The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, has adopted five villages under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan scheme to train women and make them employable.
Institute director G. Kannabiran and Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam Vice-Chancellor Jamuna Duvvuru have launched the skill development programme for rural women, thus empowering them for jobs and entrepreneurship. The Fulbright alumni project is based on an alumni micro grants competition proposed by the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, in collaboration with Swechha (We for Change Foundation).
Mr. Kannabiran said there were opportunities for entrepreneurship for women that could be leveraged through a structured engagement approach to link the opportunities and build their skills.
