Two days back, we had an opportunity to interact with Ms. Chetana Gala Sinha, President, Mann Deshi. We spent about two and half hours with her. The interaction was really useful for those who want to set up their own social enterprises. The success of Mann Deshi is not only resulted in helping more than 85000 clients but also inspires one who is fighting for the social cause in any field.
She is a product of Bombay University, got married to a farmer and stayed in village. Then her real journey of working for the women started. She understood the problems faced by women in rural areas, their inability to take independent decision, lack of awareness for saving. This has given birth to Mann Deshi Women Bank.
Ms. Chetana Sinha had applied to RBI for starting women bank but the RBI officials rejected the application due to the reason that all other members were illiterates. They did not lose the ray of hope. They started learning, four months it took them to learn, finally succeeded.
This time with a new hope and enthusiasm, Chetana with members met Deputy Governor of RBI for approval of the bank. The decision of RBI officials was crucial. The decision in favor of Mann Deshi was changing the whole scenario of women in rural India in the next 15-20 years.
The constant struggle had resulted in getting approval from RBI for starting women bank.
The bank was under losses during the first three years. Now they have a large number of clients and also expanding the activities to many other states of India.
During the interaction, she had shared some of the important points. They are below;
Need to listen carefully
Success will follow a bit late
Allow innovative ideas
Be transparent; people will accept us
Any field has a bright future but work for at least 10 years; success will then follow
Face the challenges, problems, threats; Jyadase jyada kya hoga?
She is a product of Bombay University, got married to a farmer and stayed in village. Then her real journey of working for the women started. She understood the problems faced by women in rural areas, their inability to take independent decision, lack of awareness for saving. This has given birth to Mann Deshi Women Bank.
Ms. Chetana Sinha had applied to RBI for starting women bank but the RBI officials rejected the application due to the reason that all other members were illiterates. They did not lose the ray of hope. They started learning, four months it took them to learn, finally succeeded.
This time with a new hope and enthusiasm, Chetana with members met Deputy Governor of RBI for approval of the bank. The decision of RBI officials was crucial. The decision in favor of Mann Deshi was changing the whole scenario of women in rural India in the next 15-20 years.
The constant struggle had resulted in getting approval from RBI for starting women bank.
The bank was under losses during the first three years. Now they have a large number of clients and also expanding the activities to many other states of India.
During the interaction, she had shared some of the important points. They are below;
Need to listen carefully
Success will follow a bit late
Allow innovative ideas
Be transparent; people will accept us
Any field has a bright future but work for at least 10 years; success will then follow
Face the challenges, problems, threats; Jyadase jyada kya hoga?
My Learning
We should work for the people but at the same time we should influence policy makers to have laws which are beneficial to poor or deserved ones.
We should work for the people but at the same time we should influence policy makers to have laws which are beneficial to poor or deserved ones.
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