Damsan Riverside beach is a beautiful family hangout place in Bajengdoba, North Garo Hills. Senthe Marak and his 9 friends have been started the project in 2019. Initially they have spent from their own savings. They have identified and gaps of this hospitality project. They have enrolled their startup under PRIME Meghalaya Incubation Program. They got initial start up fund from PRIME Meghalaya Initiative. Along with this start up fund they have been mentored and trained by expert of the PRIME Meghalaya.

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Dilseng M Sangma is one of the Top-50 entrepreneurs of Cohort 1 and the founder of M/s Hills Products. Dilseng hails from a small village named Rongjeng in East Garo Hills. He is a self taught entrepreneur, who manufactures compostable plates and bowls out of arecanut leaves. M/s Hills provides hygienic, non-toxic, light weight, heat resistance, durable and environment friendly arecanut plates and bowls. Through his venture, he intends to create awareness against usage of plastic utensils. He has a good connection with distributors across Meghalaya and plans on expanding outside the state and to neighbouring countries like Bangladesh in the near future. Through the improved marketing channels, he is receiving order inquiries from as far as the Middle East in quantities summing up to many lakhs of plates. Dilseng was also invited as a guest lecturer to Rongjeng RMSA Secondary School, where he took an hour-long interactive session with 9th and 10th graders. He enlightened the young minds about the growing scope of entrepreneurship in this fast-paced economy. The children also learnt about the various challenges that Dilseng had faced in his entrepreneurial journey and how he strategized to overcome them, eventually making his products stand out and beating competitors. Currently, M/s Hills owns a manufacturing unit in his property with minimum labours. Dilseng recently received a Scale-up Innovation Loan of 14 lakhs with which he is, at this point in time, expanding his unit and procuring machinery for a higher production capacity. He will also refine his products, increase manpower and&nbsp; improve the overall packaging of his products. Dilseng says, “When I got selected under PRIME, it was a whole new learning experience as I had to pitch in front of a jury for the first time ever. I have gained knowledge through various bootcamps, especially when it comes to social media marketing, online platforms, finance, and collaboration.”

Dilseng hails from a small village named Rongjeng in East Garo Hills. M/s Hills Products provides hygienic, non-toxic, light weight, heat resistance, durable and environment friendly arecanut plates and bowls thereby creating awareness against usage of plastic utensils. He has created a good&nbsp;distribution network to sell the products.Dilseng&nbsp;received a Scale-up Innovation Loan of 14 lakhs with which he planned to expand his unit, procure machinery to enhance production capacity, improve product quality, increase manpower, and improve the overall packaging of his products.

