturing Masala Papad, Traditional, Spicy papad. He was sailing only in nearby places and he planned to apply to get financial & marketing support from Navodyami Program.

He gone through Navodyami training program and he came to know about market survey in Navodyami Training Program. He asked everyone about his product feedback and based on feedback he thought to change the quality of the product. Also he gone through Business plan training and he came to know about cost of production for his product. After the training program he has increased his product rate because he came to know his investment cost of product then he worked on his product quality. He has not selected as a Navodyami winner but Navodyami team helped him to market his product. Earlier he was sailing in Uttar Kannada and Navodyami team supported him only market his product in Hubli.   

Now he is making per month turnover 80,000 rupees and he got good market demand for his product in Hubli. He is going to expand his business because he has got more orders for his products.

Mr. Ramchandra Hegde, He runs Amara Home stay in Dandeli, Uttar Karnataka.

Mr. Ramchandra Hegde is from Dandeli and had experience in Goa tourism places. This experience helped him understand the importance of providing quality service to customers. The Navodyami training helped him think about ways he could improve customer service.  He went to visited other home stays to see in which ways they were successful so that he could further enhance his own customer service.  He included more activities in his home stay package, and customers responded positively.  

He has received financial support from the Navodyami program and invested this money to improve the facilities in his homes stay.  He has received good feedback from guests of the home stay, who have written great reviews on Trip Advisor. Please click on the link for more information. http://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotel_Review-g1156191-d2467189-Reviews-Amara_Homestay-Dandeli_Karnataka.html.  He has expanded the number of rooms in his home stay and purchased new equipment. The funds he received from the Deshpande Foundation helped him seriously improve his business. His customers are very happy with his service and continually reference him.

Amara Home Stay: http://www.dandeliamara.com/

We are glad to announce the launch of Navodyami 2012. Our first launch had a terrific response and received over 500 applications and finally selected 16 navodyamis winners. Moreover KVGB bank impressed by our program went on to provide instant loan of worth Rs 1 core to our 40 navodyami finalists. we are working with them on regular basis and hope to generate enterprises over 3 cores in this coming year. Please see a glimpse of our program here at this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU2WGbYdlbA

Navodyami is a program to support entrepreneurs with financial and technical support in the Sandbox region. It is a competition and applications are now open!  We are writing to you with a request to help us reach out to eligible youth, entrepreneurs who could benefit from this program.

     As you know Deshpande Foundation is committed to building an ecosystem that nurtures innovation and entrepreneurship. Navodyami is  another step in that direction where we are seeking to provide financial and technical support to budding entrepreneurs from the Sandbox region. Sandbox region includes  districts of Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttar Kannada. We seek to focus on individuals who live in rural and peri urban areas, are relatively resource starved and typically fall out of formal institutional networks such as banks and training institutes. Some examples could be, an entrepreneur looking to start a food processing unit; a mobile repair shop or services, a product shop in rural areas and so on. We will be looking for business ideas that are innovative, responsive to people’s needs and are run by ethical means.

Navodyami winners will be provided two kinds of support:

Financial Support: The total award money allocated for Navodyami 2012 is fifteen lakhs rupees. Within this, money will be awarded in three categories i.e. less than one lakh rupees; up to three lakh rupees and up to five lakh rupees.  An independent panel of judges will determine the winners and amount of money to be given to a selected business idea.

Technical Support: In the two phase selection we will arrange for winners to go through a mentor ship program. Candidates who successfully graduate from phase two will then be awarded. 

N M Kulkarni Handloom Business

Kulkarni has been producing cotton on which he block prints designs onto since 1990 and wants to expand this creative business venture. His customers range from shops in Hubli, Bangalore, and all over Karnataka. In order to be able to produce more cloth and provide a variety of newer designs, he requires a seed capital of 1 lakh rupees. That is, he would need to purchase a computer, a digital camera, and an updated block designer. He also requires business mentoring and marketing advice.

Lalita Kantraju, Computer training Center Navodyami entrepreneur

Innovation in navodyami program is really a process innovation. The success lies in delivering the training program. Following is a quote from a navodyami candidate who shared her story of establishing a new business and turn it into a a lakh rupees a month turnover.

Mrs. Lalita Kantaraju treasures mentoring she received through Navodyami. She talked about her journey of revamping her internet cafe and computer training center.

“I had worked in BPOs for 8 years and I was confident to start my own Internet surfing and computer training center. Navodyami provided me with the seed capital and linked me to the bank also… But my earnings were not even sufficient to pay EMIs on time. Navodyami arranged for special mentoring sessions for me and linked me to successful entrepreneurs from whom I received mentoring which proved to be extremely useful. Prasanna [Dixit, Director, Mahaveer Infoway Ltd, Hubli] sir advised me to get E Governance projects and service affiliations. He also gave me reference and initially I got a local contract for filling educational scholarships. As per his guidance me and my husband visited schools and collected scholarship applications. We did the online filing and this idea really clicked. We got further contracts from other departments like printing of ration card and election identity card. This also helped us improve footfall in to our café and our turn over went up by more than four times. Navodyami team was with us in every step of our progress.”

Tirumaleshwar Dry banana Entrepreneur and Navodyami winner

 Navodyami is an initiative of the Deshpande Foundation based in Hubli, Karnataka to support entrepreneurs at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid with financial and technical support. The focus is on individuals that live in rural and peri-urban areas with limited access to resources but have ideas and the aspiration to run their own enterprise.

Navodyami seeks to provide both resources and linkages to entrepreneurs who are willing to set up these enterprises in the ‘Hubli Sandbox'. Sandbox is an environment where fresh ideas get incubated and one can build a meaningful relationship with like-minded peers, learn from senior leaders and gain access to opportunities that will help them grow. Sandbox region includes districts of Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttar Kannada. Some examples could be, an entrepreneur looking to start a food processing unit; a mobile repair shop or services, a product shop in rural areas and so on. The program looks for business ideas that are innovative, responsive to people’s needs and are run by ethical means.

The program will run in two stages. In the first stage, aspiring entrepreneurs submit an application that will be screened by a panel of judges and scholars. Once selected, the entrepreneurs will go to phase II, where they will receive a mentor who focuses on the skill development of the applicant and works with them to create business plan and strategy for setting up the enterprise.

“The foundation has made a remarkable contribution to building an ecosystem that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, focusing on building relevant and responsive solutions to social issues,” said Mr Iranna S. Rotte, Programme Manager, Navodyami.

The Deshpande Foundation was founded by serial entrepreneur, Mr Gururaj Deshpande, in Hubli, Karnataka and has taken the stance to offer assistance to small scale entrepreneurs located in tier II and III cities in north Karnataka.