About Us

About us

'Gramunnati.net', a Social Enterprise, is founded by Amit Asnikar. We focus on Entrepreneurship Development Program(EDP) at the village/cluster level. To implement EDP, we are deploying a network of CoRE(s)-Community Resource Entrepreneurs. CoRE(s) are from villages of Maharashtra with existing enterprises, skilled for giving business advisory services as well trainers & mentors for rural budding enterprises.

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Vision

Entrepreneurship should become a major income source for rural families.

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Mission

  1. To develop Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the Villages.
  2. To utilize services and enhance the expertise of Community Resource Entrepreneurs-CoRE(s).

Our Team

01 Development Professional

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Experience:

18 yrs.- Across NGO’s, CSR Companies, Govt. Missions, Pvt. Ltd, Funding agencies, Social Enterprise

Sectors:

Rural Livelihoods, Entrepreneurship Development, Renewable Energy

Skills:

Project Designing to Implementation, Community Mentoring, Partnership Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Documentation

30 Community Resource Entrepreneurs

From three districts of Maharashtra:

Wardha, Osmanabad & Ratnagiri

Rural Women and Men Entrepreneurs/ Traders,/Producers working also as Micro Enterprise Consultants for Villages

Trained and Practicing Entrepreneurship Development

Mentors & Master Trainers in various States of National Rural Livelihoods Mission(NRLM)

Formed Business associations:

08 Partnership Firms

Experience of Market Development, Networking, E Commerce- business, Producer Groups, Production of various Farm, Non-Farm & Off Farm Products, Value Chain.

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CoRE Balaji Shinde, Osmanabad
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CoRE Durga Bawane, Wardha
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CoRE Jayashri Fande, Wardha
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CoRE Jyoti Birajdar, Osmanabad
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CoRE Saral Yende, Wardha
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CoRE Rajashri Pangal, Osmanabad
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CoRE Nitesh Ravekar, Wardha
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CoRE Renuka Naikwadi, Osmanabad
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CoRE Sangeeta Shinde, Osmanabad
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CoRE Bandu Meshram, Wardha

Major Products and Services supported by CoRE(s)

Products

  1. Snacks items-ready to eat, ready to cook. Value added products- Jackfruit ice cream, Soyabean cake etc. Canteen services as Group Business
  2. Cloth/Khadi-Apparels, Masks, Bags etc. Grow Bags- Cloth Pots for Plants and vegetables
  3. Vegetables and fruits vending enterprises
  4. Farm Manure Inputs
  5. Incense Sticks, Bangles, Stationary, Furniture, Herbal Cosmetics, Handicrafts- Terracotta, Wood, Wool, Coir, Paper
  6. Aqua Culture, Fish rearing and fish snacks
  7. NTFP-Bamboo, Honey, Mushroom
  8. Dairy, Poultry, Goatry and its value-added products, viz: Khawa & Ghee from Milk, Goat Milk Soap, Manure, Meat from Goat

Services

  1. Farming and Farm related services- E g: Tamarind supply chain, Sericulture. Nutrition Gardens, Soil testing etc.
  2. Established and monitored Village Weekly Bazars, with Panchayat's support. Ventured in CSC Centers.
  3. Trainings at RESETI-Rural Self Employment Training Institute, MCED, NABARD, ICICI Foundation etc.
  4. Executed, managed exclusive SHG products shop at Nagpur City, Maharashtra. Exclusive exhibitions. E.g.- Jackfruit value added products
  5. Supported Maharashtra SRLM for guidelines on Producer Enterprises, business plans for community vehicle procurement.
  6. Group Business of production & supply SOLKHADI- Kokum juice for Konkan Railways.

Awards

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Award for Gramunnati.net in the category "Entrepreneurship with Social Relevance" by 'Entrepreneurship International' on 29th July 2022.

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Have won the 1st runner-up prize for writing a case study on Sustainable Community based Non Farm Enterprises viz 'Community Livestock Business Center's' of Goat rearing families. The case study shows the existing business carried by 50K goat rearing families from Vidharbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra.