In an increasingly global economy, international experience for Indiana University MBA candidates comes from hands-on work in the field as much as the classroom. A group of students, led by Professor Jim Wahlen and MBA Program Director Pam Roberts, travel to India to help local entrepreneurs tackle business challenges using cutting edge business practices. The Kelley MBA GLOBASE initiative provides a unique social enterprise experience by partnering with Indian businesses to make a global impact.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Navjyoti




What a difference a day makes!!! We flew back to Delhi and are now once again in the city of Gurgaon at a 5 Star Hotel. Back in the lap of luxury with hot baths, luxuriant sheets, a pillow of your choice, television, work out rooms, etc.

We visited Navjyoti, an NGO dedicated to empowering women, that was founded by Dr. Kiran Bedi. The group works to start Self Help Groups (SHG) in villages with a core group of women. They use micro credit with each women putting in 100 rupees to start and then lending to others via Grameen Bank as needed. The SHG are core to the success of Navjyoti. While there we watched women learn skills to help provide an economic means of support to them and their families.

Navjyoti provides an outlet for sales of the goods the women make including; stitched items, pottery, paper mache, puppets, etc. Jim was inaugurated while holding one of the women's baby. She was beautiful and while smiling and gurgling, wet all over him. I have a picture and will post once I get to the US!!!
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)