Udyamita Yatra

A program by YAF and The Government of Maharashtra to tap into the untouched economy and to reach the unreached, Udyamita Yatra held 3 day entrepreneurship development training programs in all 36 districts of Maharashtra across 40 days along with interactions with students at IT Colleges. The Yatra bus travelled to each district to inaugurate the training after which trainers who were spread out across the state took charge of their batches in their respective districts, starting from Mumbai on the 10th May, 2022.
We also surveyed the ground reality problems of the people to bring to light how entrepreneurship can be their solution, we scouted many local entrepreneurs to prepare platforms for them to take their operations to the next level and also tried to make changes at policy level at academic institutes with regards to adding entrepreneurship in their teachings.4,500 business plans were created, 18 district collectors, 11 Zilla Parishad CEO's, 7 deputy collectors, 4 MLA'S and 1 MP were physically present and involved.

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