Me being a HiEERA Entrepreneur from the Empretec Program the Flagship capacity building program of UNCTAD Enterprise & Investment Division with head office in Geneva, Switzerland, contributing my bit to the DREAM of Atmanirbhar Bharat, a very noble thought and it made me think, what is it that will make this happen.
Over the past year I along with Arnab Chakrabortty, National Director, Empretec India Foundation have been “promoting” the idea of District Competitiveness and Development Mission (DCDM). The first such DCDM announcement happened in Bhavnagar, then in Vadodara. On the same basis, an outline for Anand has been prepared. In the follow-up meetings and at the core of the DCDM lies the same term #Atmanirbhardistrict – look at localization within the district.
Arnab has been visualizing the same for the past 5-6 years, and I in my own way talking about sustainability in Social Organizations as a mentor for the past 3 years.
ATMANIRBHAR = SUSTAINABILITY
In the resolution passed at UN General Assembly in Nov 2018, Sustainable Development has been one of the key focus areas, and EMPRETEC finds a place in the resolution as one of the programs for Sustainable Development.
I tried to formulate a pyramid as I imagine for achieving #Atmanirbharbharat. The VISION and Goal are at the top of the Pyramid, but we as individuals need to work at all levels, and EMPRETEC has the potential to build from the Foundation all the way up through a System of Entrepreneurs.
In about 2 years of interaction with Empretec, I have started realizing that actually somewhere the seeds of #atmanirbhar were sown very early in myself – as it started with #atmanirbharSELF – could I sustain myself on my own? Isn’t that what parents would like to teach us or guide us?
Empretec India is working slowly and steadily to build from bottom up to reach the ultimate goal. Should you like to be part of the foundation stone in nation-building you can write to manish.kothari@empretec.in and visit www.empretec.net