Tuesday, June 17, 2014

coffee board Reachout Programme in Coffee Entrepreneurship

coffee board
(Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Govt, of India) AND
indian institute of plantation management bangalore
(An Autonomous organization promoted by the Ministry of Commerce. Govt, of India)
Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(Supported by the Coffee Board. Ministry of Commerce nnd Industry. Govt, oflndm)

Reachout Programme in
Coffee Entrepreneurship
An intensive programme to train potential and nascent Coffee entrepreneurs in starting and establishing high-growth businesses

Programme Dates : 10- 12 July 2014
Venue : Delhi Karnataka Sangha, R.K. Puram, New Delhi

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bangalore (IIPMB) is a pioneering initiative of IIPMB to promote entrepreneurship in the Indian Coffee sector. The Coffee Board has sponsored CIE-IIPMB to promote Coffee entrepreneurship through a set of focused activities by the centre. IIPMB and the Coffee Board have recently launched the Reachout Programme in Coffee Entrepreneurship to build capacities of potential entrepreneurs for the establishment of new businesses in the Coffee Sector and. thereby, contribute to wealth creation and employment generation in the Country.
Program objective: Provide essential techno-managerial knowledge and skills required by potential and nascent Coffee entrepreneurs to establish and manage high-growth Coffee businesses.
For whom?
(a) Persons who are interested to start Coffee retailing businesses. Roasting and Grinding units or any other business in the Coffee sector.
(b) Persons who have recently started a Coffee business and are desirous of consolidating the venture.
Resource persons: Coffee industry representatives. Technical experts, IIPM faculty etc
Programme venue: Delhi Karnataka Sangha, Sector 12, Rao Tularam Marg. R.K. Puram. New Delhi.
Programme modules:
a. Opportunities for entrepreneurship in the Indian Coffee sector
b. Coffee quality assessment
c. Coffee roasting and grinding businesses
d. Coffee retailing businesses
e. Business planning
f. Support systems for Coffee Businesses
Programme structure:
a. Opportunities for Coffee entrepreneurship would be introduced through presentations and discussions
b. Basic skills in Coffee quality assessment. Roasting & Grinding. Brewing and Cupping would be imparted through practical sessions conducted by experts of the Quality Control Laboratory of the Coffee Board of India
c. Participants would develop draft business ideas that would be reviewed by industry representatives and entrepreneurs
d. Participants who successfully complete the program requirements would have access to free online mentoring support (techno-managerial) for a period of three months from the completion of the program.

Knowledge resource support: Participants would be provided with a kit of selected reading materials relating to Coffee industry and entrepreneurship.

Programme Cost: Selected participants have to pay a program participation fee of Rs. 9,000, inclusive of applicable taxes, working lunch and refreshments. Accommodation, travel cost to/from programme venue and personal costs are not included in the programme fee.
Mode of Payment : Participation fees should be paid by Demand Draft in favour of Indian Institute of Plantation Management, payable at Bangalore. Alternatively, participants may pay the fee by NEFT/RTGS to the following account. Bank Name   :    United Bank of India Bank Branch :    IIPM Campus Branch, Bangalore CurrentA/c   :    0884050010007
IFSC Code : UTBI0IPC856 (Fifth character "0" read as Zero) MICRNo 560027009

Application process: Interested individuals may apply in the application form available at www.iipmb.edu.in or www.indiacolfee.org. The batch size for the programme is limited to 20 participants.

The last date for the filled application and programme fee to be received by CIE-IIPMB is 1st July 2014.

About Coffee Board
The Coffee Board is an autonomous body, functioning under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Set up under an Act of the Parliament of India in the year 1942, the Board focuses on research, development, extension, quality upgradation, market information, and the domestic and external promotion of Coffees of India.

About IIPMB
Indian Institute of Plantation Management. Bangalore (IIPM) established in 1993. is a centre of excellence, think tank and an intellectual resource base for the plantation sector. The Institute is also an exclusive sectoral school of management based on a new model of intensive institute-industry interaction. IIPMB is jointly sponsored by the Plantation sector and the Govt of India's Commodity Boards and Plantation Associations.

About CIE - IIPMB
Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at 11 I'M. Bangalore is a pioneering initiative of IIPMB to promote entrepreneurship in the Indian Coffee sector. The Coffee Board has supported the establishment of the centre to promote Coffee entrepreneurship through a set of focused activities.

Contact details
MDI Coordinator
Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(Sponsored by Coffee Board of India)

Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bangalore
Jnnnn Bharathi Campus. P.O. Malathahalli, Bangalore - 560056.
Ph: 080-23218675. Mob.: 0-9480951402. Fax: 080-23212775. www.iipmb.edu.in

Detailed information brochure & application are available at www.indincoffee.org www.iipmb.edu.in

For additional details, write to mdp.iipmb@gmail.com   /cie@iipmb.edu.in   Or

_Call: 080-23218675 (Monday to Friday)_


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