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Media coverage on 9th October in Times of India, Herald And The Goan Newspapers about the Aspiring Entrepreneurship Workshop conducted at Calangute, Goa Links to the epaper:

http://epaper.thegoan.net/1848393/The-Goan-Everyday/The-Goan-Everyday#page/3/1

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dont-wait-for-govt-jobs-start-your-

biz/articleshow/66126725.cms

http://epaper.heraldgoa.in/viewpage.php?edition=oHeraldo&date=2018-10-

14&edid=OHERALDO_GOA&pn=7#Page/7/Article/OHERALDO_GOA_20181014_7_3/130px/19364FD

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I Create Newsletter: October 2018

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Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (EAP)

Participants during the EAP conducted at MEG & Center

I Create Academy conducted an awareness program for

90 retiring army jawans at the MEG & Center, Bangalore

on 6th of October. The session was conducted by

Nagendra Babu and Prakash

Mentoring Session I Create Goa partnering with State Bank of India Learning and Development Center, Goa conducted a mentoring session for 6 participants on 27th October. The participants were mentored by Yeshwant Kapdi, Manish Gosalia ,Hemant Arondekar, Maryn Lobo Dmello, Mayur Arsekar and Credit Team of SBI headed by Piyush Srivastava- Chief Manager, SME Credit Lending . The protégés presented their Business Plans to SBI Credit team and were helped by Mentors to fill application forms for availing Mudra Loan.

I Create Academy conducted a Mentoring Session on 29h October at MEG (Madras Engineer Group) and Centre of Indian Army, Bangalore. 27 aspiring entrepreneurs were mentored by our team comprising of Nagendra Babu, Prakash and Murthy. The protégés were from the workshop conducted this month at MEG.

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How he makes billions selling idlis and dosas

His rags-to-riches story could make a film. To read more click on the link.

http://www.rediff.com/business/special/how-he-makes-billions-selling-idlis-and-

dosas/20181018.htm?pos=9&src=NL20181019_nn&trackid=0Re/Z6o31ICcnf6CR/FhIrGwYlxb

2TFU8o5M7F9u+VM=&isnlp=0&isnlsp=0

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Aspiring Entrepreneurs Workshop (AEW)

Army Jawan interacting with other participants during the workshop conducted at MEG & Center.

I Create Academy conducted a workshop at MEG & Centre, Army, Bangalore from 8th to 12th october for 34 participants. The workshop was facilitated by Nagendra Babu, Murthy and Prakash

Feedback from the workshop

Training was very interactive and helpful. Need practical knowledge of market survey.

Participants presenting their Business Plan during the AEW conducted at Calangute, Goa

I Create Goa partnering with the village panchayat of Calangute conducted a workshop for 38 participants.The workshop was facilitated by Connie, Shobha, Mayur and Maryann from 8th to 12th October.

. Participants listening intently during the

workshop conducted at Relavta Village,

Bassi, Jaipur

I Create Rajasthan conducted a workshop for 27 Women, most of them participating in the 6 months handwork training imparted by Bosch Foundation.The workshop was facilitated by Hema Chawla, Santana Khurana, Neerja Nigam from 11th to 13th October at Relavta Village, Bassi, Jaipur.

Feedback from the workshop

Participants found the training useful as they learnt lot of new things about starting and running the business and also got confidence that they can now start something on their own.

Students enacting the negotiation role play conducted during the AEW at S.S. Jain Subodh college.

I Create Rajasthan conducted a workshop at S.S. Jain Subodh PG Girls College, Rambagh Circle, Jaipur from 23rd to 27th October for 55 students. The workshop was facilitated by Ranju Mehta,Hema Chawla, Shipra Vajpei, Sandeep Sethi.

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E Cell Programs conducted in the month of October

Dates Govt. Polytechnic for

Women, Bangalore

Govt.Polytechnic, Chinthamani

Govt.Polytechnic, Vijayapura

3rd Market Research

6th Market Research

11th Market Research

13th Market Research Presentation

15th Market Research Presentation

16th Market Research Presentation

Glimpses of the E Cell Programs

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Program Summary in Numbers- October 2018

For the Month For Jan - Oct

1 Entrepreneurs Created

20 110

2 Entrepreneurs Mentored

74 217

3 Entrepreneurs Handheld

11 59

Seed Capital Assistance

Number Assisted

Amount in Lakhs of INR

Number Assisted

Amount in Lakhs of INR

For the Month For Jan - Oct

4 MAGIC FUND 9 2.25 52 15.75

5 Amrit Fund 5 0.7 30 3.95

For the Month For Jan - Oct

Programs Programs Participants Programs Participants

6 AEWs 4 154 44 1,479

7 EAPs 1 90 69 2,837

8 TOTs 0 0 2 26

Since inception, MAGIC has assisted 202 beneficiaries by

providing INR 61.67 Lakhs as Seed Capital Assistance.

Contributors: I Create Team.