Section 8 Social Enterprise80G & 12ACSR-1 Registered
Image · Garima heroWoman entrepreneur with her products
Project Garima · Livelihoods

Restoring dignity, one woman at a time.

Enabling women to move from training to real income — turning skills into revenue-generating, women-led micro-enterprises, backed by market linkages and ongoing mentorship.

Women-ledEnterprise model
450+Entrepreneurs
1,000+Target by 2028

A structured livelihood model that carries women all the way from training to real income — turning skills into revenue-generating, women-led micro-enterprises, backed by market linkages and ongoing mentorship.

Women & Health · Project Garima

From skill to sustainable enterprise.

0Women entrepreneurs supported
0Businesses targeted by 2028
ZEPMaharashtra ZEP Award, 2023
Skill→SaleEnd-to-end enterprise model
How it's run

A structured enterprise pathway

Not a one-off workshop — a governed process that takes each woman from assessment to a running, revenue-earning enterprise.

Skill assessmentMapping aptitude, interest & local demand
Hands-on trainingPractical, production-ready skilling
Market linkageBuyers, channels & fair, sustained demand
Mentorship & governanceOngoing guidance, tracking & accountability
ImageTraining / production in progress
The Garima bridge

Skill → market → revenue

Most skilling stops at the certificate. Garima carries each woman across the gap that usually stops her — all the way to a paying enterprise.

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Stage 01

Skill Building

Production-ready training matched to the woman's aptitude and to real market demand.

2
Stage 02

Product & Quality

Product design, quality standards, packaging and pricing that a market will actually pay for.

3
Stage 03

Market Linkage

Access to buyers, digital channels and institutional demand — turning output into income.

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Stage 04

Sustained Enterprise

Mentorship, financial literacy and governance so the enterprise keeps running and grows.

What we build

Enterprise capabilities, not just skills

Every woman leaves with the full toolkit needed to run a real business.

Product designMarket-relevant, well-made products
Quality & packagingConsistency buyers can trust
Branding & identityA name and story that sells
Digital & market accessOnline reach and buyer channels
Financial literacyCosting, savings & reinvestment
Fair pricing & revenueSustainable margins, real earnings
ImageWomen's collective / entrepreneurs
Who we serve

Women, ready to lead their own income

Rural and semi-urban women who have skill and drive, but lack the bridge to a market — Garima builds that bridge.

TrainedProduction-ready skilling
EarningRevenue-generating enterprises
OwnedFully women-led
The goal · by 2028

1,000+ women-led businesses.

Scaling the model across the Pune region — more women, more product lines, more sustained market linkages.

1,000+Businesses by 2028
450+Entrepreneurs today
MultiProduct categories
MarketLinked channels
CohortMentor-led delivery
ZEPAwarded model
Where we work

Across the Pune region

Working with women in rural and semi-urban clusters where local skill meets a reachable market.

Haveli Mawal Mulshi Pune & peri-urban
MapWomen's enterprise cluster map
The goal · by 2028
1,000+
Women entrepreneurs today450+
Enterprise modelSkill → Market → Revenue
RecognitionMaharashtra ZEP Award
DeliveryCohort-based, mentor-led
Ways to partner

Back a cohort of women entrepreneurs.

CSR partners can sponsor a cohort, fund market access and mentorship, or procure directly from the women's collectives — with formal MOUs and impact reporting built in.

Sponsor a cohort Fund market access
Partner with us

Turn a woman's skill into her livelihood.

Reach out for the detailed impact and partnership plan for Project Garima.