<p>With a growing demand for forest products, Centre on Tuesday launched an initiative with the IIT Kanpur to train tribals to better market their products and help them run micro-enterprises.</p>.<p>The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (Trifed) launched the six-week training programme for tribals that aims to tap the traditional knowledge and skills and add branding, packaging and marketing skills to optimise their income.</p>.<p>The ‘Tech for Tribals’ initiative utilises the market-led enterprise model by setting up Van Dhan Kendras across 21 states and one union territory and involving 3.68 lakh tribal gatherers.</p>.<p>Trifed has also roped in institutions such as IIT-Kanpur, Art of Living-Bengaluru, Tata Institute of Social Sciences-Mumbai, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences-Bhubaneswar, Vivekananda Kendra-Tamil Nadu, SRIJAN-Rajasthan, for conducting the training programmes in Chhatisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.</p>.<p>“Tech for Tribals is a unique program to make tribals of India ‘Aatmanirbhar’, focussing to bridge the gap between tribal entrepreneurs and urban markets,” Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, Trifed, said at a function to launch the initiative.</p>.<p>In a bid to promote minor forest produce, the government had launched an initiative to market it and develop a value chain during the lockdown period.</p>.<p>“The Van Dhan tribal start-ups, a component of the same scheme, has emerged as a source of employment generation for tribal gatherers and forest dwellers and the home-bound tribal artisans,” Krishna said.</p>.<p>The ‘Tech to Tribals’ initiative began on Tuesday with the training of tribals from Chhatisgarh in different facets of micro-enterprise creation, management and functioning.</p>.<p>“The training module has been developed by IIT, Kanpur and will be disseminated among beneficiaries in a phased manner through various modes like online lectures and training, online activities and will gradually move to face to face interactions in classrooms, practical, onsite visits and exposure visits,” a Tribal Affairs Ministry statement said.</p>
<p>With a growing demand for forest products, Centre on Tuesday launched an initiative with the IIT Kanpur to train tribals to better market their products and help them run micro-enterprises.</p>.<p>The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (Trifed) launched the six-week training programme for tribals that aims to tap the traditional knowledge and skills and add branding, packaging and marketing skills to optimise their income.</p>.<p>The ‘Tech for Tribals’ initiative utilises the market-led enterprise model by setting up Van Dhan Kendras across 21 states and one union territory and involving 3.68 lakh tribal gatherers.</p>.<p>Trifed has also roped in institutions such as IIT-Kanpur, Art of Living-Bengaluru, Tata Institute of Social Sciences-Mumbai, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences-Bhubaneswar, Vivekananda Kendra-Tamil Nadu, SRIJAN-Rajasthan, for conducting the training programmes in Chhatisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.</p>.<p>“Tech for Tribals is a unique program to make tribals of India ‘Aatmanirbhar’, focussing to bridge the gap between tribal entrepreneurs and urban markets,” Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, Trifed, said at a function to launch the initiative.</p>.<p>In a bid to promote minor forest produce, the government had launched an initiative to market it and develop a value chain during the lockdown period.</p>.<p>“The Van Dhan tribal start-ups, a component of the same scheme, has emerged as a source of employment generation for tribal gatherers and forest dwellers and the home-bound tribal artisans,” Krishna said.</p>.<p>The ‘Tech to Tribals’ initiative began on Tuesday with the training of tribals from Chhatisgarh in different facets of micro-enterprise creation, management and functioning.</p>.<p>“The training module has been developed by IIT, Kanpur and will be disseminated among beneficiaries in a phased manner through various modes like online lectures and training, online activities and will gradually move to face to face interactions in classrooms, practical, onsite visits and exposure visits,” a Tribal Affairs Ministry statement said.</p>
