Promotion of women owned products under Kusuri Mane

Kusuri Mane

Kusuri mane was established in January, 2019 to provide a permanent common market place for women entrepreneurs, artisans and manufacturers. It aims at providing products to the customers at the manufacturing price.

Kusuri’ - meaning craftsmanship, - thus ‘kusuri mane’ meaning - ‘house of craftsmanship’ provides an encouraging platform for the budding women entrepreneurs to interact with the consumers first hand.

• Kusuri Mane is a market place for handmade, homemade, fresh-made, local-made and also rural-made products.

• We are proud to say that we maintain eco-friendly and plastic free (single use) zone in Kasuri Mane

• Promote #Vocalforlocal

Activities promoted at Kusuri Mane

• Encouraging Women (both rural and urban) to start own business ventures

• Capacity Building and Mentoring for Women Entrepreneurs

• Funding the Unfunded

• Centre for learning new skills for revenue generation

• Creating awareness on Financial Literary

• Kusuri Mane – a Market Place: One-Stop Centre to showcase and market products produced by Women

• Waste Management and Creating Wealth from Waste

• Actively operating in 10 Districts of the State

Kusuri mane shelters about 50 different women entrepreneurs.

• Terracotta earthen cookware and jewellery

• Chennapattana toys

• Recycled and upcycled cloth bags

• Ready apparels from women designers

• Handmade jewellery using metal and fabric

• Chemical free cosmetics- soaps, scrubs, gels, serums, bath powders

• Homemade food products - pappad, pickles, snacks, spices, cold pressed oils and ghee, ready to use food breakfast mixes

It was started with a very few women entrepreneurs initially, today, with over 50 entrepreneurs and in excess of 100 products - the turnover is increased from 30,000 to 3,10,000 per month. ‘Kusuri Mane’ aims at increasing the range the products in all categories.

Skill development program on:

• Using bullrush grass to make beautiful artifacts

• Candle making workshop

• Paper bags making

Way Forward

• To enable more and more women to promote their products under Kusuri Mane

• Bring in more such market places in North, East and West of Bangalore, Hubli, Tumkur and Belgaum.

• Encouraging membership to all women entrepreneurs