Dilseng M Sangma , Rongjeng , East Garo Hills

Dilseng M Sangma, M/s Hills Products

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Banangku Momin, the founder of Garo Hills Development Foundation (GHDF), was born and brought up in Tura, Meghalaya. Upon possessing a graduation degree in Computer Applications, he started GHDF foundation in 2018 on a mission to eradicate information poverty. GHDF was selected as one of the Top 25 Prime Entrepreneurs of Cohort 1 in 2019. Banangku Momin has a deep understanding that marginalized communities living in socio-economic backwardness and information poverty can be empowered to improve their lives on their own, simply by providing them access to information and knowledge by using digital tools. On this thought, he founded GHDF and aims to connect special groups or communities of Garo Hills to bring them out of digital darkness and equip them with access to information.&nbsp;As an organization, GHDF&nbsp; has strong team of more than 30 employees, and have marked its presence in more than 7 locations across 3 districts of Garo Hills i.e. 2 in North Garo Hills (Bajengdoba and Rari) , 1 in South West Garo Hills (Ampati), 4 in West Garo Hills (Tura, Dadenggre, Darenggre and Gambegre), and more than 10 centers are in the pipeline. Mr. Momin shares, ‘the trust and belief that people have put in us — be it our beneficiaries or those who have funded us keeps us moving forward.’ GHDF has trained more than 2,000 youths and women through different ICT tools. They have also trained 11 visually impaired and 16 differently abled students.”“Everywhere you go today, work is dependent on computers. People are posting jobs online and are applying for jobs online. Computers have become an extremely important part of our daily lives and that is the reason I joined GHDF”, says Sengjan , a 40 year old visually impaired teacher at Montfort School, Tura. A team of two from GHDF would spend a few hours every week at the special education school, and teach Sengjan and others how to use a laptop. Though these two trainers have trained hundreds of students in digital literacy, teaching the visually impaired was challenging. Those who have the luxury of sight, operating the mouse/trackpad is a natural extension of using a computer/laptop. While for those visually impaired, a mouse or trackpad is of little value. They watched videos on YouTube and used the pedagogy to train students of Montfort Centre for Education. They worked really hard and might not have been the perfect trainers but Sengjan has learnt enough to operate a computer on his own now and he is a living inspiration.“There are hardly any schools or institutes that trains specially abled persons like deaf, mute or blind persons in digital literacy. Since there has been no policy or project till date, I strongly feel that they are being further excluded from their rights. As we see most of the websites have been designed keeping in mind the specially abled, and the assistance they require. It was a tough time for all the entrepreneurs during the pandemic, however, PRIME has supported me in many ways in the past one year. The regular bootcamps, mentoring sessions, online marketing, etc have majorly helped me to grow and develop my business. I&nbsp; have received mentoring from subject experts representing IIM Calcutta Innovation Park. I have also received the Kick Start Grant of Rs. 5 lakh under PRIME ID, which I am going to use for product development, including new courses like Photography, Tally, and Tourism in the curriculum of my training center,” shares Banangku, the founder of GHDF.GHDF was awarded Rs. 1 lakhs as a part of CM’s E-Champion Awards on 21st January 2020. GHDF is registered under Meghalaya Societies Act 1983. They recently received the PRIME Entrepreneurship fund of Rs 5 Lakh which was launched by the Honorable Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma on 19th February, 2021 during the PRIME Entrepreneurship Awards. With these funds, they are planning to invest in hiring more manpower, buying more computers, and expanding their centers with more new courses like Tally, Video Editing and Tourist Guiding.&nbsp;

Banangku Momin, a graduate in Computer Applications, has started GHDF foundation in 2018 on a mission to eradicate information poverty which is prevalent among socio-economical backward class. GHDF has trained more than 2,000 youths and women through different ICT tools. They have also trained 11 visually impaired and 16 differently abled students.GHDF received Rs. 1 lakhs under CM’s E-Champion Awardand&nbsp;received the PRIME Entrepreneurship fund of Rs 5 Lakh which was launched by the Honorable Chief Minister of Meghalaya.

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Soon after completing her graduation, Mamta Kharroman, who grew up in Shillong, pursued her flair for designing and stitching by enrolling herself in the tailoring classes offered by PMKVY. During the course of her training, she made acquaintances with a lot of local women, who wished to pursue designing as a profession just like her but lack of financial support deterred them from chasing their dreams. However, this sparked a business idea in Mamta’s mind. An enterprise that manufactures affordable uniforms for institutes, hospitals, corporates, and organizations alike, generating employment opportunities for the local women, who are interested in tailoring and designing to pursue their ambition and develop their skills. Mamta took a leap of faith and founded her business venture, Uniform World, in February, 2020. Initially, she focused on manufacturing uniforms for schools primarily. Unfortunately, the early phase of her entrepreneurial journey didn’t go as planned. The world was soon hit by a pandemic and the country went into a lockdown. And the schools were shut down indefinitely, which was a huge blow to her business.Uniform World was majorly banking on the orders that it got from the schools and it became extremely difficult for Mamta to sustain her business, which was still in its nascent stages. There was a brief period when the future of her business seemed bleak. However, she noticed a rising opportunity. The demands for face masks and medical scrubs surged in those trying times. And without any further delay, she contacted DIC. She was able to manufacture and supply more than 1000 pieces of masks within a very short span of time. She also took orders and supplied medical scrubs to some of the corona care centers in Meghalaya with the help of PRIME.A thankful Mamta says, “PRIME is like a parent to me because the PRIME team has nourished and helped my business grow from the very beginning. The knowledge and power that PRIME bestowed upon me and the other entrepreneurs is irreplaceable in our entrepreneurial journey. PRIME has helped me to shape my business and make it refined, and I am proud to be a part of the Chief Minister’s E-Championship Challenge 2020.”Currently, she is manufacturing triple-layered pure cotton masks to help battle the second wave of the pandemic. Moreover, she successfully bagged orders from two different schools in Shillong, and with the help of her able workforce, she delivered them on time. Uniform World has a strong social component attached to it. Mamta engages local tailors by delegating a substantial amount of work to them periodically, improving their livelihood to an extent.Mamta dreams to have her own outlet in the coming days and create her own branding with the finest of packaging. She is planning to engage more women from the state by training them and developing their skills so that in the near future, Mamta’s women-led Uniform World transforms itself into a renowned brand, especially known for delivering finished clothing of premium quality.&nbsp;

