In the era of empowering women, they have made their mark in different sectors even breaking typical stereotypes prevailing in Indian society. Satrupa Anant, 21-year old, hails from village Bhaandi of Chhattisgarh has broken the walls and has become Chhattisgarh’s first ilEAD certified two-wheeler mechanic. The women do have large number of career options available and venturing into two-wheeler garage is the least chosen one.
She is the first woman from Bilaspur to complete the course as an automobile mechanic. looking at her determination Aide et Action, an international development organisation has decided to support Satrupa, Shyaam, Bhima and Rathram these four youths from ilEAD Bilaspur Centre to open up their own enterprises in automobile and electrical trade by the name iGarage and iCharge respectively. They will not only give services to the customers but also act as the trainers for the marginalised youth from the nearby villages to support them for the training as well.
These youth themselves hail from an economically weak background, people living in their villages do not have access to such services, therefore they have decided to provide services to their community. Encouraging these youth, chief guest Amar Agarwal, Minister, Commerce and Industries, Commercial Tax, Urban and Administration Development congratulated to all the young entrepreneurs. Enterprise development is the way in which we can build the nation, as this will not only provide the opportunity for livelihood but also create employment opportunities for others as well.
Minister also released a documentary titled Employability to Entrepreneurship featuring these four youths from Bilaspur and a case study booklet highlighting the stories of change of successful youths. Dr Aishwarya Mahajan, Director livelihood Education, South Asia, Aide et Action International informed that ilEAD — Initiative for Education and Development which is aimed at empowering youths from marginalised background has so far trained 2,25,000 youth across the globe of which 46% being women and 76% are working in organised sector. Enterprise development is the new initiative and 6 more enterprises will start by the end of 2018 in Bilaspur. Certificates were presented to the successful trainees of the last batch.