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She dreams.She builds.She leads.

Women’s enterprise, practical learning and community action from Nashik, Maharashtra.

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Computer Concept programme opening · Nashik, 2026
About the Foundation

An ecosystem around women’s enterprise

A Nashik-based women’s entrepreneurship and community organisation, working through the SwayamShakti initiative.

Vision. Cultivate an ecosystem around knowledge, people and money so more women can participate in enterprise.

Mission. Help enterprising women develop their ideas and realise their ambitions.

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Impact in numbers

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Documented programmes

What we do

Five focus areas

Practical support across the enterprise journey, each with a documented example.

Workshop participants holding finished fabric and paper bags
01

Entrepreneurship development

Workshops that connect an idea or existing skill with practical enterprise decisions.

Example: Milk and milk products manufacturing
A participant receiving a certificate at the professional tailoring programme
02

Skill development

Vocational, digital and product-making programmes grounded in direct practice.

Example: Computer Concept and tailoring ESDP
Speakers seated at a table during the Parbhani workshop
03

Scheme and financial awareness

Information sessions that help participants identify relevant opportunities and questions.

Example: PMFME awareness workshop
Speaker addressing guests at the Computer Concept programme opening
04

Networks and market participation

Peer learning and institutional conversations that help women find wider connections.

Example: SwayamShakti community
Speaker and guests seated at the Har Ghar Jal event
05

Community action

Activities that connect enterprise with everyday needs and collective wellbeing.

Example: Har Ghar Jal and wellness camp

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Programmes

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A man in a white kurta and cap holds a bouquet of pink roses beside a red ribbon stretched across the entrance, with two women in saris smiling beside him

Enterprise16–25 October 2026

Gandhi Shilp Bazaar

A state level handicrafts and handloom exhibition in Nashik, 16 to 25 October 2026, with a PMEGP awareness camp by Stree Udyami Foundation and the Khadi and Village Industries Commission on 21 October.

A group of people stand in a row in an office in front of a Marathi name board; three of them hold framed Doctors’ Day “Token of Gratitude” plaques

Community1 July 2026

Doctors’ Day 2026

Framed “Token of Gratitude” plaques presented to doctors on Doctors’ Day, with Rotary Club of Nashik North and Inner Wheel Club of Gen-next Nashik.

Women in red and pink saris stand in a line behind blue roller drums on dry ground, with hills behind

Community12 April 2026

Har Ghar Jal 2026

A donation drive that gave 200 roller water drums to women in Khardi, a remote village in Surgana taluka, Nashik district.

A group of people hold certificates in a bright room in front of the workshop banner

Enterprise5–6 March 2026

Spices Making Workshop

A two-day spice-making and enterprise workshop for women, held offline and online, with 32 participants recorded.

Tailoring programme participants at the certificate event

SkillsCompleted in November 2023

Professional Tailoring ESDP

A garment and tailoring skill development programme with a documented certificate event.

All 14 programmes

Group photograph in an open field with Har Ghar Jal banners and water carriers
Community

Har Ghar Jal Social Activity

A community awareness activity supporting water access and the Well on Wheel initiative.

Period
1 May 2023
Where
Offline
Participants
60+
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Participants at the Computer Concept training opening
Skills

Computer Concept & Entrepreneurship Skills

A free, 30-day computer-oriented training programme covering MS Office, internet use and graphics.

Period
3 August 2026
Where
Nashik, Maharashtra · Offline
Course length
30 days
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Participants holding certificates after the professional tailoring programme
Skills

Professional Tailoring ESDP

A garment and tailoring skill development programme with a documented certificate event.

Period
Completed in November 2023
Where
Nashik, Maharashtra
Course length
30 days
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Community highlights

Participation recorded in programme reports

The three largest cohorts printed in the Foundation’s own reports.

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Programme outcomes

What the records document

Outcomes are shown only where a programme report or photograph supports them.

Participants holding certificates after the professional tailoring programme
Completed in November 2023

Professional Tailoring ESDP

A garment and tailoring skill development programme with a documented certificate event.

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Workshop participants holding finished fabric and paper bags
19–23 December 2023

Fabric & Paper Bag Making, Parbhani

Practical bag-making and enterprise learning for a self-help group cohort in Parbhani.

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Events and activity archive

Every documented programme, by date

Dates are as recorded in each programme’s report or flyer.

  1. 16–25 October 2026Gandhi Shilp BazaarChopda Banquet, Chopda Estate, Gangapur Road, Nashik · OfflineEnterprise
  2. 3 August 2026Computer Concept & Entrepreneurship SkillsNashik, Maharashtra · OfflineSkills
  3. 1 July 2026Doctors’ Day 2026OfflineCommunity
  4. 12 April 2026Har Ghar Jal 2026Khardi, Surgana taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra · OfflineCommunity
  5. 5–6 March 2026Spices Making WorkshopNashik, Maharashtra · Offline / OnlineEnterprise
  6. 19–23 December 2023Fabric & Paper Bag Making, ParbhaniParbhani, Maharashtra · OfflineSkills
  7. Completed in November 2023Professional Tailoring ESDPNashik, MaharashtraSkills
  8. August 2023Parbhani Handicraft TrainingParbhani, Maharashtra · OfflineSkills
  9. 21–25 August 2023Food & Fun Season 6OnlineEnterprise
  10. 11 August 2023PMFME Awareness WorkshopOfflineAwareness
  11. 30 June–4 July 2023Nauvari Saree Cutting & StitchingOnline / OfflineSkills
  12. 17–21 June 2023Yoga Day Fitness CampOfflineWellbeing
  13. 23–25 May 2023Milk & Milk Products ManufacturingOfflineEnterprise
  14. 1 May 2023Har Ghar Jal Social ActivityOfflineCommunity
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In the media

Newspaper coverage of the 2026 Computer Concept programme.

Sakal newspaper clipping featuring the Computer Concept programme
SakalCoverage of the 2026 computer training programme.
Aapla Mahanagar newspaper clipping about the programme
Aapla Mahanagar
Punya Nagari clipping featuring the programme
Punya Nagari
A session at the Computer Concept training opening
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