Mamta Kharroman, from Shillong, pursued designing and stitching by enrolling herself in the tailoring classes under PMKVY. She founded her business venture, Uniform World that manufactures affordable uniforms for institutes, hospitals, corporates, and other similar organizations. The enterprise generates &nbsp;employment opportunities for the local women, who are interested in tailoring and designing to pursue their ambition and develop their skills.She is currently manufacturing triple-layered pure cotton masks to help battle the second wave of the pandemic.

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Promotion and Incubation of Market-Driven Enterprises- The program envisions making entrepreneurship a preferred career choice for the youth and people of the State through the creation of a dynamic and collaborative ecosystem that enables easy availability of credit, relevant technology, skilling and mentoring support, and access to high leverage markets. It aims to support entrepreneurs by providing them hubs (PRIME Hubs), funding support to start their ventures, easy access to credit, incubation and mentoring, and various other support

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Seven Cherri founded by Semada Marak, is based out of Tura in West Garo Hills, is a thriving design house that is entirely run by an army of skilful local women. From crafting to delivery, everything is executed by a vibrant team of hardworking women from the neighbourhood. Semada Marak, one of the Top 25 Entrepreneurs of Chief Ministers E-Championship Challenge 2019, is a software engineer and left a well-cushioned corporate job to pursue her childhood dream of working in the fashion industry and providing training and gainful employment opportunities to the local underprivileged women in her state. Seven Cherri offers an array of chic and tastefully crafted jewellery pieces. Such innovative products mark the fusion of traditional motifs, signifying the tribal culture of Meghalaya and North-eastern states, proudly up-scaling their demand. Seven Cherri focuses to retrieve the dying traditional handicrafts of the Northeastern tribes, which has a great history of glamour through their ornamental collection.Semada was awarded with Rs. 6 lakhs PRIF Grant, a program run by IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) and funded by Pernod Ricard Foundation India. With the PRIF Grant of 6 Lakhs, she is intending to expand and strengthen the team, upgrade storage facilities, infrastructure, develop new products, improve packaging, create a website, invest in marketing, and boost overall business to create new training and livelihood opportunities for the women of the state.Semada shares, “I have received support and assistance from PRIME for more than a year now. I met experts from different industries and entrepreneurs, who guided me throughout and gave mentoring sessions. They improved my business plans and gave me ideas and advice so I could improve and grow my business. Also, I have received various financial support, PRIF grant, and Kick-Start grant for product development and more.”She also received the PRIME ID Grant of Rs 5 lakhs, which was launched by the Honourable Chief Minister of Meghalaya Shri Conrad Sangma on 19th February 2021 during the PRIME Entrepreneurship Awards. With the grant of Rs. 5 lakh from PRIME ID, she is planning to create a line of high-end, well designed, and eco-friendly accessories that focuses on using natural resources and local manpower. Extensive research and designs of locally found resources like bamboo and rikwareng (local fern) would be carried out with the support of PRIME.

Seven Cherri, founded by Semada Marak, is based out of Tura in West Garo Hills, is a thriving design house that is entirely run by skillful local women. From crafting to delivery, everything is executed by a vibrant team of hardworking women from the neighbourhood&amp; provides gainful employment opportunities to the local underprivileged women in her state. She was awarded with Rs. 6 lakhs PRIF Grant&amp; also received the PRIME ID Grant of Rs 5 lakhs, which was launched by the Honourable Chief Minister of Meghalaya Shri Conrad Sangma

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