PTI : ET : 13 Sep 2013
LONDON: Two young Indian entrepreneurs have been awarded by Youth Business International (YBI), a charity led by PrinceCharles.
Thirtytwo-year-old Sharad Tandale, a member of an economically marginalisedfarmer community of Bihar, was recognised as the 'entrepreneur of the year' at yesterday's 2013 Young EntrepreneurAwards ceremony here.
Tandale is the founder of the engineering start-up, Innovation Engineers and Contractors, which now employs 175 people.
The other winner, Godavari Satpute, bagged the title of 'Woman Entrepreneur of the Year'.
Godavari, 33, runs a business manufacturing paper lanterns in Nari Village in Solapur district of Maharashtra. Within a period of four years, her company has managed a turnover of USD 50,000 and employs 75 other women.
Prince Charles, on Wednesday, praised young Indian entrepreneurs for their work in poverty eradication and jobs creation as he hosted them at a special reception at his official residence here.
"I am very proud of the work you are doing in India," Prince Charles said during his interaction with the entrepreneurs supported by YBI.
Youth Business International (YBI) is a not-for-profit organisation, which via a global networked community provides young people with the opportunity to start their own business - through a combination of access to capital, business development services and experienced mentoring.
Founded in 2000, the charity was originally a programme within The International Business Leader Forum. YBI has since become one of the Prince's Charities, a group of NGOs of which The Prince of Wales is President.
Thirtytwo-year-old Sharad Tandale, a member of an economically marginalisedfarmer community of Bihar, was recognised as the 'entrepreneur of the year' at yesterday's 2013 Young EntrepreneurAwards ceremony here.
Tandale is the founder of the engineering start-up, Innovation Engineers and Contractors, which now employs 175 people.
The other winner, Godavari Satpute, bagged the title of 'Woman Entrepreneur of the Year'.
Godavari, 33, runs a business manufacturing paper lanterns in Nari Village in Solapur district of Maharashtra. Within a period of four years, her company has managed a turnover of USD 50,000 and employs 75 other women.
Prince Charles, on Wednesday, praised young Indian entrepreneurs for their work in poverty eradication and jobs creation as he hosted them at a special reception at his official residence here.
"I am very proud of the work you are doing in India," Prince Charles said during his interaction with the entrepreneurs supported by YBI.
Youth Business International (YBI) is a not-for-profit organisation, which via a global networked community provides young people with the opportunity to start their own business - through a combination of access to capital, business development services and experienced mentoring.
Founded in 2000, the charity was originally a programme within The International Business Leader Forum. YBI has since become one of the Prince's Charities, a group of NGOs of which The Prince of Wales is President.
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