Capacity Building Program for Women, Skill Satellite Centre
A programme by Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati Biotech Park
Skills and enterprise training for women and self-help groups on the park's campus, run under DSIR's Technology Development and Utilization Programme for Women.
At a glance
| Best for | Women and self-help groups in rural Assam starting an enterprise |
|---|---|
| Format | In person |
| Run with | Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Technology Development and Utilization Programme for Women |
About Capacity Building Program for Women, Skill Satellite Centre
The Skill Satellite Centre at Guwahati Biotech Park runs capacity building programmes for women, aimed at skill development, entrepreneurship training and hands-on experience in biotech and allied sectors. It is supported by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under its Technology Development and Utilization Programme for Women. The training named on the centre's page covers mushroom spawn culture, mushroom cultivation, value-added products and low-cost organic compost and bio-fertiliser production.
What you get
- Customised training and trained mentors to work through business problems
- Capacity building through educational programmes
- Strategies for reaching finance and markets, and help developing a business model
- Education on using technology to raise productivity
- Sector-specific exposure and networking
Who can apply
- Women, including groups of women working in self-help-group mode, in rural Assam and the Northeast
- Nothing further is stated
How to apply: Sign up through the link published on the centre's page, or scan the QR code on it. A membership form and flyer are downloadable, and the page lists the centre's phone numbers.
Where to apply
Other Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati Biotech Park programmes
- In-house incubation at the Technology Incubation Centre (GBPIC)Ready-to-use modular wet laboratory space at Guwahati Biotech Park, taken on a lease you propose, with shared office and technology support services.
- NIDHI-PRAYAS at Guwahati Biotech ParkA prototyping grant for individual innovators building a physical product, with the park running the call, the screening and the monitoring committee — currently between intakes.
- Business Incubation Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture (BICFA)A fisheries and aquaculture incubation centre at the park, run under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, whose associates can take lab space at the Technology Incubation Centre.
- Internship, Project and Dissertation ProgrammePlacements of two weeks to six months in the park's laboratories for students of biotechnology and allied subjects.
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