Six-day fair begins tomorrow
The 19th edition of Expo Utsav to be organised by Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ranchi wing from September 18 to September 23 will particularly promote women entrepreneurs. lohardaga based MP, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sudarshan Bhagat will be inaugurating the fair at Morhabadi Ground on Thursday.
For the first time ever, a pink hanger has been set up exclusively for women entrepreneurs to display their stalls. “This is for the first time we have added a pink hanger for women entrepreneurs participating from cities like Kolkata, Surat, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Jaipur and Ranchi. Overall there will be six hangers, out of which four would be owned by men entrepreneurs. Remaining two hangers are for food court and women entrepreneurs,” JCI Ranchi Public Relations Officer Siddharth Choudhary said on Tuesday.
“Around 60 stalls out of the 300 stalls of multi-national companies under these hangers will be displayed at the pink hanger,” Choudhary added.
Meanwhile, JCI Ranchi president Anant Jain said the concept of beginning such hanger is due to city’s development in the corporate sector. Besides women empowerment, the Expo will give customers a chance to go through the latest car models. A large Auto-Zone is marked for such car models. “Navratri is starting from September 25 so we want customers to get enough scope of shopping with family. They can enter the fair from 11 am to 9pm by paying a ticket charge of Rs 20,” Anant Jain said.
In order to tackle the fair from any accident, fair authorities have made an insurance of Rs 5 crore for public liabilities. Jain mentioned adequate security arrangements have been assured by City SP Anoop Birtharay during the Dealer’s Meet held few days ago.
last year around three lakh people had witnessed the fair. This year JCI members are expecting a crowd of 3.5 lakh to 4 lakh. Cultural activities including fancy dress competition, solo dance and BITians rock band performance is planned for each day. “Everyday we will welcome a prominent person for launching products of our participants,” said Jain.