Jharkhand News: IIM Ranchi in Jharkhand has decided to do research on tribal economy. A book will also come out on the report of this research. In fact, Deepak Kumar Srivastava, director of IIM Ranchi, said that research will be done on tribal entrepreneurship under the Birsa Munda Center for Tribal Affairs of IIM Ranchi.
Deepak Srivastava further said that the Birsa Munda Center for Tribal Affairs IIM Ranchi aims to conduct research on tribal entrepreneurship with a focus on local responsibility. The objective of this research is to assess the global impact on tribal enterprises of India. This research will present a comprehensive picture of tribal owned enterprises. This includes both social and commercial enterprises.
Research will be based on these issues
Srivastava further said that the research will focus on development of enterprises, success stories of community based enterprises, search for success and replication, adaptation of minor forest products to create new enterprises, tribal skill development, issues and opportunities in tribal areas and socio-economic development of tribes in India. At the same time, the head of this research center is Renjith R, who is from a tribal community in Kerala. He said that amidst the many problems affecting the tribal community of Jharkhand, he thought of empowering the community which would have a lasting impact.
What is the purpose of research?
Renjith R explained that, we are among the tribal population and thought that as a business school what is the best we can do about tribal entrepreneurship. We started as part of the Central Government’s ‘Van Dhan Vikas Yojana’ and ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’. We have given training to the sisters associated with self-help groups. This helped them to generate some sort of income and we are empowering them knowing that middlemen are getting most of the profit from the produce produced by them from about 29 percent forest area of Jharkhand. The aim of the research is to gain an understanding of entrepreneurship across India which we will replicate in Jharkhand.
