Indeed, it is a good initiative. The State of Assam is traditionally known for its rich Handloom and Handicraft products. In fact, in this line, I was working with Indian Institute of entrepreneurship (IIE) Guwahati and Rural entrepreneurship Programme, SIDBI, as project implementation officer in the past.
What I would like to suggest you that to explore the existing entrepreneurs in the region, you can go through the governmental data base, where the entrepreneurs has registered in the DIC office and were requesting for financial assistance for the handicraft activities. Broadly, we can visualize from the govt. data that Number of Handicraft Units and Artisans in Assam in according to 1995-96 census : Type of units Number of units Number of artisans Household 29,816 97,363 Non Household 544 3,119 Total 30,360 1,00,482 Rural areas 28,103 92,665 Urban areas 2,257 7,817 Wish all the very best. Keshav C Das Assistant Professor, IGWES Amity University, Noida, sector-125, India Re: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/2882 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
